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The roulette wheel is very far from "random". Casino's (especially smaller ones and Indian) use a skilled croupier to "clean out" a table.

This is very logical. A roulette table takes up valuable casino floor space, is very slow action and usually requires 2 dealers. Do you think a casino would be happy with just a 5ish percent return on a very slow costly game? If you think about it, even the dumbest of the dumb tourist gambler basically plays a "perfect strategy" when they pick any bet but one (5 bet-1,2,3,0,00) on the roulette wheel. All but one bet always has a 5ish percent house edge (don't know exact number and too lazy to look it up). Compare this with other casino "dumb tourist"table games, slots, keno, etc. Look at all the "bonus spot" table games with huge casino vig, most tourists don't play perfect basic blackjack strategy giving up huge vig to the casino, keno, slots- no need to elaborate on these. Craps have many "sucker bets" hard ways etc. that juice the casinos profit. Casinos aren't in business to just have a 5% house edge on a low volume game. So they basically "cheat" by aiming the ball - most noticeably in smaller casinos with minimal valuable floor space.

Easy to spot. Just watch and see if the dealer studies or looks at the wheel before he throws the ball. There is absolutely no reason a dealer needs to look at the wheel when he releases the ball. He is obviously looking for his target number to release the ball. Also listen for backspin. This enables the ball to "stick" in a slot and not bounce around. You will know it when you hear it.

It is hard for a dealer to cheat with a partner betting on target numbers simply because the pit boss is very aware of this technique and would absolutely scrutinize any large consistent wins on a dealer shift. Easy to look at the tape to see the dealer aiming. Why do you think they always yell out when they cash somebody out? So the Floorman always knows when there is a big payout.

With this in mind can a skilled player be able to beat the wheel by predicting where the dealer is aiming the ball?
Yes, but you have maybe 2-3 spins before the dealer is on to you because you have to bet after the ball is thrown and you usually give it away by betting sectors which the dealer is very familiar with.

Remember, "dealer aiming" does not happen in all casinos. Usually just the smaller ones like Oshea's, Casino Royale etc. I see it alot in Indian casinos (One time I saw a dealer in an Indian casino actually stop the wheel and re-spin it to her desired speed before every sequence!!)

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Heh [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] This was a good read.

Some changes I would have made were that yes it's a low volume game. But when someone says they could make more money putting slots where the table is might not be true.

When you go to a casino is every single slot being played at once. No

Do all slot Players play roulette. No
Do some slot Players play roulett. Maybe
Do all roulette players play slots... NO
Do all roulette players play blackjack...No

Casinos spread roulette because some people are crazy for it and it's the only game they play. So by not spreading roulette they would be losing that customers income.

Roulette is the easiest of casino games to play except the money wheel. ( I would say slots too but lots of the new 500 coin spinners can get real confusing )

Roulette has a pretty big following and any casino is losing money by not having at least one wheel.

I think if a croup was cheating it was to keep SEVERE BOREDOm AT BAY. If my job was to spin that wheel for 8 hrs a day I would have put a .38 to my temple by now just thinking about how long and boring the days would be.

Practicing aim and precision gives him something to do so if they are cheating its to keep their minds busy and I think the croup would tend to help a player who is tipping than cheat him. I don't see a lot of players tip at roulette maybe it's time to start.