Archive for September 30th, 2010

Question by Charles: Roulette fans what do you think of my simple two step strategy that will help you win most of the time?
Since roulette has no mind or memory my idea is to make the ball do complex uniform steps to beat me. i.e. Let’s say I’m betting on Red and if roulette is to beat me it has to land on BLACK and if I switch to BLACK the ball has to then land on RED and so on and so forth. Therefore, no matter where the ball lands I’ll switch to that color and the ball will have to switch to the opposite color to beat me. This strategy I assume has probably been tried by many roulette players on the road to bankruptcy, it’s called chasing the dog back and forth (RED, BLACK, RED, BLACK) back and forth until you run out of cash. However, if I set-up a betting strategy that the ball would have to follow to beat me i.e. I bet on BLACK and the ball falls into RED and instead of me following by switching to RED I stay betting on BLACK until the ball fall into the RED slot twice in a row and then I’ll switch to RED. In order for it to beat me it would have to go RED, RED, BLACK, BLACK, RED, RED, BLACK, BLACK and that’s not going to happen, way too much logic for a mindless roulette wheel, unless there’s a midget under the table controlling the wheel, lol. but I don’t think so. My wagers would be a twenty-five dollar chip on the BLACK or RED with a buck on the 0 and a buck on the 00. This strategy should beat the HELL out of any roulette wheel in the long run no matter what Einstein said. What do you think?
Holy cow gang I do believe I rattled everyone’s cages today but you all misunderstood my detailed explanation so I’ll try to simplify.

Step 1. I’ll place a chip on RED and keep betting RED and winning until BLACK comes up twice in a row then I’ll switch to BLACK and keep betting BLACK and winning until RED comes up twice and switch. See how simple this strategy is. There is no waiting for any long sequences to appear before I bet because I’m betting on every spin of the wheel. Also there’s no doubling up or down I just stick to my bet of on the RED or BLACK and a buck on the 0 and a buck on the 00. Because if the zeros come up I lose my and then I make since they pay 35 to 1. Sweet huh.

The reason I tell you all this is because I’m flying in to Las Vegas at the end of the month and I thought one of you gamblers could test my strategy and let me know how you did before I land.

Best of luck to all and save some winnings for me your humble real estate investor. lol.
Aw shucks, I got in too late to read all my emails and answers from you gagsters, but if I did I would have cried myself to sleep and woke up this morning with puffy eyes and a soft-on. Fortunately the reverse of the above is true and since I can’t get a straight answer from some of you clowns I’m gonna have to block you from any future serious encounters by saying Adioats-Ame-Goats. lol.

Best answer:

Answer by aaron
In the long run, the roulette wheel will beat the player every time.
Unless you are a super talented mathmatician with the speciality of probability there is no way you can work out where the ball will land, even then you would be right as often as you’re wrong…it’s random, and the players ability to win from placing bets is based on luck. Even if you can work out the probable color, it doesn’t mean the ball will land there. What is there to stop the ball landing RED, RED, BLACK, BLACK etc..? I’ve seen the ball land BLACK, seven or eight times in a row before. After three or four times, you’re thinking well, it’s definitely gonna be RED now…nope. BLACK again.

The only way I have ever won money on roulette is through luck. With the 0, and 00 on the wheel you have less than 50/50 chance if you only bet on RED or BLACK.
I have traditionally bet either RED or BLACK and the 0′s, covering 50% of what can happen, but I tend to just randomly choose which color to place my bet on (although having just witnessed seven BLACKS in a row, would probably bet on RED!).
I have been successful using this method, but only on a short term basis. I got some 0′s and bet big on a few colors…the longer you play the less likely you are to come out on top because you start getting into the complicated math of probability.
The best way to play roulette? – Bet Once, Bet Big, Win or Not – Walk away.

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