Shoe (cards) Shoe (cards) A dealing shoe or dealer's shoe is a gaming device, mainly used in casinos, to hold multiple decks of playing cards. The shoe allows for more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles and less chance of dealer cheating. In some games, such as blackjack (where card counting is a possibility), using multiple decks of cards can increase the house edge. Prior to 1961 in Las Vegas casinos, all blackjack was being dealt from a single deck. John Scarne proposed to the Nevada Gaming Control Board that a state ruling be enacted such that Blackjack
You Are What You Is You Are What You Is You Are What You Is is a double album by American musician Frank Zappa. It was originally released as a double album in 1981 and later by Rykodisc as a 20-song CD. After the release of "Joe's Garage", Frank Zappa set up his home studio, the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, and planned to release a triple LP live album called "Warts and All". As "Warts and All" reached completion, Zappa found the project to be "unwieldy" due to its length, and scrapped it, later conceiving "Crush All Boxes". "Crush All Boxes" would have been a