In roulette this is known as the "dealers signature" where a bored zoned out dealer can sometimes hit the same region/sector of the wheel on consecutive spins.

I've seen this happen (or at least appear to happen) in real life where an obviously bored dealer was consistently hitting the same 1/3'd of the wheel and players were taking advantage of it. After a while a suit shows up and starts giving heat not to the players but to the dealer. Chatting them up with nonsense conversation to distract them out of their zone. This wasn't a pit boss/supervisor but casino security - guys that emerge from back rooms to give heat to card counters in blackjack.

The distraction worked: the now very awake and nervous dealer was no longer hitting similar areas and the players moved on to other tables.