tazz1313
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March 22nd, 2014 at 1:50:19 PM permalink
I'm a bit of a n00b to roulette. And I'm not confused by the rules of the game, but rather an interesting behavior:

Before the ball is spun, people make a few casual bets. But the second the ball is spun, people start going crazy dropping random bets all over the place before the 'dealer' says 'GTFO, no more bets.'

Is this simply roulette's form of superstitious gameplay, or is there an actual strategy to betting at the last minute?

Thanks :)
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March 22nd, 2014 at 2:25:41 PM permalink
Quote: tazz1313

I'm a bit of a n00b to roulette. And I'm not confused by the rules of the game, but rather an interesting behavior:



Some people believe the dealer can place
the ball anywhere they want and spin against
the player. Others believe that once the ball
is spun, the outcome is a done deal and they'll
have better luck betting then.

It's all nonsense, the outcome is random and
has nothing to do with anything but chance.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
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March 22nd, 2014 at 2:37:32 PM permalink
I't all about Visual Ballistics, baby!
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March 22nd, 2014 at 2:43:14 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

Some people believe the dealer can place
the ball anywhere they want and spin against
the player. Others believe that once the ball
is spun, the outcome is a done deal and they'll
have better luck betting then.

It's all nonsense, the outcome is random and
has nothing to do with anything but chance.



So then what's your vaunted "roulette system," Bob?
treetopbuddy
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March 22nd, 2014 at 2:45:55 PM permalink
EvenBob has claimed to beat the random game of Roulette…..unless he's just trying to work up the Forum…..but that can't be, because that would be trolling.
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March 23rd, 2014 at 10:51:41 AM permalink
Quote: treetopbuddy

EvenBob has claimed to beat the random game of Roulette…..unless he's just trying to work up the Forum…..but that can't be, because that would be trolling.


We're just a bunch of chumps and he has given up trying to wise us up.
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March 23rd, 2014 at 10:55:01 AM permalink
Quote: AcesAndEights

We're just a bunch of chump and he has given up trying to wise us up.



He was in The Zone before being in The Zone was cool.
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March 23rd, 2014 at 10:59:40 AM permalink
Quote: Lemieux66

He was in The Zone before being in The Zone was cool.



If I'm not mistaken, he was country when county wasn't cool…..
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March 24th, 2014 at 11:21:50 AM permalink
Quote: sodawater

So then what's your vaunted "roulette system," Bob?



He has said before, it's all about bet selection. You just bet on what's going to come up and you win. It's not rocket science.
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March 24th, 2014 at 12:00:03 PM permalink
Quote: AxiomOfChoice

He has said before, it's all about bet selection. You just bet on what's going to come up and you win. It's not rocket science.


If his method is based on orbital decay, it actually is rocket science. :)
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March 24th, 2014 at 12:28:18 PM permalink
Quote: AxiomOfChoice

He has said before, it's all about bet selection. You just bet on what's going to come up and you win. It's not rocket science.


Here's my current "It's not rocket science" hall of fame:

Quote: gr8player

It's not "rocket science", Walkinshaw30t......but, that said, it'll never be resolved with any "mechanical bet selection".


Quote: soxfan

I have been making a fulltime income playing bac for the past several years.

It ain't rocket science, baby, hey hey!


Quote: CrapsGenious

it's not rocket science. Random rolls can never be really random.


Quote: gr8player

It ain't rocket science, my friends. Just some good ol' patience and discipline and planned play, both bet selection- and money management-wise.


I thought there would be more, but apparently I'm deficient at searching. For what it's worth, I was never very good at rocket science :(
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March 24th, 2014 at 12:32:03 PM permalink
Quote: gpac1377

Quote: AxiomOfChoice

He has said before, it's all about bet selection. You just bet on what's going to come up and you win. It's not rocket science.


Here's my current "It's not rocket science" hall of fame:

Quote: gr8player

It's not "rocket science", Walkinshaw30t......but, that said, it'll never be resolved with any "mechanical bet selection".


Quote: soxfan

I have been making a fulltime income playing bac for the past several years.

It ain't rocket science, baby, hey hey!


Quote: CrapsGenious

it's not rocket science. Random rolls can never be really random.


Quote: gr8player

It ain't rocket science, my friends. Just some good ol' patience and discipline and planned play, both bet selection- and money management-wise.


I thought there would be more, but apparently I'm deficient at searching. For what it's worth, I was never very good at rocket science :(



That Hall of Fame is located just across the street from the "I play in the short term, so the house edge doesn't affect me" hall of fame. I believe many are members of both.
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March 24th, 2014 at 1:30:35 PM permalink
Quote: gpac1377

Here's my current "It's not rocket science" hall of fame:



My favorite was from one of my math profs. He was explaining something complicated (I don't remember what) and some people were not paying attention. He turned to them and said (paraphrased): Hey! Pay attention! This isn't rocket science, you know -- it's actually difficult.
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March 24th, 2014 at 4:06:28 PM permalink
Quote: tazz1313

I'm a bit of a n00b to roulette. And I'm not confused by the rules of the game, but rather an interesting behavior:

Before the ball is spun, people make a few casual bets. But the second the ball is spun, people start going crazy dropping random bets all over the place before the 'dealer' says 'GTFO, no more bets.'

Is this simply roulette's form of superstitious gameplay, or is there an actual strategy to betting at the last minute?

Thanks :)



As a long-time roulette dealer, I got the feeling that most players heard the sound of the ball and felt compelled to hurry up and get their bets down.

Some players might have believed that they could track the dealer while still others might have had a heightened sense of paranoia that made them believe that waiting would avoid having the dealer spin 'away' from their bets.
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March 24th, 2014 at 4:35:29 PM permalink
Quote: Scooter77

As a long-time roulette dealer, I got the feeling that most players heard the sound of the ball and felt compelled to hurry up and get their bets down.

Some players might have believed that they could track the dealer while still others might have had a heightened sense of paranoia that made them believe that waiting would avoid having the dealer spin 'away' from their bets.



Can a highly HIGHLY skilled roulette spinner make the ball go in the general vacinity of where he wants it to go?
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March 24th, 2014 at 4:39:41 PM permalink
Quote: Lemieux66

Can a highly HIGHLY skilled roulette spinner make the ball go in the general vacinity of where he wants it to go?



Yes. If he or she has the skill, they can get it to land on one of the numbers every single time.

Those with less experience sometimes fail to keep the ball on the table.
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March 24th, 2014 at 5:02:19 PM permalink
There hasn't been any real evidence of a person able to do so under real life conditions.
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March 24th, 2014 at 6:33:18 PM permalink
Quote: Lemieux66

Can a highly HIGHLY skilled roulette spinner make the ball go in the general vacinity of where he wants it to go?



At my local casino on Saturday last, the dealer spun a 14, and then said to the players (only 3 of us) that 31 would be a good
bet next time. He spun 31 (on a single zero wheel).

On other occasions I have heard the dealer say something like "you guys should be betting the bottom of the wheel"
(usually when the dealer has hit the same zone 10 times in a row). The ball stayed exactly in the same area again.
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March 24th, 2014 at 6:40:06 PM permalink
Quote: Pando

At my local casino on Saturday last, the dealer spun a 14, and then said to the players (only 3 of us) that 31 would be a good
bet next time. He spun 31 (on a single zero wheel).

On other occasions I have heard the dealer say something like "you guys should be betting the bottom of the wheel"
(usually when the dealer has hit the same zone 10 times in a row). The ball stayed exactly in the same area again.


Can you recall any instances of the dealer's advice being wrong?
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March 24th, 2014 at 8:34:38 PM permalink
Actually no. Its rare that they say anything like that, usually the tables are too busy for idle chat, but last week it wasnt
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March 24th, 2014 at 9:18:03 PM permalink
Quote: Pando

Actually no. Its rare that they say anything like that, usually the tables are too busy for idle chat, but last week it wasnt


Fair enough. I'm sure the topic has been discussed before, but I don't remember much.

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I get asked a lot about whether I believe dealers can influence the spin to a certain area of the wheel. My answer is an emphatic "no." Maybe on wheels decades old, but not the modern wheels with obstacles between the rim and the numbers, and where the ball bounces all over the place before it lands in a number.


Possibly your casino has older-style wheels that are potentially more vulnerable to steering.
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March 24th, 2014 at 9:30:33 PM permalink
Quote: Pando

At my local casino on Saturday last, the dealer spun a 14, and then said to the players (only 3 of us) that 31 would be a good
bet next time. He spun 31 (on a single zero wheel).

On other occasions I have heard the dealer say something like "you guys should be betting the bottom of the wheel"
(usually when the dealer has hit the same zone 10 times in a row). The ball stayed exactly in the same area again.



31 is a "neighbor" of 14 (or close enough) that, if a dealer has control over the weight of the wheel and the velocity of his spin AND his release point is the same as the spin before, that it could conceivably fall into the same quadrant. The fact that he nominated 31 was pretty inconsequential as I have done that numerous times and gotten lucky. It is kind of the same as sitting on first base on blackjack and before the dealer exposes his hole card you say "5"!!! and low and behold....it is a 5!!

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