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Your odds of hitting on Red or Black is not 50/50. It is 47.37%. The ball can land on green. If you don't get your money back, it's a loss. http://wizardofodds
by jamesk2 17y ago
Your odds of hitting on Red or Black is not 50/50. It is 47.37%. The ball can land on green. If you don't get your money back, it's a loss.
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Most games at Casinos are stacked against you. They have very smart math and stats geeks who've figured all this out. Try counting by yourself with a 6 deck shoe. Or even a single deck is hard because they reshuffle after 2-3 hands.
One interesting thing from the article. Picking unpopular combinations of numbers can offer less competition in large jackpots. i.e. adjacent numbers 23-24-25, etc... because people mistakenly believe that's less likey to happen than totally random numbers.
- charlesju 17y agoThe odds of hitting red or black is 50/50, green doesn't factor into those odds. You're adding up the odds of red or black out of all possible outcomes, not just the outcome in a perfect world of just red or black.
- halo 17y agoIf you're being pedantic, since New Scientist is a British publication, European roulette would be played which only has a single zero on the wheel, therefore making the odds of hitting Red or Black 18/37 or ~48.65%. In addition, some online casinos offer games with no house edge - Betfair, for example, allows you to play roulette without a zero. I'm unsure if this is simply a loss-leader or whether it turns a profit indirectly due to gambler's ruin and earnings through additional deposits.