[Petronski]

With a tap of a toe, a microcomputer in the shoe transmitted a voice-synthesised message to a wireless micro-earpiece telling the user of roulette wheel's speed. This could help calculate the next number that would appear.

I'm sorry, but I just don't see how this could work. I hope someone can explain it to me, because right now it sounds like BS.

[nickcarraway]

I remember reading about a group of scientists who did something like this back in the 80s.

[Gunslingr3]

Not as cool as Michael Larson

[calljack]

the speed of the wheel combined with seeing the release point of the ball could allow a section of the wheel to have a higher chance of hitting. imagine playing roulette and your odds of hitting are twice anybody elses.

[Rockitz]

The variability of the initial roll of the ball and the starting point of the wheel relative to that roll would seem to preclude modeling, but possibly he bets on a sector of the wheel instead of an individual number. Increasing his odds by a factor of 2 by successfully picking the correct half of the wheel would be huge however, so it may be possible.

[MindBender26]

This is BS. The speed of the wheel does not take into account the position of the numbers at any given moment, nor does it take into account he speed of the ball in the opposite direction, or all the random bouncing a ball does before it settles in one pocket.

Total BS.

[rdb3]

I'm sorry, but I just don't see how this could work. I hope someone can explain it to me, because right now it sounds like BS.

Petro, I'm sticking with football. I wouldn't want to figure out something like this only to get hemmed up by Lucky Lenny and Tony Two-toes. Those types of guys play for keeps.