Holy fuck this thread pretty much goes to show how casinos make so much money, even a internet forum filled with people who supposedly internet savvy, who would be able to find the answers that none of their theories work in 5 minutes of the internet, still think they have an idea of how to beta the system.
what the fuck is this:
Blackjack is horrible. I've been recently playing craps, and I'm getting good at that. As for roulette; if you want an edge play the row above the (row: color, 1-15, 15-36, odd/even). That row will have 3 sections and pays 2 for 1 win. What I tend to do, is put down for sake of argument, $1.00 on each of those two three boxes. You purposely lose one, but by doing so you cover 66% of the board and win 66% of the time.
I stay away from roulette, but if you play -t hats the way to go.
As far as I know blackjack, when played perfectly, is your best bet in a casino as it has the smallest edge, unlike roulette or craps though it has a certain skill to it, so people can play poorly and lose money.
Dealt roulette for 8 years on the Vegas strip. Always had a good laugh at the guys who had the "system" to beat the game.
2 things -
1. Your system of betting red after you see a few blacks is one of the worst "systems" you could possible use. Stay with the streak never bet against it.
The better system is the same used by many of the smarter gamblers, "progressive win", and that is to progressive bet a small amount more then the previous bet after each win. Bet 10, win, then bet 15, win then bet 20,win, bet 30 etc. After a streak of 5+ red or black you will be winning large amounts while risking only the houses money. The wheel will streak 15, 20 or even 25 of one color quit often and I've seen people lose way more than they could afford using your flawed strategy.
FACT - Good roulette dealers can consistently manipulate what sections of the wheel the ball will land in, so don't piss your dealer off.
2. Everyone wins at gambling - Almost every person who sat at the table was, as they said, a winner over the long run. If a person wins $1000 one time but loses $500 10 times you will ONLY ever hear about the time he/she won the $1000, it's just human nature.
There is no good way to to bet on roulette, and there is no good system, if i were to give you a good system for betting on roulette it would be to bet as little as possible as infrequently as possible. No matter how you bet on the roulette table, in what pattern shape or form, you lose theoretically lose a small % of the money you put in, the more money you bet the higher your theoretical loss is (in $.) so increasing your bet size goes only to increase your theoretical/estimated losses.
And betting for or against streaks also has absolutely nothing to do with anything .If the table gets 300 blacks in a row, the next ball is an isolated result, and it is no more likely to go on red than it is on black.
The only thing I cant comment on from own experience is how a roulette dealer can decide where the ball lands or not as i have never dealt on a roulette table. But the fact that you after 8 years of working as a dealer on a roulette table and still have no clue about the statistic and profitability of roulette makes me doubtful for you as a trustworthy source of gambling information.
It is probably more a product of what you mentioned yourself about how every gambler is a winner due to selective memory, when you are dealing at the roulette table and think you are going to aim the ball somewhere, every time you will miss you will think "oh well close enough" or "cant nail them all" and whenever you are right, a small % of the time, you think to yourself "oh my god i am a master of roulette i can aim close to perfectly :stonedsmilie:"
One thing that makes me pretty confident that roulette dealers have absolutely no control over the ball, is that if they did, casinos would have automated this process a looooooooooooooong time ago. They would not trust potentially millions of dollars into the hands of roulette dealers paid a measly xx$ /hour. And if roulette dealers could control the ball and casinos let them, casinos would be taken to the cleaner several times a day by hustling roulette dealers.
From my perspective as an outsider looking at the physics of it, it would seem easier to mechanically cheat craps than the roulette table, both being pretty close to impossible anyway.
poker and blackjack are the only gambling I can bring myself to play. Any other games of chance are spent loosing money that I could have used to increase my bankroll playing 21 or poker.
Like most others have said, martingale will kill you in the long run. But, OP glad to here you're up.
What is this I dont even. If you play blackjack you are losing money. Blackjack is a losing game, if you play perfectly you will be losing your money pretty slowly, but it is still not going to be profitable.
If you want to be profitable through gambling here are your options.
1) Cheat. (Counting Cards/Weighted Dice, go james bond on their asses and put magnets under the roulette tables.)
2) Poker (or other similar games) where there is skill involved, and you are playing against other players not the house.
3) Sports Betting. To be profitable in sports betting though you either need to have more information\ a better grasp of a sport and the 2 teams playing\competing than the gambling place you are betting on by a decent amount, so you can find the soft spots and bet there (which is pretty hard to do in the first place since they have several experienced people working on putting up the odds, and the odds are supposedly made to be losing propositions on both sides.) And/or have inside information, preferably both at the same time and you can potentially make some profitable bets in sports.
4) Bonus Whoring.
Have not done the math on this but I assume there must be some casinos that have bonuses that statistically break even or lose a very small amount of money if people play perfectly and cash out as soon as they get the bonus. This would probably not be very profitable in the long run though and would require more time than its worth in terms of profit.
Outside of poker, taking papajohns approach to gambling is your best bet (he-he) where you realize you are losing a small portion of your money every time you bet, but look at it as the price you are paying for the entertainment you are getting while gambling. As far as I know Blackjack if played perfectly is the game that has the smallest edge to the house.
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