If you’ve ever shuffled a deck of playing cards, you’ve most likely created a unique deck. That is, you’re probably the only person who has ever arranged the cards in precisely that order. Although ...

Shuffling cards is a tricky business. It’s also a lucrative one for gambling casinos. In a game such as blackjack, an astute player can try to memorize the cards already played to have a better chance ...

Tarot readers have turned to divination for advice for centuries, so it makes sense why you’d lean on this mystical practice to guide you through life’s twists and turns. Whether you’re confused about ...

Breaking from his usually routine of winning at everything, [Glacial Wanderer] has posted one of his projects that didn’t actually work. It’s a Rube Goldberg style card shuffling machine. He wanted ...

Dear Mark: Do card counters today stand a chance against automatic card shuffling machines? – Mel B. Card counters, Mel, have a theoretical advantage between 0.5 and 1.5 percent against the casino.

Many people should have experienced the situation that 'no matter how many times the cards are shuffled, they don't mix neatly'. Fred Hohmann, who is working on machine learning and interface ...

Pick a card, any card. Once the exclusive domain of cigar-chomping poker players, afternoon gin rummy aficionados and old ladies’ bridge clubs, card games have come a long way from cribbage and ...