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Yes, and if you are caught card counting at Blackjack, big burly men will come and eject you from the casino.

Just because you didn't technically break the rules doesn't mean the house thinks you played fair. Hint: for them "fair" = "house wins". (For a gameshow, winning entails making much more in advertising money than they have to pay out in prizes and spend to produce the show.)



Indeed, that's part of why I figured it was a good analogy.




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