Busting Casino Myths Continued

In the previous post, we started taking a look at some casino myths that a lot of people seem to believe in. We also debunked those myths, courtesy of John Grochowski. Here are a couple more.

Roulette
An experienced dealer can make the ball land where he pleases. If a dealer has enough experience and practice, do you think he or she can hit numbers at will? An awful lot of people do.

Dealers I know scoff at the notion. With the wheel spinning one way, the ball going in the opposite direction, bouncing on the surface and from fret to fret separating the numbers, there are far too many physical variables for a dealer to control where the ball will land.

Dealers not only can’t control where the ball is going, their employers don’t want them to. As long as the results are random, the casino makes its money. With a random wheel, the house has a 5.26 percent house edge on a double-zero game that is unchanging. However, if a dealer could control what numbers were coming up, there’s a chance someone would be in on the secret and take a lot of money from the casino. That’s the last thing the owners want. Random games mean big profits for the operators. Taking the randomness out increases operator risk.

This one is a no-brainer really. I mean, why would the operators want to increase their chances of losing money? Indeed, the more random things are, the better for the operators.

(to be continued)