DislikedHis point is that if the sequence of roulette rounds is a random walk, there is an expected traveled distance (imbalance of number of reds and blacks, edit: ignoring the "spread", the zeros) away from an arbitrary reference point (and the math says it's proportional to the square root of number of rounds). Cheers, kIgnored
QuoteDislikedI agree that I couldn't. Luckily, Einstein did... k
Mike Shackleford aka the 'Wizard of Odds' is an adjunct professor in actuarial science and mathematics at the University of Nevada, and is also an internationally acknowledged expert in casino games. Here are his comments about using betting systems to beat games like roulette.
Of course I'm aware of systems that exploit biased roulette wheels, or like the 'Eudaemonic Pie' that use physics (ball release speed and trajectory, angular velocity of the wheel, etc) to gain an edge. But there are also plenty of folk who claim that they have a purely mathematical system that can beat the house edge; I suggest that the reader considers their possible motive for doing so.
If somebody believes that they have such a system, let's code a simulation using a reliable RNG, and check the outcome after a billion 'spins'.
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