The house correctly surmised that with the much more rapid shoe dealing more hands per hour, and the dealer in total physical control of all aspects of the game, the take would rise.and it did. On the contrary, the explosion of open face dealing, coupled with the shoe, is the more recent innovation (about twenty+ years or so now). I'm not sure it was instituted to combat counters at a later date. Man, it seems like it was always that way dating back to old west saloons (where the only card-based game dealt face up, untouched was Faro).but at least I can remember it back to the Kennedy administration. Although most nice houses had a table or two face-up considered as being "for the ladies" (not derogatorily, but as a more genteel activity). As far back as I can recall, the most popular way to deal 21 in Vegas was face down, each player handling their own cards.
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