One time at a hackathon a few friends and I tried to game roulette. We got decently far in around 18h. We used a Myo, which you could wear on your forearm. Eve

One time at a hackathon a few friends and I tried to game roulette. We got decently far in around 18h. We used a Myo, which you could wear on your forearm. Every time the ball went past a specific number (00, say), you would flex your arm. At most casinos you can make bets after the ball is “released”, so this was a viable strategy. Surprisingly, we got it to be fairly accurate! I forgot exactly how accurate - but I think we were able to predict which quadrant the ball would land in - perhaps 60% of the time? If you memorized the order of numbers, I think you could do reasonably well. We never tried it in Vegas, since we didn’t have much money, so the upside was limited. And like the article says - the downside was unlimited. So the EV was fairly negative for us. Instead, we tested this on a bunch of roulette videos (from youtube). I think we also considered buying a used roulette wheel from Vegas, but they were very expensive ($10k+). We didn’t pursue it any further - but I would love to see if somebody can try this again. With a Myo (or perhaps nowadays an Apple Watch), you can do input and output pretty discreetly.