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[[File:Playing_cards_modified.jpg|thumb|A deck of face-down playing cards]]
'''Edge sorting''' is a technique used in [[advantage gambling]] where a player determines whether a face-down [[playing card]] is likely to be low or high at [[
Applied by poker player [[Phil Ivey]] and subsequently challenged in court by the casino in which he did so, the UK [[High Court of Justice|High Court]], Court of Appeal and Supreme Court ruled that the technique, which requires the player to trick the dealer into rotating specific, high-value cards, is cheating in civil law, and that a casino was justified in refusing payment of winnings. This ruling would not be applicable if the player simply took advantage of an observed error or anomaly in the deck for which he was not responsible.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/26/what-is-edge-sorting-and-why-did-it-cost-a-poker-star-10-million-in-winnings/?noredirect=on |title=What is 'edge-sorting' and why did it cost a poker star $10 million in winnings? |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |author=Derek Hawkins |date=26 October 2017 |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
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