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Old 05-21-2003, 05:35 PM  
SpaceAce
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Originally posted by vegasdude

I hear what you say but Im still ahead on the roulette table
If you say that, I don't doubt it. One person is not a significant study, though. If you play long enough you must lose because there is <B>no</B> roulette bet with odds in your favor. That means you <B>will</B> lose in the long run. The only way to avoid that is to not play enough to constitue a "long run" in which case you need to rely on luck and the best possible odds (all of them being against you) to stay ahead.

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Originally posted by vegasdude

I have a strategy that in theory will BEAT the roulette table but it is impossible to play both online and offline... but in theory it wins.
Well, I'm not looking to purchase any ebooks but if you want to discuss it here, I'm game. I do not believe there is any twisting of mathematics that can ever, ever, ever "beat" a roulette table. Probability is simply not in your favor. You can only beat the table as long as your 22 numbers keep coming up or the ball doesn't land in the green. There is nothing you can do to turn the odds in your favor. The 22-number thing, streaks, etc, are all <I>illusions</I>, they don't exist. No matter how many millions of spins you study and see that 'x' numbers came up in a row this many times or only 'y' numbers came up in so many spins, taken out across enough spins all those numbers will come up equal numbers of times. 37 spins on one table may yield only 22 numbers, but once you factor in the thousands of tables being spun all around the world at that moment, you'll see that all the numbers came up in what will be reasonably close to a 1/37 probability.

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Originally posted by vegasdude

im ready to bet against anyone inhere that if we were to start a roulette tournament then I would either:

a. be the winner or
b. be the last one with bankroll left.

Losing the least is not the same as winning.

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