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Roulette: Game of chance?
Hi all,
This is my first post here so a quick "hello". I've been having a number of arguments with my girlfriend recently regarding the nature of where the ball falls in casino roulette. Her opinion: There is a program that determines where the ball falls. She can't say the nature by which the ball/wheel combination is physically controlled but she has stated that an experienced dealer can influence where the ball ends up. She says that a good strategy to predict the numbers will ultimately give a good player the edge. Apparently it's not the same as throwing a 37/38-sided dice in that past results can influence future results (according to her). My opinion: There are no pre-determined numbers, either in the heads of the casino bosses or the dealer. The way the ball and wheel interact is so chaotic that even miniscule differences in initial speed/position of the ball/wheel can result in completey different results. I agree that devices exist that could improve a players odds by analysing ball/wheel speed to guess roughly where the ball will end up. And yes, a poorly-maintained wheel may give slightly skewed results or, in rare cases, muscle memory might mean a seasoned dealer throws the ball at nearly exactly the same speed every time, but it's unintentional and non-deterministic. So, who's right? Interested in opinions from experienced gamblers and/or specifically roulette players (I'm a poker player myself so have little experience of roulette). Thanks in advance |
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My opinion:
In 99.9% of cases, it's entirely random. There is a school of thought that experienced croupiers can land the ball within a set range of numbers, but it's not common. There's also the famous case of the chaps in London using some mad sort of James Bond-esque laser tracking to predict where the ball fell. You need to visit www.wizardofodds.com - everything you could ever wish to know and more! Oops - and "Hey!" welcome aboard! |
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I'm not a roulette expert...
... but I read a lot about gambling and did my diplom thesis on online gambling.
This issue comes up again and again (and maybe offtopic in the online casinos forum, and maybe should be moved to another forum), especially when there's a dubiously large roulette win. I remember a story of some Serbian and Hungarian winners in London, see below... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3558273.stm I'm from Hungary, and this story got high publicity in Hungary, and was heavily discussed on the Hungarian gambling forums I visit. My opinion is that noone can confirm 100% sure whether there's something behind, or this is just an urban legend. However the opinion of some more experienced Hungarian roulette players and some dealers was that it might be possible for an experienced dealer to influence the result of the throw. Of course this is not something deterministic, but a correlation is possible. For instance a dealer might be able to throw one half of the wheel 30-40% more than it would be expected or one third of the wheel 20% more in the long run. A minority stated that it's even possible to try to aim at 6 numbers with a noticeable success. Of course nothing is assured, but they state that a significant colleration could be reached. I have to say that there was absolutely no consensus on the above statements. But you might now that Hungary is a country which provides a loooot of casino dealers all over the world (relatively good salary and easy-to-learn job abroad, many recruit offices, etc.), and I can reopen the discussion on the forum that they sometimes visit if you wish. In the today's modern casino enviroment I don't think this is a real issue. You can hear stories about dealers who tries to "outthrow" you if you don't tip, or try to help you if you tip generously, or dealers who tries to throw in favor of the casino when one part of the table is full of chips, but it's almost impossible to tell whether these stories are true or not. |
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I think wheel bias is an accepted way to gain an advantage on roulette, but I have no idea how you go about it.
It's also theoretically possible you could get "dealer bias" on a Big Six wheel if the dealer always tended to spin it the same way. Pretty darn sure that computers are involved in neither. |
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I found that when I dealt roulette on a regular basis, I couldn't hit a specific number, but I could know as soon as I let go of the ball what section it would land in. I wasn't always correct, but I was right often enough that if I was betting, I would have been able to beat the house edge. I think our brains are far more powerful than we are aware of. If a computer can be used to calculate the ball speed and wheel speed to make more accurate predictions of where the ball lands (and this has been tried by crooks in casinos), our brains can make the same calculations even if we don't always know what our brains are calculating
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Unfortunately you can't place bets after the dealer has released the ball. No more bets please. The table is closed. What really amazes me about roulette that is in Vegas the tables with two zeros are more popular than the tables with only one zero.
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When I had been dealing/supervising roulette for only a couple of years (in Canada) I had to supervise a Croatian roulette dealer who had dealt in Europe for over 10 years. It was like I had the night off and wound up watching a ballet with chips. Our best dealers were good, but this guy was beyond good.
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