It is based on the concept of the wheel of fortune. It signifies the importance of your luck and how you can get a chance to win big any day on the.
Wouldn’t it be great, I mean to guarantee your winnings, to unlock the secret of how to win on roulette tables anywhere in the world. Certainly a lifestyle I’d enjoy flitting about from Casino to casino topping up your bank balance wherever you go. But unfortunately it’s not that easy, if it was pretty soon every casino would be out of business. But sometimes these things defy logic and I want to tell you an interesting tale of two students who really did figure out how to win on roulette using their brains and a computer.
We take the computer for granted now but the surprising thing about this story is that it took place in the late 1970s and I can assure you the computer was a different beats in those days ! This is the story of how a group from the University of Santa Cruz in California got together to try and put a system on how to win on roulette wheels. They named themselves the Eudaemons and they were headed up by J. Doyne Farmer and Norman Packard, although the goal was just to win money at roulette, the overall aim was more lofty they wanted to fund a scientific community with the winnings.
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They bought themselves a roulette wheel, and some scientific equipment including a camera and an oscilloscope to keep track of the motion of the roulette wheel. After long intensive research they eventually figured out a formula involving trigonometric functions and four different variables. Two of the most important of these included the period of rotation of the roulette wheel and the period that the ball spun around the roulette wheel.
However there was still a major problem, the calculations were very complicated so they decided to build a computer specifically designed for this task. The data about the wheel was fed into the computer which would then retrun a prediction based on their calculations on which of the octants of the roulette wheel the roulette ball would drop into. they designed the computer so it could be concealed, in fact it was actually small enough to fit inside a shoe. You had to input the data by tapping the big toe on the shoe which contained a small micro-switch. Then an electronic signal was relayed to a vibrotactile output system which was hidden inside the shirt and strapped onto the chest. The system would indicate to the wearer which of the eight sections of the wheel they should bet on by a vibrating signal, the ninth signal would indicate that no bet should be placed.
All this work was not completed in a single summer vacation though, it actually took two years to develop the system before the group took off to Las Vegas to put their plan into action. They spent all that time on a single goal learning how to win on roulette wheels and now they were ready to see if it worked in the real world.
By now it was 1978, they split the system up between two people to make it more manageable – one was an observer who was responsible for putting in data from the roulette wheel into the system with their foot. The bettor would receive the output signal under their shirt.
So did it work ?
Well the system produced returns of 44%, that means for every dollar they gambled they would receive $1.44 return – a huge edge against the house. But alas there were some problems, in one casino when they were playing on a very profitable roulette wheel then the insulation failed and the bettor received some electric shocks from the solenoids. When this happened Farmer was in the observer role, and was forced to leave the casino to stop the bettor who carried on betting despite the system breaking down. It turned out that the solenoid has burnt a hole in to the skin of the bettor. This incident turned out to be the end of the Eudaemons who decided to disband the group and the attempt. Their profit was a not insubstantial $10000 (in the late 70s).
Of course this story always make me wonder, it was a success, their system worked with 1970s computer technology – what would be possible now? There are of course many different systems being touted all over the internet – mainly it’s the Martingale in some form or other ! The Eudaemons really only had practical problems, so who knows if people aren’t now using the system all over the world. They wouldn’t even have to disguse these systems anymore because although the vast majority of online roulette wheels are computerised. There are actually a few proper, real roulette wheels online – like this on in Dublin, Ireland where you can play in real time just like the people in the casino – Dublinbet
There are other systems which claim to use mathematics to exploit a flaw, such as the break roulette system you can see here – Break Roulette, this is not directed in real roulette but just the random number generators in computer roulette software which most use. I don’t play on computer roulette wheels very often though so haven’t tested this system yet.
There’s one thing for certain some people are out there have figured out how to win on roulette, just not quite sure who !
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The Big Six wheel, also known simply as The Big Six or Wheel of Fortune, is an unequal game of chance, played using a large vertical wheel that can be spun.
Since 13 May 2002, it can be played legally in licensed casinos in the United Kingdom, under The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (Statutory Instrument 2002/1130).
The game is also known in casinos in the United States.
Rules[edit]
The wheel is divided into a number of equal segments separated by spokes or pins. Each segment is associated with a number. The wheel is spun by a dealer, and the winning segment is indicated by a pointer mounted on a flexible piece of rubber or leather, which also rubs against the pins to impart friction and slow the wheel down. Should the player stop the wheel, the segment at the top is the winner.
Variants[edit]
There are a number of variants of the game, that divide the wheel into a different number of segments, use different symbols in the segments, and have different odds if a symbol is selected.
Money wheel[edit]
This variant is the most common in casinos in the United States. The symbols are $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 bills — and two special symbols, a joker and the casino logo. The $1 bills pay at odds of 1 to 1, the $2 bills at 2 to 1, the $5 bills at 5 to 1, and so on. The joker and the logo pay at odds of 40 to 1 or 45 to 1, depending on local gaming regulations or the practice of the casino.
The house advantage or edge (the proportion of the stakes that the casino expects to win on average) of this game is one of the highest of most casino games. In the United States it ranges from 11.1% on the $1-bill bet to more than 24% on the joker or logo (when it pays at 40 to 1). In Australia the house edge is 7.69% on all bets, so that the payouts on a 52-segment wheel are 47:1, 23:1, 11:1, 5:1, 3:1 and 1:1.
Dice wheel[edit]
The symbols on the wheel represent some of the 216 possible combinations of three dice. Sometimes the same combination appears in more than one segment. Players wager on the numbers 1 through 6. If the number appears on one of the dice in the winning segment, the dealer pays at 1 to 1; on two of the dice, 2 to 1; on all three of the dice, 3 to 1.
One example of a dice wheel, manufactured by H. C. Evans & Co. of Chicago (or its successor), is divided into 54 segments. Each of the triples appears four times. The following doubles each appear four times: 2, 1, 1; 2, 2, 1; 4, 3, 3; 5, 4, 4; 6, 5, 5; and 6, 6, 3. The following combinations each appear three times: 3, 2, 1; and 6, 5, 4.
In the example above, there are 54 possible outcomes for a single spin of the wheel. For a specific number:
- There are 7 possible outcomes where only one die will match the number
- There are 4 possible outcomes where only two dice will match
- There are 4 possible outcomes where all three dice will match
At odds of 1 to 1, 2 to 1 and 3 to 1 respectively for each of these types of outcome, the expected loss as a percentage of the stake wagered is:
1 - [(7/54) * 2 + (4/54) * 3 + (4/54) * 4] = 22.2%
The symbolism of the game is redolent of chuck-a-luck or sic bo, games of chance played with three dice. However, the house advantage or edge is greater than for chuck-a-luck, which itself has a higher house advantage than other casino games.
This variety is seldom seen in casinos, but frequently seen as a carnival game, or at a charity 'Monte Carlo night' fund-raiser. A similar game, the 'Big Nine' wheel, has five numbers on each segment, and also three special symbols, appearing on three spaces each, which pay 10:1 odds.
United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand[edit]
A legal game in a licensed casino in the United Kingdom, Australia or New Zealand involves a wheel at least 1.5 metres in diameter divided into 52 segments, each marked with one of seven symbols (referred to as A to G). The table below sets out the frequency of the symbols, their probability, the associated odds specified, and the house advantage or edge.
| Symbol | Number of segments | Probability of winning | Odds offered in UK | House edge in UK | Odds offered in AUS & NZ | House edge in AUS & NZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 out of 52 | 1.9% | 50 to 1 | 1.9% | 47 to 1 | 7.7% |
| B | 1 out of 52 | 1.9% | 50 to 1 | 1.9% | 47 to 1 | 7.7% |
| C | 2 out of 52 | 3.9% | 20 to 1 | 19.2% | 23 to 1 | 7.7% |
| D | 4 out of 52 | 7.7% | 10 to 1 | 15.4% | 11 to 1 | 7.7% |
| E | 8 out of 52 | 15.4% | 5 to 1 | 7.7% | 5 to 1 | 7.7% |
| F | 12 out of 52 | 23.1% | 3 to 1 | 7.7% | 3 to 1 | 7.7% |
| G | 24 out of 52 | 46.2% | 1 to 1 | 7.7% | 1 to 1 | 7.7% |
Other variants[edit]
Other variants, using different symbols and odds, are relatively rare in the United States.
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One variant called 'Mississippi Derby' was used for a short time at the Grand Casino in Gulfport, Mississippi. (The casino was destroyed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.) The symbols were combinations of three of a number of different horses, arranged to represent a winner, a second-placed horse and a third-placed horse. (The horses were represented in three concentric rings, with the winner on the outer ring.) Players wagered on particular horses to 'win', 'place' or 'show', as with betting in horse racing. The payoffs varied from horse to horse, depending on how many times and where the horse appeared on the rings. Odds ranged from 40 to 1 for the 'longshot' to win, down to 1-2 for the 'favorite' to show.
References[edit]
Regulation in the United Kingdom
Regulation in New Zealand