You're very, very wrong.

A simple example, flipping coins. 50% chance of heads, 3 repetitions:

The chance of getting heads 3 times in a row is:
0.5*0.5*0.5 = 0.125 (or 12.5%)

The probability of getting the same result many times in a row is very small, not because the chance of heads somehow decreases but because any single ordered set of results is just one of many.

The possible outcomes on flipping coins 3 times are:

h-h-h (the one I mentioned - heads 3 times)
h-h-t
h-t-h
h-t-t
t-h-h
t-h-t
t-t-h
t-t-t

Every order is as likely as the others. Heads - tails - heads is just as likely as the others (also a 0.5*0.5*0.5) chance.

Getting black on a roulette table 40 times in a row is extremely unlikely. Not more unlikely, though, than getting black-red-black-red-black-red-etcetera for 40 times. Or getting black 39 times in a row and then getting red.

Nope I won some pretty big amounts of $ with online casinos before.

bingo.

basically, if there's an equal number of red and black numbers, you'll *always* have a 50/50 chance of getting red or black.

Btw it's gonna be red.

:helpme dont play online!

Apparantly you guys don't know much about Roulette. It is not uncommon for a Roulette wheel to hit the same color dozens of times in a row. Ask anyone who plays the game often. Not only that, you don't have a 50/50 chance of hitting red or black, because there are two green spots, 0 and 00. :2 cents:

If a roulette wheel hits the same number dozens of times in a row, that is probably because it's flawed as a random number generator.

As for the 0 and 00... these were examples explaining chance, something which goes a lot easier with simple examples.

A roulette wheel isn't a random number generator. In fact, if you ask any mathematician or computer guru, they will tell you that there is no such thing as a random number generator, it's impossible. And the "ohh, it's hit black 10 times in a row, it'll hit red next" is a classic mistake of people who are new to roulette. If you don't believe me, consult any gambling book or avid gambler.

lol whatever u do,, dont play craps

There are tons of random number generators. They're just all flawed to some degree... some more than others.

Why would I consult a gambling book when I just explained in detail how the idea that after 10 times red it will hit black is mathematically erroneous?

50 stupid bets...

yes.

Damn,that's risky,good luck :thumbsup

As you probably know that's been done and was a very, very clever bit of kit.

The problem is people want to believe there's 'systems' that work for games of chance. All the while they do people will happily feed them crap about how you can make 1000's and how the laws of probability can be ignored because their system really works. But then there's also penis pills that'll make your cock 6 inches longer :D

That said - there are systems that would work over a big enough period of time but unfortunately not in the real world. When the bets start getting into the $billions+ it gets a tad unrealistic :)

so did it land on black?

I hate gambling.... good luck to you though! :winkwink:

Ok, looks I was wrong, so I admit it :)

At least I learned something new.


BTW DatingGold, did you really put $10k on black? Did you win? :winkwink:

So.. what happened?

also you must take in consideration that the probabilites change and get bigger for everytime the same color come up.

He lost :evil-laug

did he really lose it? that's a bummer.

:winkwink:

see sig rules

if he won, he'd be back here by now

probably face down on the bed crying

I used to play 9-ball for $$, but I rarely gambled. Risking your money in casinos just isn't worth it. If you hang around a pool hall for a while, you'll always find someone willing to bet 10k on a flip of a coin and your odds will be TRULY 50-50. It's a better way to go.

I will double or nothing the 10k you lost ...

Lensman will flip a coin and call the winner .. deal ??

he won he's partying now

hope so

Alright, I am not going to argue with you, because you don't know what you are talking about. There is no such thing as a random number generator, and heres why, numbers are infinite, say you program software to generate a "random number", it would only be able to generate a number that is a certain length, or within a certain range. For example, generating numbers that have no decimal places isn't a random number, it's only generating whole numbers. 8974857347509349059203523423.823759823780947230570 92470985983470598703945690837409856730947560983749 08567309476982347895632948657893470985673940875609 83247908563740985670983470985673409867094257609824 750986790824576908754098679084357069827409856 is a numnber that would never be generated. Another example, in the 80s, a group of scientists tried computing the exact number for Pi, they had to quit after the they printed over 30 pages of the exact number. 30 fucking pages of numbers on 8.5x11 sheets of paper. So 3.320720957902375092959023487902379047092379047920 345 whatever times 30 pieces of paper, and counting. As for your second paragraph, you didn't explain anything in detail, and even if you did it wouldn't be right.

He's most likely passed out from getting so shitfaces because he lost that he will wake up in 2 days in a pool of his own fluids and then drive home.

abyss: this butt in ur sig just rocks... :thumbsup

why? craps is the best fucking game! :)

Did he win??

I'll just toss my :2 cents: here

Random numbers generated via a computer are not truely random. In fact, there was a news article on Slashdot that has got online casinos and poker rooms kinda worried - a group of researchers have developed a technique that can predict seeded random numbers from a PRNG.

The "P" in that acryonmn is very important, btw :)

Oh, one more thing:

Red/Black is not a 50/50 bet in case you didn't know.

In Europe there's a single zero. In America (which uses a modified French Roulette wheel), you have zero and double zero.

Red/Black on an American wheel is one of the worst bets you can ever make in a casino.

anyone know if he won or lost yet?

Actually, there are a few casinos, that offer single-zero roulette also in America. The Stratosphere in Las Vegas for example. There are both versions but the last time I was there, there were more people playing the double-zero game (same betting conditions) than the single-zero game... :1orglaugh

It's a bit like the idiots splitting more than one chip - even worse the ones that split 4+ chips four ways. It should be very obvious, even to those a little simple, that the odds are FAR better sticking to single numbers. The only time you should split is if table stakes are so high that you don't want to bet a whole chip on a single number.

You can't win long term at roulette so you may as well at least give yourself a fighting chance of making a profit now and again.

hehehehe :)

I honestly can't stand to even put buck on roulette now having dealt it. I'd rather put that dollar in a slot (and that's saying something for me).