Re: Defiately OT question. ref roulette
- From: "michael adams" <mjadams25@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:52:53 +0100
"lescor" <lescorbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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lescor wrote:
I was killing time early AM yesterday, waiting for the BF markets to
start making sense, and browsing those scores of weird Sky channels.
They include a few roulette games, and I noticed that each one had the
same strange change from the usual red-black-red black ...etc in the
sequence of numbers we see in casinoes. These all had sequential red-red
and black -black a few times. Why?
Unimportant, but there HAS to be a reason, but annoys me that I can't
think of one. Knowing what a street wise lot our handful of posters
are, this seemed as good a place as any to ask.
A small Walls pork pie for the correct answer.
Les
I should have said, this occurs on the table, not on the wheel.
LC
I think I see what you're getting at Les.
The layout goes 1,2,3,
.................4,5,6
So the question really is why are there 4 pairs of successive numbers
10,11 - 18,19, - 28,29 and 1,36 (forgetting the zero) which have the
same colour.
When the numbers 1 - 36 are arranged around the wheel
in an arrangement with alternating colours.
This is the same as on a standard roulette layout or cloth, I think
you'll find.
The answer seems to be that its impossible to arrange the numbers
1- 36 a sequence around the wheel which would satisfy every requirement
including alternate red blacks throughout the 1-36 series and so that's the
one that's been sacrificed,
This is the best explanation I could find concerning the actual arrangement
This is for American Roulette with a double 00 (not sure if the reference
to 35 there is correct)
<quote>
Most players and croupiers believe that the numbers 1 through 35 are arranged
on the rim of the wheel in a haphazard manner, except that the red and black
numbers alternate. There is nothing haphazard about the arrangement! An attempt
has been make to alternate low, high, odd and even numbers, as well as the red
and black colors, in such a way that each group of numbers, and each color is
spaced out in a mathematically balanced fashion. A perfect mathematical balance
is not possible, since the sum of the numbers 1 through 36 is 666, and the 18
odd numbers add to only 342. In order to attain the best possible mathematical
balance, roulette manufacturers use the following arrangement: The numbers 0 and
00 are directly opposite each other on the wheel head rim separated on each side
by 18 numbers. The 0 pocket is between two black-numbered pockets and the colors
alternate in both directions around the wheel, ending in two red pockets, one
on each side of the 00. Odd numbers alternate with even numbers.
" In order to get the best possible distribution of high and low numbers, the
sum of each two successive numbers of the same color must equal 37. There are
two exceptions, the numbers 9 and 28 and the numbers 10 and 27 which are not
the same color, as each pair is made up of a red and black number."
http://www.casinocom.com/rouleqip.html
<quote>
Now whether any other arrangement could possibly allow the players to gain an
advantage or not, I'm not sure. Although at the extreme, clearly having all the
reds or even numbers on one side of the wheel would quickly show up any bias
in the wheel which players might take advantage of. So possibly the
arrangement of the numbers on the wheel is such, is that its impossible
for players to bet* on groups of numbers which are close to each other on
the wheel, as even a small mechanical bias could give them a big advantage.
michael adams
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