Early blackjack counting systems development
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In the toe of each shoe there were two “switches”, or buttons - one above each big toe and one beneath - for a total of four switches. By using a series of toe taps, kind of like Morse code, the player could relay to the computer everything it needed to know in order to make a decision in a blackjack game: which cards had already been dealt, what cards the player held, and the dealer’s upcard. This computer communicated its decisions to the player with buzzes and taps on the sole of the player’s foot. It was not easy to use one of these devices. It took weeks or even months of practice to get to the point where you could use the device at casino-dealing speed without foot cramps stopping you.
During the early 70th, Dr. Keith Taft began developing the first concealed blackjack computer, and by 1972, Keith had started using a computer in the Nevada casinos to play “perfect” blackjack. Nevada had no laws at that time prohibiting the use of devices at their tables. By the mid-’70s, Keith and his son, Marty, had met Al Francesco, and they would be putting together teams of players using computers to beat the blackjack tables.
Posted on: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 8:00 am 
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