Re:A professor who beat roulette
by swores on Sunday February 27, 2022 @01:01PM
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Wouldn't this be a very simple example (simple to the point that it's obviously exaggerated and wouldn't happen in a real casino): each spin of the wheel takes it exactly one whole rotation plus one number, which if the dealer always picks up the ball and spins starting from the previous winner would mean the next winner is always the next number around on the wheel?
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It's pretty clear that you've never actually seen a roulette wheel in action. Introducing a bias intentionally (i.e. trying to control where the ball drops) would take extreme skill. Doing it unintentionally is impossible.
I've played roulette many times, and yes I agree that doing it with skill on a fair wheel would be impossible. I thought we were talking about potentially rigged games, and just as I couldn't roll fair dice to the same number 20x in a row I'm aware that dodgy dice can be made, so why couldn't a dodgy wheel (or accidentally dodgy by being so old that a noticeable pattern emerges) be made?