Next time you want to hit the blackjack tables in Vegas you may want to check your iPhone is off and out of site before some burly bouncer throws you out on the Strip, or worse confiscates your trendy $300 Smartphone. Turns out the gig is up for those that used a special application program that helped gamblers to count cards.

Counting-cards, a technique used to predict the value of the card using probabilities, is not illegal in Nevada, when using the old gray matter between your ears, however using a program, or any device used to record the number of high and low cards, is.

Anyone that saw the move '21' with Kevin Spacey portraying the now famous card counting club at MIT will appreciate that the casinos are less than happy with such counting techniques. Apparently, according to a report by AP, the Nevada gaming Board was tipped off by regulators in northern California when some of the Indian card-playing houses found some customers using the program Apple's iPhone and iTouch devices.

Just how anyone thought they could get away with constantly referring to their touchscreen smartphone whilst seated at a card table and not draw suspicion is beyond me. Not only is this activity potentially dangerous to your health it is also a felony.

You have been warned as the 'House' always wins.