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    Can you beat Roulette using maths?

    "Then stop trying to go against the math. " i have already given a method using math.so don't tell me i am wrong, tell me WHERE it is wrong.You haven't so far which is surprising.Note that .I did not. and do not claim that it would be profitable only that it gives the bettor an "Edge " And if...
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    Can you beat Roulette using maths?

    I am glad to see, Hurkyl, that you have abandoned claims of certainty and opted for " nearly certain ". Probability Theory is about uncertainty not certainty from which we can infer EXPECTED results but not certainty.Anyway, unless we will live till Infinity THE LONG RUN is irrelevant As...
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    Can you beat Roulette using maths?

    Keyed into a closed thread here in which Sylas claimed that the Caro system bucked the odds "Finally, you need to be very disciplined in excluding the number 30 and the group of consecutive numbers that begins with 11 and continues clockwise through and including 14." This fails to take...
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    Can you beat Roulette using maths?

    ---They do depend on each other, because they are both interdependent upon what numbers are available and how they're laid out and what colors are assigned to them.---- But this is inevitable as there are only 37 numbers available Should we choose the 3rd dozen and 3rd Column there are 9...
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    Can you beat Roulette using maths?

    Hi Skeptic 2 I do not use this method I use another but using maths. All I am doing here is trying to prove that ,yes,we CAN beat roulette by using maths but can does not mean certainty.
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    Can you beat Roulette using maths?

    Thanks hurkyl for taking the trouble to reply I am not a mathematician but I understood them to be independent since they do not depend on each other. so if we ASSUME they ARE independent does my maths stack up ? There is no real need for a real roulette wheel as we could use a RNG Thanks
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    Can you beat Roulette using maths?

    Hi Hurkyl Possible scenario We choose the 3rd Dozen and the 1st Column So, to begin with ,we choose the numbers 1,,4,7,10, 13,16,19,22 25,26 27 28, 29 30 31 32,33,34,35,36 a total of 20 numbers an advantage of 20/37 We also consider all the Red / Odd and Black / Even numbers These are...
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    Can you beat Roulette using maths?

    Thanks Hurkyl What you describe is known as the Martingale system I am talking about level stakes. You don't really answer my question - tell me where my maths is wrong.
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    Can you beat Roulette using maths?

    Thanks Guys But the Heading was" can you beat roulette with maths" and I took it at face value. I was hoping someone would show me where my maths was wrong and not just post soundbites.
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    Can you beat Roulette using maths?

    The answer to the question as put is YES. We"Can" but that does not mean that we will ,only that it is possible The House has an Edge ( in 37 numbers ) of 2.75 but that's it !It is the gambler's aim to beat that edge.By using maths we can, but this is all theoretical as each spin is Random...