That&#x27;s very incorrect. The reason it&#x27;s different is that the honeymooners from Fresno lose (or win) based on the house playing blackjack with a known set of parameters. If the honeymooners play perfect blackjack (which is a game of chance, not a game of skill), the expected outcomes can be calculated.<p>If the whale negotiates the odds in his own games, he&#x27;s changing the expected outcomes in his games versus the house, but he&#x27;s not altering the odds for the honeymooners.<p>He might win physical dollars that were lost by the honeymooners, but because both players are playing the house, it&#x27;s meaningless &#x27;whose&#x27; money he&#x27;s winning. He&#x27;s taking money from the Casino&#x27;s profit margin, really. They&#x27;re gambling that he&#x27;ll still lose more than he wins, and the slimmer margins will be made up in volume.<p>DFS is a skill game both in player selection, AND in skirting the rules, AND in getting the &#x27;house&#x27; to tilt odds in your favor -- which directly tilt the odds even further away from the other players.