But the most that any casino roulette wheel manufacturer can achieve is to produce a wheel that is “almost random”. The word “almost” leaves an area that is as potentially exploitable to roulette as card counting and shuffle tracking are to blackjack.

Most of the time that 2.7% house edge (single zero roulette) is more than enough to take care of any small bias that may exist anyway and even though a number may be appearing more than it should, it may still not be occurring often enough to give the player an advantage.

But the main point here is that if a small bias does indeed exist then it only takes a series of accidental events to swing this into a full blown player advantage providing that it is identified of course. But identifying it or even trying to identify it is beyond the scope or the patience of the overwhelming majority of punters. The vast majority of them who even bother to look at all arrive at incorrect conclusions anyway as detecting true bias as opposed to imagined bias is not straight forward.

The main factor that causes wheel bias is repetitive wear and tear either by the wheel being in motion for long hours or through the operation of it by the dealer. At the end of the day, it is only manufactured from wood and metal and they are hardly impervious materials are they. This constant use is a factor in why the wheels are relocated within the casino periodically although it is far from being the only reason as I have already stated.

A wheel that is on a left handed table will incur usage differently than a wheel on a right handed roulette table and vice versa. Recently, there have been developments in the field of bias detection with firms manufacturing bias detection software.

In fact the new Saturn wheels that are in circulation now can be fitted with in built memory that is built into the base of the wheel that can record data for up to six years. The Saturn data logger theoretically detects bias whether it is caused by inaccurate wheel balancing, table movement or whatever.

What is more difficult to detect however is temporary bias because permanent bias is simple to detect and it does not actually take that long to find. It is in the area of temporary bias where casinos are vulnerable and this introduces the very shady area of wheel tampering.

The people who have direct access to the wheels are the casino employees in whatever capacity. Because the level of action inside your average UK casino is not that big then casino management do tend to let their guard down with regard to these things. Replacing very expensive roulette wheels or having them rebuilt is hardly an acceptable option for many casinos and especially if that wheel is a consistent money earner.

If strict security procedures were always adhered to then casinos would not be took to the cleaners as often as they are. Sure they may have got the game sewn up with regards having an unbeatable edge in their favour but that assumes that the roulette player is playing by their rules.

If everyone in the world played roulette the way that the gaming industry wanted you to play it then there would be no medium to long term winners and your positive expectation would always be in the negative. Luckily you don’t have to play by their rules but if you don’t then they will bar you from playing or possibly even prosecute you if they catch you cheating. Look out for part three coming soon.

Carl “The Dean” Sampson
Author – “Killer Roulette”
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