It's so obvious isn't it lol. If they are getting paid I wonder how their handler thinks they are doing. A big part of counting cards in black jack is knowing how to hide the fact you are counting cards. In fact, if you can't do that it doesn't matter how good at counting you are because you will just get kicked out of the casino. Same is true for shills. The good shills can hide their motive, while the bad ones are easily spotted and it doesn't matter what they say people know to throw it out.