Roulette is a game that is based purely on chance, with no way to get any “edge” on the game. Indeed, it is one of the few games in the casino that is really truly random. Hence, this is the game that most gamblers find the most frustrating, since it cannot be influenced in any way, no betting system will ensure a victory, and ultimately, either you are lucky, or you are not. The house edge, especially in American wheels, usually guarantees that you have no luck, unless you are smart about your money.
Some myths about getting an edge in the game of roulette are as follows. One is finding a biased roulette wheel, another is finding a dealer with a signature, and the third is visually tracking the ball and accurately predicting where it will land.
The first system has been used since the very invention of the game, when wheels were not as carefully built as they are now. If a wheel is tilted ever so slightly, then certain numbers will come up more often. A serious “wheel watcher” will records sometimes thousands of spins. If the ball really does fall disproportionately on a certain group on numbers, then the gambler’s fortune is as good as made. Some of the greatest wins at some of the best casinos in the world have been made (supposedly) by wheel-watchers.
This system today is all but defunct, however. Apart from the fact that in the online casino, there is not wheel, only millions of pixels running from a server to your home computer. Random number generators usually guarantee that the wheel is random, even though, unfortunately, there are unscrupulous casinos that are not completely random. These are, however, exceptions to the rules. In land based casinos wheel are checked at intervals to ensure that they are even; gaming commissions see to that. In addition, roulette wheels have shallower pockets than they did in the past, making the balls bounce more, so that a bias is more difficult to develop a bias in the first place.
The dealer signature is another “system” that is even more controversial than the wheel bias. In a nutshell, it means that the dealer of the roulette table spins the wheel in a certain way according to his habit, making certain number come out more than others. This signature is controversial in land based casinos; some say it exists, some it does not, but it is any case not something to be counted upon, unless you are willing to take years into researching the issue. Dealers can changes, as well, have a bad day, or anyother reason. Human fallacy is not something you can build on. Of course, in the online casinos, there is no dealer, hence no signature.
There is no way to get the edge in the game of roulette, and it all comes down to luck. Each spin of the roulette wheel is independent of all the others, and it will make no difference whether you use the Martingale system, count the number of spins or pray, all that matters is when you begin, and when you quit. As with all gambling games, never bet more than you can afford to lose, and stick to your budg
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