How to beat the odds in roulette

There's a hidden electronic device that greatly increases the expected winnings in casino roulette by estimating the speed of the rotor and the ball. Next year it'll be legal in Britain, but evidently it currently isn't in Las Vegas. (Even though, as far as I can tell, it doesn't "cheat.") Will this trigger a move toward digital, unbiased roulette wheels? Or is this the end of roulette? (via kottke)


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Submitted by crazymonk on Tue, 09/19/2006 - 3:16pm.

europe's only professor of gambling? what a weird thing to note. do you think he mentioned that to the reporter or was research done?

that got me wondering...how may other professors of gambling are there? well, there's a centre for gambling research in australia national university with 2 faculty. are there conferences? journals?

Jon May | Tue, 09/19/2006 - 3:31pm

naturally, there's a whole lot:
http://www.naspl.org/research.html
and journals and everything else...makes me wonder why there's only one in europe. guess it was significant. a followup article: why is europe lagging in its gambling studies research?

Jon May | Tue, 09/19/2006 - 3:33pm
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