Met a lady recently who told me in her youth she worked as a roulette croup at a West End (of London) casino. With the stories, she claimed that after a while of working there she'd progressed to the stage where she could spin the ball in such a way she could guarantee hitting a section of the wheel (block of 7-9 numbers?) everytime. She said it was very useful for when she was being hassled by rich clients, and meant she could guarantee they'd lose every bet and eventually pi$$ off and play on another table.
I've heard claims like this from other ex-croups but have always been sceptical. Any consistency in the ball spin, combined with the deceleration of the wheel, will be upset by the nodules built into the bowl. I've noticed that even when the track is spinning very slowly, where the ball hits one of these and the trajectory is deflected, in the time it takes for the direction of the ball to change a block of around 5 numbers will have moved round. If one isn't hit by the ball then the trajectory will be uninterrupted.
I think it may be possible to hit a section of the wheel pretty consistently, but I would think that not more than a third at best could be "targeted", and then with a pretty hefty margin of error.
Anyone looked at this?
Although I think any bias in the game will be from the action of the croup, when they alternate the directions of the spins, spin long and short spins of the ball, and I've even been told at one place a different ball is used on every spin (using three of different weights that, supposedly, react differently when they start to dance across the slots), my view (at present) is that examing this with a view to getting an edge on the game is pi$$ing in the wind. I'd love for someone to prove to me otherwise though.
I've heard claims like this from other ex-croups but have always been sceptical. Any consistency in the ball spin, combined with the deceleration of the wheel, will be upset by the nodules built into the bowl. I've noticed that even when the track is spinning very slowly, where the ball hits one of these and the trajectory is deflected, in the time it takes for the direction of the ball to change a block of around 5 numbers will have moved round. If one isn't hit by the ball then the trajectory will be uninterrupted.
I think it may be possible to hit a section of the wheel pretty consistently, but I would think that not more than a third at best could be "targeted", and then with a pretty hefty margin of error.
Anyone looked at this?
Although I think any bias in the game will be from the action of the croup, when they alternate the directions of the spins, spin long and short spins of the ball, and I've even been told at one place a different ball is used on every spin (using three of different weights that, supposedly, react differently when they start to dance across the slots), my view (at present) is that examing this with a view to getting an edge on the game is pi$$ing in the wind. I'd love for someone to prove to me otherwise though.