Eye Patches


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Practical Reasons for Wearing an Eye Patch



Unpractical Reasons for Wearing an Eye Patch

Most people who wear eye patches do so for medical or practical reasons, but there are also a small number of unpractical reasons that people have decided to wear eye patches.

Halloween customs

A rather common unpractical reason to wear an eye patch is as a part of a halloween or masquerade custom.   The eye patch completes the look.

Cheating in a casino

This is a weird story but we have been told that there have been several attempts made to use eye patches to cheat in casinos.  The eye patches contain technology that allows the cheater’s partners to communicate with him without anyone knowing.  This technique enables card counters to tell their heavy better when a deck is hot so they can sit down at the table and bet large.  A hot-deck favors the gambler.  Being able to communicate in secret makes it easier to win money counting cards.  If you do not already know, then you can learn more about card counting and how it works here.

We do not know how common this practice is.  We do not know how many have tried this technique in different casinos without getting caught and we do not know how many that have gotten caught since most casinos keep this information secret.  They do not want any bad PR.  We only know of the practice from people who work in the casino industry.   We can see the benefit of being able to communicate this way and how it would make it easier for a card counting team to make money but still thinks it is incredible that anyone tried it.  To us, it just sounds like the exam scene in the 80s comedy, Spies like us.