stan wood

You are correct about the Huxleys-you can drop it but they will bounce forever.

Quick thoughts-(from memory so I hope all my numbers are correct)

-Roulette has a 5.2% house advantage on a wheel with 0 and 00-or about three or four times worse than blackjack or craps.

-The wheel has no memory. The take on roulette went up about 30% when casinos installed the boards to show previous rolls. I saw 27 reds in a row once-the casino made a killing as people throughout the casino heard about it and rushed over to bet black.

-I had a guy come to my table one night and buy $1200 in chips. He then bet $2 on red and it came up red. I paid him and he bet it again. He lost and bet $4-lost and doubled the bet again. In about 10 spins I had his $1200. The theory will always work-if there is no table limit and you have millions to cover a bad series. The same should apply for all casino games.

-The only way to consistently win at roulette (my opinion) is to find a wheel that is not completely balanced so that some numbers come up more often. This is not uncommon (again, my opinion) But it may take days of tracking to determine these numbers and the casino may re-balance the wheel in between. There was a European group that pulled this off years ago-until the casino started swapping wheels from table to table when they went home.

-An experienced dealer can hit an area of the wheel (a section of about 8-10 numbers). They won't hit it every time (sometimes the ball bounces across the wheel)- but often enough for you to make a profit if they like you. Roulette is the one game (if I play it and that's not often)-that I make sure I tip heavy and will often put an additional tip on the numbers for the dealer to play along with me.

-Your best bet if you don't have days to track a wheel is to find a beginning dealer. Their main concern is to get the ball around the wheel without it flying out and often they do not realize that they are spinning the same speed each time and can create a pattern. Other than craps, roulette causes more stress for new dealers than any other game.

-All games are streaky. I took $22k from a guy one day dealing bj. His average bet was around $100 and I don't think he ever bet more than $200 on a hand. I tried to talk him into going to another table, but he "felt the cards would change."

Again, my thoughts and opinions. I hope something may be helpful.