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You would probalbly all feel better if you researched the actual numbers. BJ is a house advantage game mostly because the house goes last - and therefore often does not have to play at all (player busts). This is doubly so when playing a fuller table, as the house benefits more from a strong player starting position than the individual players do from the dealer having a weak starting position.
It is very close to being a 50/50 game, the numbers change slightly depenging on how individual casinos treat splits, aces, and player blackjacks (some places may pay the player blackjack without consulting the deal cards, other places will push a player blackjack if the deal also has blackjack).
The numbers and percentages are very, very slight to both sides - but enough to the house side that casinos gladly operate tables all you like.
Oh yeah, in answer to the original question: If you add more decks and cut higher, you can change the odds slightly and make card counting and other predictive strategies less effective as the active part of the deck may have an average higher or lower single card value.
Alex
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