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If you don't have a very high opinion of HN commenters, you'll probably assume that they get their opinions from Wikipedia. But that means they'll have a pretty
by to3m 9y ago
If you don't have a very high opinion of HN commenters, you'll probably assume that they get their opinions from Wikipedia. But that means they'll have a pretty good idea of whether a given game is good or bad in terms of odds.
Besides, casinos will often give you free booze simply because you're sat at a table gambling. You don't have to actually win money to profit! You just need to start sensible, and then keep it going long enough to get drunk.
- scythe 9y agoActually this is also a documented form of advantage gambling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advantage_gambling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advantage_gambling But my personal favorite, as a physics major, is the observation that most roulette wheels are unfair, due to slight asymmetries. If only you could get good surveillance of the roulette tables for a few days (hard to do alone), you could make a killing. On roulette!
- lysp 9y agoI have heard that casinos sometimes have balls of slightly different size/weight. Basically to throw off anyone who might try this technique, as dealers often will throw very similarly for each spin.
- singold 9y agoMy grandfather worked at a casino decades ago, and they interchanged the roulettes between tables, I can't remember if it was daily or weekly
- 6000001 9y agoI recall a case where a trio of Serbians managed to observe the roulette wheel bias and profit in a short timeframe. From memory their measurements gave them a window of 6 numbers to bet on, so 1/6 odds on a 1/37 roulette wheel. The best part is they were allowed to keep the winnings as they didn't actually tamper with the casino's equipment https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/dec/06/ukcrime.gambling https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/dec/06/ukcrime.gambling
- blunte 9y agoThe casinos are very well designed to identify people who win unnaturally often. They will shut you down if you become a threat to their business model. If you are satisfied in demonstrating at some low dollar amount that you can predict the outcomes reliably, then enjoy the success. But you won't get rich from it.
- PhasmaFelis 9y ago> Besides, casinos will often give you free booze simply because you're sat at a table gambling. You don't have to actually win money to profit! You just need to start sensible, and then keep it going long enough to get drunk. Yeah, but you have to get drunk with a bunch of random gamblers. I'd sooner go sober.