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million. Johnson had reportedly negotiated terms with the Tropicana that included a hand-shuffled six-deck shoe; the right to split and double down on up to four hands at once; and a “soft 17" whittling the house edge down to one-fourth of 1 percent so in effect, Johnson was playing a 50–50 game against the house, and with the 20% "loss rebate", Johnson was risking only 80 cents of every dollar he played.
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5 million and Caesars for $ 4 million. The Tropicana refused to continue playing with Johnson on the terms the casino had negotiated after Johnson won $ 5.8 million, the Borgata cut Johnson off at $ 5 million, and the dealer at Caesars refused to fill Johnson's chip tray once his earnings topped $ 4
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Breaking the bank occurs only if the house fails to cap the total amount payable on a winning bet in a way that bears some reasonable relationship to the total amount of money in play. In contrast,
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broke the bank in 2011 winning nearly $ 6 million at Atlantic City's Tropicana casino after previously taking the Borgata for
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by its very nature does impose such a cap, and hence the bank cannot be broken.
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