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Thought I had a good roulette strategy - (I'm an idiot)
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Grammar nazi fail!
Was referring to this rather than what was contained in the quote:
Pet hate lol.
Blackjack unless you're card counting gives the house about a 1% edge if you play Basic Strategy, but it depends on the exact rules (e.g. double down on any number = good, Blackjack pays 6/5 = bad). Because it's only a small edge compared to most other casino games, you can make your money last quite a long time.
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Very true. On another episode of the program I got that roulette story from, there was a guy who build his own craps table as close to the ones in his local casino as possible. After about a year of practising several hours a day he got to the point where he could throw the dice and have a good idea of what the outcome would be. Despite proving that he wasn't cheating he was kicked out of the casinos
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this is why I have came into thread, don't care about strategy, just seen the perma on the thread title lol
quite likely BS... there isn't much evidence that dice control in craps is actually feasible to the point where it would give you an advantage
I'm not an advantage player myself but I'm interested in gambling generally and I do find some methods of advantage play interesting... some of it does fall into a grey area and can rapidly draw the attention of the casino.
I don't think its worthwhile in general these days unless there is some particular edge you're able to exploit rapidly in one attempt/session for a serious pay out. (such as the gang using a device to 'cheat' at roulette in the Ritz for a million or so or Phil Ivey exploiting flaws in the card design at Crockfords in a game of baccarat for 7 million)
Casinos are well aware of, for example, card counters in blackjack - its perhaps feasible for some professional card counters to sustain a living in vegas but they'd have to play rather short sessions for small winnings and then move to another casino... constantly moving perhaps even taking -ev bets to throw off surveillance - the returns, hassle, risks are probably not worth it as they'll likely just end up with a fairly average income... they might as well just play poker.
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For anyone interested 'The Eudaemonic Pie' or otherwise entitled 'The Newtonian Casino' is a really good read.
Soldato
I've had 26 reds in a row on a table so that strategy is out.
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Just watched my mate win £850 from a £10 bet on roulette.
He did exactly the same thing (£10 in) and got £1,000 a few months ago.
:/
He did exactly the same thing (£10 in) and got £1,000 a few months ago.
:/
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He must be losing a lot more surely? or he is just amazingly lucky.
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Around £3k up and £800 down.
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Tell him to quit now
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Look at Vegas, how much money people loose to keep that place running, 0.0001% of punters must come out on top.
Never gamble more than you can afford to loose, etc etc.
Never gamble more than you can afford to loose, etc etc.
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Nothing of a gambling nature to add to the thread but I am loving the thread title
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Luck.
so just £2200 up over a small sample size.... basically its completely irrelevant