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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostI did my final year dissertation into statistical probabilities of gambling.
There was a great Horizon program in the 90s which did the same. In there was a mathematics professor and some computer students. They built a roulette computer that took the speed of the wheel in one direction, with the speed of the ball in the other. They had to wait until three spins had gone past and they tapped a button on a small device in their shoe every time the ball or the wheel went past a certain point opposite.
This in turn predicted the 8th of the wheel the ball was likely to land in, if it didnt hit a ridge and bounce randomly. They tipped the odds 3% in their favour.
Of course, the odd thing was they were shuffling their feet and diving in at the last second, plus one of the devices short circuitted and set one of them on fire.
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostI did my final year dissertation into statistical probabilities of gambling.
There was a great Horizon program in the 90s which did the same. In there was a mathematics professor and some computer students. They built a roulette computer that took the speed of the wheel in one direction, with the speed of the ball in the other. They had to wait until three spins had gone past and they tapped a button on a small device in their shoe every time the ball or the wheel went past a certain point opposite.
This in turn predicted the 8th of the wheel the ball was likely to land in, if it didnt hit a ridge and bounce randomly. They tipped the odds 3% in their favour.
Of course, the odd thing was they were shuffling their feet and diving in at the last second, plus one of the devices short circuitted and set one of them on fire.
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I remember playing games of Indian Brag (you take 1 card and put it on your forehead so others can see, but you can't) with a big crowd at uni. Me and my mate came came up with a system where one of us pulled out during the raising. The person that pulled out put the card face up if the other guy was wining. Down if losing. Anyway it got to four of us in 1 game and I pulled out, as my mate had 3, and the other 2 left had 2's. I thought perfect! They all laughed as it turned out I had a king... last laugh and all that, we made a fortune! (Well for students anyway!)
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I did my final year dissertation into statistical probabilities of gambling.
There was a great Horizon program in the 90s which did the same. In there was a mathematics professor and some computer students. They built a roulette computer that took the speed of the wheel in one direction, with the speed of the ball in the other. They had to wait until three spins had gone past and they tapped a button on a small device in their shoe every time the ball or the wheel went past a certain point opposite.
This in turn predicted the 8th of the wheel the ball was likely to land in, if it didnt hit a ridge and bounce randomly. They tipped the odds 3% in their favour.
Of course, the odd thing was they were shuffling their feet and diving in at the last second, plus one of the devices short circuitted and set one of them on fire.
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IT Contractors caught in Casino Con
http://www.contractoruk.com/news/004788.html
Idiots, not as clever as they thought
Anyone sensible would have slightly adjusted the odds to the favour of someone who "knows the pattern"Tags: None
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