But why wait on the R R R R R or B B B B B ? Why would that give an indication of what was coming next?
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I know what you're saying, but the human mind is extremely good at picking up patterns. The outcome is no doubt random you are right, but your mind notices patterns very easily and these thoughts end up influencing your bets at a roulette wheel.
I play roulette at a real casino regularly. I don't usually put money on red/black but the other day I was playing and my brain noticed a pattern. Two reds would never come up in a row. If a red ever came up it would always be followed by a black. (eg. BBBBRBBBRBBBBRBB). Fllowing this pattern I managed to quadruple my money. The first time the pattern was broken I stopped using that tactic.