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Re: An ingenious, physics-based strategy to outsmart roulette

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On 6/5/2016 8:30 AM, Sam Wormley wrote:
> An ingenious, physics-based strategy to outsmart roulette
>> http://qz.com/692805/an-ingenious-physics-based-strategy-to-outsmart-roulette/
>>
>
>
>> A colleague of mine built a device that enabled him to beat the
>> roulette table. Impossible you may think, but no; it was based on
>> physics.
>>
>> It worked as follows: to encourage people to bet at roulette, it has
>> been traditional to allow bets to be made after the wheel is spun and
>> the ball is flung, but only before it begins to drop. In that second
>> or two, there is enough information to allow a measurement and
>> computation that will, for example, double your odds of winning.

Wrong.

NEVER PLAY ROULETTE - the odds are the worst in the house.


Sample Roulette Payouts

Roulette Bets
	

Odds/Pays
	

Probability

Red number
	

1:1
	

46.37%

Black number
	

1:1
	

46.37%

Even number
	

1:1
	

46.37%

Odd number
	

1:1
	

46.37%

1 to 18
	

1:1
	

46.37%

19 to 36
	

1:1
	

46.37%

1 to 12
	

2:1
	

31.58%

13 to 24
	

2:1
	

31.58%

25 to 36
	

2:1
	

31.58%

Any one number
	

35:1
	

2.63%

Two-number combination
	

17:1
	

5.26%

Three-number combination
	

11:1
	

7.89%

Four-number combination
	

8:1
	

10.53%

Six-number combination
	

5:1
	

15.79%

0, 00, 1, 2, 3 combination
	

6:1
	

13.16%

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An ingenious, physics-based strategy to outsmart roulette Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 08:30 -0500
  Re: An ingenious, physics-based strategy to outsmart roulette xxein1@att.net - 2016-06-05 07:14 -0700
  Re: An ingenious, physics-based strategy to outsmart roulette Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-06-05 10:52 -0500
  Re: An ingenious, physics-based strategy to outsmart roulette jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-05 17:44 +0000
  Re: An ingenious, physics-based strategy to outsmart roulette Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-06-05 12:06 -0700

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