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Clearly, the speed of the ball and the wheel position need to be taken into account. The player with the wheel speed can do this with training. Clearly this guy had a lot of money, I doubt that it was won by chance.

The show Las Vegas" featured this scheme in one of their episodes. The player did have a device that measured the ball speed and wheel position so in effect made the betting far easier. Of course, in playing (cheating) you still must be careful to miss some of the time or you will be caught even faster.

>Clearly, the speed of the ball and the wheel position need to be taken into account. The player with the wheel speed can do this with training.

Stop and think for a moment. The smallest difference in ball speed changes the position at which the ball leaves the rim. Any change, even less than 1/256th of an inch changes where the ball hits the pyramid deflector. Any change in that changes the angle at which it hits the rotating projections of the wheel. Add into that the variances between the "bounciness" of various balls, even variations in bounciness on different parts of the same ball, the breeze moving through the casino, the temperature as it effects air density, the bounciness of the ball, size of the ball and the humidity as it affects those elements as well, the variations in the surface of the ball and the polished surface leading down to the wheel, any skin oil that has gotten on ball from the dealer's hands, tobacco residue from cigars and cigarettes, basic variations in the weight of the ball itself.

It goes on and on.

Since the ball bounces many times before it settles into a pocket, even the most minuscule variations in the initial two or three factors or bounces would cause complete variation in the result.

Finally, bet we now know where the story came from. Someone Down Under watched "Vegas" and an urban legend was born.

P.S> Casinos love these stories. Gives people hope that "the little guy" can beat the system. Turns people out to the tables in droves.