Why You Can Never Win At Roulette

  

Albert Einstein supposedly once said: “No one can win at roulette unless he steals money from the table while the croupier isn’t looking.”

Why you never win at roulette

Although I wouldn’t normally question Einstein, this statement isn’t true. In fact, you can use Einstein’s specialist subject, physics, to help you win. Or you can find a biased wheel that makes some numbers more likely to come up.

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What Einstein actually meant was that there is no mathematical trick that can help you win at roulette. Each spin is an independent trial and, in the long run, the casino will win. This is different to a game such as Blackjack where the probabilities change as cards are dealt.

But some believe that it is possible to exploit the way the roulette wheel, and the betting cloth, is laid out to give themselves an advantage. The idea is that you can make bets on the layout in a way that you are guaranteed to win. But is this really possible?

Roulette wheel layout

Like a dartboard, the layout of a roulette wheel did not come about by accident. It was carefully planned and exhibits certain properties. In fact, there are two different layouts. An American wheel and a European wheel. The two layouts are shown below.

Notice that the American wheel has two zeroes. This is important as it doubles the advantage for the casino. On a European wheel you would expect to lose, in the long run, 2.7% of any money you bet with. On an American wheel you can expect to lose 5.26% (if you are interested in the mathematics of roulette, the video at the end will show you how these odds are calculated).

The numbers are arranged in a different order on each wheel but there are some similarities in the patterns. On both wheels, the red and black numbers alternate around the wheel, although if you removed the zeroes, the American wheel would have consecutive reds and blacks. The wheels are also structured so that the low numbers (1-18) and the high numbers (19-36) should alternate as much as possible.

On a European wheel, this is only violated where the 5 sits next to the 10 (both low numbers). On the American wheel, there are many examples where this rule is violated. It is for this reason that the American wheel is considered not as balanced as the European wheel. Both wheels also try to distribute odd and even numbers as evenly as possible. But again there are a number of violations of this rule on both wheels.

On the European wheel there are two other interesting symmetries. First, all the low red numbers and black high numbers are on one side of the zero, and the high red numbers and low black numbers are on the other side. Second, the sequence 29-7-28-12-35-3-26-0-32 contains no numbers between 13 and 24 (the second dozen). You can place a bet on the whole of the second dozen, with odds of 2-1.

So, can we beat the maths?

A simple search on Google will return many (possibly millions) of systems for playing (and supposedly winning) roulette. Some easy, some complicated, some well described, some not so.

A system should really be a combination of a playing strategy and a money management strategy. Perhaps the best known money management strategy is the Martingale system. This system is guaranteed to win money as long as you have enough of a bankroll to double your bet after every loss and you do not hit the table limit, which you will quickly do so. The Martingale system is probably the quickest way to bankruptcy known to man.

Whatever betting strategy, and money management strategy, you choose, they all suffer from the same fate. Assuming that each number on the wheel has the same probability of being selected – meaning the wheel is not biased – the maths means the casino will always win. The system may look good, and may work in the short term, but when one of the numbers comes up that you have not bet on you will lose and the casino will move towards its win expectation (2.7% or 5.26%).

Some systems involve betting on many numbers, perhaps 20. In this case, you will win quite often as you are covering more than half of the numbers. But when one of the numbers does not turn up (and it will almost half the time) you lose all of the 20 bets you have made. This will often wipe out any wins to date.

Any system, so far devised, can be analysed to show that there is a win expectation for the casino. The following video shows the maths.

You might as well place a single chip on the same number every time and hope that it appears more than it should during the short time that you are playing.

We can dress up the layout of the wheel, the layout of the betting cloth, our number selection and our money management system however we like, but the maths is always there, quietly working against us. You might as well just have fun, pick random numbers and trust to Lady Luck. Either that, or do as Einstein suggested and steal chips (not that we’d recommend it).

Introduction: How to Win at Russian Roulette!

A great strategy for playing a game you should never play!

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Step 1: Never Play Russian Roulette!

It's dangerous and you could die.

Step 2: If You're Being Forced to Play Russian Roulette by Some Psychopath,

this guide is for you.

Step 3: Familiarize Yourself With the Particular Revolver You'll Be Using.

Some cylinders (e.g. the Colt Police Positive) rotate clockwise from the rear. Other cylinders (e.g. the Smith & Wesson Model 28) rotate counter-clockwise from the rear. This is super important!

If your cylinder rotates clockwise from the rear (e.g. the Colt), the chamber just left of the one aligned with the barrel (when the hammer is down) is the one that's 'up next'. If your cylinder rotates counter-clockwise (e.g. the Smith), the chamber that's up next is the one just to the right of the one aligned with the barrel. For sanity's sake, this is all from the perspective of looking at the revolver from the rear, i.e. when holding it while aiming away from you.

If the gun is already cocked, or the trigger is already mostly pulled, the cylinder has already rotated. The chamber that will fire is now the one already aligned with the barrel.

Step 4: Learn to Spot Whether the Gun Will Fire or Not With the Next Trigger Pull.

This is based on your ability to see, feel, or otherwise determine whether the chamber that is 'up next' is loaded or not. This will be the chamber directly left or right of the one aligned with the barrel, depending on which way the cylinder rotates on your particular revolver.

Usually, it is possible to see a little sliver of metal corresponding to the rim of the cartridge from the rear of the chamber. On some guns, you can even see it from the side.

In this photo of a Smith & Wesson Model 28 in .45 LC, the gun is ready to fire. You can tell because the chamber just to the right of the barrel is loaded (see the little silver sliver?). Because the cylinder rotates counter-clockwise from the rear (on this particular gun), we know that the loaded chamber is up next.

Get familiar enough with this concept that you could trust your life to it if you had to, but don't gamble your life on it unless absolutely necessary. Remember: in Russian roulette, there's no prize for second place.

Step 5: Enough Talk. Time for Action!

The psycho who is making you play RR will kill you if you try anything funny, so play along.

If the chamber that's up next is empty, you can pull the trigger on the revolver, and nothing will happen. You will hear a 'click', and it will advance to the next chamber.

If the chamber that's up next is loaded, shoot the psycho, save the girl and escape the palace before it blows up.

Step 6: Caveat...

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There's probably more than one caveat involved with playing RR, but this is one to beware of.

When you initially close the cylinder on the revolver after spinning it, there's a good chance it won't align perfectly with the locking plunger that fixes it in place. The gun will essentially be 'between chambers', and it will be difficult to reliably determine which chamber is up next.

Why You Never Win At Roulette

The thing to do is, immediately after closing the cylinder, rotate it slightly with your fingers (either direction) until it clicks into place. Now you can check the chamber that's up next to see if it's loaded or not. Prior to clicking the cylinder into place, it's anyone's guess which chamber is up next.

Step 7: Enjoy!

Be safe, have fun, and as stated, never play Russian roulette... unless you're forced to, in which case, remember what I taught you, and good luck! :D

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