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09-07-2005, 07:36 PM
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Re: If you had $25k and needed $100k
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So if I get into an accident and I don't have any ID..would they just let me die, not knowing if I had insurance???? [/ QUOTE ] By law, hospitals have to admit people that are about to die, such as would be the case in a car accident. I'm not sure where hospitals draw the line on what is "about to die", though. 
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09-08-2005, 04:04 AM
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Re: If you had $25k and needed $100k
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By law, hospitals have to admit people that are about to die, such as would be the case in a car accident. I'm not sure where hospitals draw the line on what is "about to die", though. [/ QUOTE ] I'm pretty sure it doesn't have to be life threatening. A friend of mine got his arm badly infected and went to a hospital with no id and no proof of insurance and they treated him. If you know how to count I would just wander around and back count until I found a great shoe. Then, bet big, but make sure to have enough bets to play optimally (ie. always able to split and DD the max amount).
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#14
09-08-2005, 08:43 AM
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Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So if I get into an accident and I don't have any ID..would they just let me die, not knowing if I had insurance???? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By law, hospitals have to admit people that are about to die, such as would be the case in a car accident. I'm not sure where hospitals draw the line on what is "about to die", though. [/ QUOTE ] This refers to emergency treatment, or to stabilize a patient. For things like cancer they will not treat you without payment, even if the type of cancer is treatable and curable, and fatal without treatment.
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#15
09-08-2005, 11:40 AM
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Re: If you had $25k and needed $100k
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House edges for craps w/ full odds: 5X odds 0.326% 10X odds 0.184% 20X odds 0.099% 100X odds 0.021% [/ QUOTE ] True, but if you make a $100 pass line bet and the edge on that bet is $1, then using your example and plugging real numbers in: House edges for craps w/ full odds: 5X odds $1 10X odds $1 20X odds $1 100X odds $1 Which is why some of us say the house edge isn't changed by laying odds. Expressed as a percentage, it does...but even a 100000x odds, the house still has an expectation of $1.
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#16
09-08-2005, 11:50 AM
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The guys said it was a car accident. But even if it was cancer..if my family member had a half decent job and 25k how could the hospital (or a bank for that matter) not take the 25k and put the rest on some kind of payment plan. This story is weird.
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09-08-2005, 12:22 PM
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House edge for blackjack varies, but I don't think you can find a game with much less than 1% house edge. This is excluding counting, of course. [/ QUOTE ] Blackjack switch is not the same game as blackjack. Odds info. HA is 0.2% at the 4 Queens, or 0.05% at many online casinos. Does anyone actually offer 100x odds at craps?
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#19
09-08-2005, 02:02 PM
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Buy $25k worth of crack from a wholesaler, repackage and resell it for 5x what you bought it for. [/ QUOTE ] I believe this strategy is known as the "DeLorean".
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#20
09-08-2005, 03:50 PM
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Blackjack switch is not the same game as blackjack. Odds info. HA is 0.2% at the 4 Queens, or 0.05% at many online casinos. [/ QUOTE ] Wow, I didn't realize that there was a card game with a HA that low. I'll have to check it out next time I'm in Vegas. [ QUOTE ] Does anyone actually offer 100x odds at craps? [/ QUOTE ] Casino Royale on the Strip.
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