There is a huge myth around card counting that has built up that it is a road to riches.

The reality however is different. The odds of making a lot of money are poor regardless of how good a card counter you are.

Let's find out why.

Card Counting Odds

The best odds you can are about 1.5% in your favour.

This is over the LONG term and by long term we mean thousands of hours of playing.

When you consider you can play games of pure chance and place bets at almost even is it worth the extra effort?

We will come to the best way to make money in online gambling in a moment, but let's look how most people don't even get 1.5% in their favour when they play a game of blackjack.

How Casino's cut the odds

The odds are not great on single deck games and the odds go against the player even more when casinos use multiple decks and there are a number of other rules casino's throw in to cut the odds.

We have all heard the stories of card counters would be banned by casinos but this is simply a myth.

For example, an online casino can't see what a player is doing and quite frankly they don't care if you card count or not.

They know with multiple decks, unfavourable rules, and the fact that the player advantage (which is small) is over thousands of hours of playing and this means without errors etc.

Does this mean I should not play blackjack?

Not at all, were simply pointing out if you are playing to make money rather than have fun don't play it.

If you enjoy the game go ahead, but keep the above in mind.

It is not the road to riches that many players think.

If do play blackjack

If you do play use a simple card counting system (the more complicated systems change the odds very little and players tend to make more errors) and don't rely on your winnings to pay the rent!

If you want to win in online gaming poker is the game to play. How many stories do you see of people making big money playing blackjack? Not Many.

How many poker players make huge consistent winnings? Check out the internet and you will find a huge amount.

If you enjoy blackjack play it.

If you want to make money rather than waste your time studying card counting and playing with a small odds over long time span move tables and put your efforts into becoming a good poker player and you will make a lot more money.