Roulette wheels suck

[Pringle]

So I hear about this thing called the "Martingale System." Can't lose. On a roulette wheel, you bet the minimum, say $2, then if you lose, you bet $4, then if you lose, you bet $8. The idea is that you'll eventually, of course, win, and when you do, the bet you make will recoup all your losses plus $2. Then you start over again.

So I start with like $260. I'd have to miss on like eight straight rolls to lose my money. ... Well, eight blacks in a row later (or whatever ungodly number it was) ... poof!

Learned my damned lesson.

And now I certainly, certainly no longer trust Internet casino sites!

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Re: Gambling sucks

Wheel has no memory.

Martingale is crystal meth of "systems".

Gambling doesn't suck. Bad approaches do.

 

[Pringle]

Re: Gambling sucks

Wheel has no memory.

Martingale is crystal meth of "systems".

Gambling doesn't suck. Bad approaches do.

The roulette wheel, I guess, is just pissing your money away. Those two little green squares guarantee that you can't win in the long run.

 

[poindexter]

Re: Gambling sucks

I believe PT Barnum referred to you one time, in relation to one being born every minute.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Re: Gambling sucks

Roulette wheel is a neg 5.26% play. Gets ugly, quickly.

Best advice of all: STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM INTERNET CASINOS.

 

[Pringle]

Re: Gambling sucks

I believe PT Barnum referred to you one time, in relation to one being born every minute.

If I put $260 more in there, then I would be a sucker.

I really didn't believe that eight in a row of a color would happen that often. I figured it never got past three or four in a row.

Here's my real question: Do you guys think that some of these Internet gambling sites rig the thing? I mean, eight blacks in a row when I'm on red? Right off the bat?

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Re: Gambling sucks

All the numbers on the roulette wheel added up equal 666.

Draw your own conclusions.

 

[zeke12]

Re: Gambling sucks

That "system" plays on a common misconception.

Each spin of the wheel is an independent event with the same odds.

Eight blacks in a row is just as probable as four black and four red, six red and two black, etc.

Don't play roulette.

 

[BTExpress]

Re: Gambling sucks

Gambling doesn't suck.

Not if you're a casino owner.

A player, in the long run, cannot win. So unless he just has money to burn and can withstand getting his butt kicked for entertainment purposes, then gambling pretty much sucks for the gambler.

 

[Pringle]

When people would say, "Don't believe those systems, they never work!" I was like, "They're just being a goody-goody Pollyanna about it. They can watch me count my money!"

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Monte Carlo hotel in LV has wheel with only single "O".

Not so harsh.

Believe the minimum play is $20 or $25 per spin, however.

 

[trifectarich]

Re: Gambling sucks

If you're risking your bankroll on the premise that you're going to hit once every eight spins or less, you've got no chance whatsoever. You may as well handed out bills to people you passed on your way in.

A few years ago, and couple of friends and I went to a casino and had a very profitable evening. On our way out, we were passing a roulette table and I noticed that a red number had hit on each of the last five spins. I suggested we play black until it hit, which obviously was going to be very soon because, after all, how many consecutive times could one number hit? We watched as red hit a sixth straight time, then seven, eight, nine and 10. We took our money off but stayed and watched it go to 11, 12 and finally 13. We kept the overwhelming majority of our winnings, but I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

As far as Internet casinos go, I don't trust what I can't see.

 

[Buck]

Roulette can be fun, but it's strictly a game of chance. There's very little you can do in terms of strategy or skill to improve you percentages.
Roulette, like craps, is best played communally — a bunch of people crowded around yelling and laughing.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

There is a very good reason why all the casinos have taken to using those displays which show you the last 20 spins. And its ot because it gives the player an edge.

 

[zeke12]

There is no correlation between previous spins and the next spin.

If you don't know that, don't gamble.

That's like being dealt 2-7 twice in a row in poker and blind straddling the next hand because of it.

It's insanity.

 

[Freelance Hack]

Was at Caesars Indiana a couple weeks ago, plopped down at the Pai Gow table.

Didn't play the bonus, sure enough I get a full house on the first hand -- would have given me $50.

I ended up losing $50 -- not because I lost hands, but because I lost bonuses the rest of the night. I can't believe I got myself suckered into that crack.

 

[poindexter]

There is a very good reason why all the casinos have taken to using those displays which show you the last 20 spins. And its ot because it gives the player an edge.

I honestly don't understand what that means. What are you saying here?

 

[rgd]

My advice: Don't gamble. Period.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

There is a very good reason why all the casinos have taken to using those displays which show you the last 20 spins. And its ot because it gives the player an edge.

I honestly don't understand what that means. What are you saying here?

He's saying the casinos are more than glad to show you the previous 20 spin results to fool you into thinking there's a) a tendency in the spins that'll continue on future spins (simpleton theory) or b) a tendency that's sure to break on the next spin (slighty-smarter simpleton theory).

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

There is a very good reason why all the casinos have taken to using those displays which show you the last 20 spins. And its ot because it gives the player an edge.

I honestly don't understand what that means. What are you saying here?

People see that red has come up five times in a row and put their money on black not realizing that each spin resets the odds. They think black has to be more PROBABLE because it hasn't come up in five spins. Not true.

The false assumption leads to more action and more profit for the casino.