I tried this on my own across multiple sessions. On every RNG blackjack variant I accessed, the game reshuffled the virtual deck after each and every hand, a fact obviously indicated by an on‑screen shuffle animation and a restoration of the discard pile to empty. There is never a discarded stack to analyse; the next round begins with a mathematically fresh 52‑card or multi‑deck pack. Live dealer tables use a parallel logic, but they utilize physical hardware that makes counting even more evidently futile. The continuous shuffling machines keep the card pool in permanent motion, returning used cards directly into the mix within seconds. I maintained a manual running count during a two‑hour session of classic live blackjack and noted the tally fluctuate around zero without ever straying enough to imply an advantage, specifically because the count reset to neutral before I could put the next bet. The digital age has not merely made card counting harder; it has erased the structural preconditions entirely.