The 2,000,000th post game

Random. Madeleine Leander .

Dave has no chill.

No Dave likes margaritas and margaritas are GAY

Margaritas got Tequila in them therefore they are Bi.

Daquiris have the Rum and fruit so are very gay.

Yes well I like my drinks at noon so

There’s no way to get an edge at roulette.

I should amend this to say that there’s no realistic, practical way of getting an edge. Players have gotten an edge at the game, but it’s not something the average person can learn to do easily. (If you’re looking for a gambling strategy that anyone can learn, consider counting cards in blackjack.)

Most players try to get an edge by using some kind of betting system that involves raising and lowering the size of their bets based on the previous results on the wheel.

The problem with these betting systems is that past results have no effect on the probability of future results. That seems counter-intuitive, but that’s how the math of the game works.

Look at it this way:

You’re playing roulette, and the ball has landed on black 5 times in a row.

What is the probability that the ball will land on black on the next spin?

Since there are still 18 black outcomes and 38 total possible outcomes, the probability is STILL 47.37%. It hasn’t changed because of the previous results.

It’s counter-intuitive because the probability of getting a black result 6 times in a row is something that can be measured, and it is unlikely.

But you’re not betting on whether or not the ball will land on black 6 times in a row. You’re betting on what’s going to happen on the next spin.

Other players have clocked roulette wheel to look for biases. Since a roulette wheel is a mechanical device, it’s possible—even likely—that it’s not going to offer mathematically true results.

Here’s the problem with taking that approach to beating the game.

You’d have to clock the wheel for thousands of spins before detecting a bias. That would take dozens (maybe hundreds) of hours.

Even then, you might not find a bias. Or you might not find enough of a bias to get an edge.

So you have to start over.

Even if you do find a biased wheel, the casinos move roulette wheels and tables periodically during the week. It’s not practical to think you could track the same wheel at the same table long enough to get any kind of realistic edge.