In the early 80s a simple Hp .55 Hewlett-Packard pocket calculator was successfully utilized.

That calculator contained a chronometer and was instructed by a simple software to assess the ideal landing point after having measured the ball velocity and the wheel velocity by some human clicks.

I guess that with modern cell phones it won't so hard to repeat the process originally made on a 0.55 HP pocket calculator, especially knowing that now clicking on a phone is interpreted as a normal gesture everywhere.

Any professional musician can keep time to within 5ms per second, probably much better.

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About much better I think is from fantastic side
But from other hand - no need to be so accurate with measurings - to ged edge on wheel is totally enough 20-50 ms acuracy, even are methods with even less acuracy.
I know several guys who can count time in head . Not sure which acuracy but that is enough for wining.
There are many myths about how roulete can or cant be beated, but usualy all are not right...

50 msec/sec is off almost a 1/16 per measure.

You'd be laughed out of the studio if you kept time that bad.

Not be naive - human cant measure time more acurate simply because his physical abilities
Musiciants use rythm - that is not the same as time measuring .
To know which abilities have human in measuring - read something about human reacttion and for you all will be clear....

I guess the only proper response to that is "no."

OT, but pertaining to roulette.....

Was at the local casino last weekend, when I noticed a big commotion going on at the roulette table. The display monitor showed 12 reds in a row and the whole table was going nuts riding the streak.

Others wanted to join in, but all the color chips were already being used, as well as all the cash chip denomiantions of 5, 10, and 100. One guy who was playing the 10 value chips would collect chips from other players to place on his stack, but the dealer was telling him he couldn't do that- but he did it anyway for some players. The red streak continued for 3 more spins as the asians let it ride to the table max. Lots of cheering as it happened, I was happy for them Then they all left after black came out of course, lol.

The chances of beating roulette are the same chances of beating baccarat

If my life depended on a single one chance only "win", roulette offers the best possible chance for a win compared to baccarat. Betting 35 of 37 numbers in single zero roulette (35/37 94.59%), compared to Banker (45.9%).

Actually you could improve your chances of winning betting 36 numbers out of 37 (97.297%) on single zero wheels risking 144 units to win just one unit.

ok, I'll bite. Please explain.

EDIT: I found it online. Its actually risking 143 units.

Thank you though.

I can never work out who I can't stand more. The clueless people who come up with systems based on fallacies about the laws of probability, or smug nerdy types who continually restate the ****ing obvious endlessly in these threads to make themselves feel superior.

There are actual ways to beat roulette. Some of them are very interesting. Why would you want to endlessly discuss systems that don't work with people that aren't going to listen to you anyway?

^^ Good question. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment, lol.

GBV, OT, But while you are here if you don't mind ....

At my local casino the roulette tables are all double zero wheels, except for the electronic monitor station (40 seats, the monitor has live baccarat and a live roulette wheel, dealer is seated up front) which is a single zero wheel. It spins about once per minute. We have 40 seconds to place a bet before the ball is dropped.

What I've noticed is that in reference to mileage points, the electronic monitors pay more compared to the comp rate at the regular tables, even though the machines only give you .05% on your total wagers. I would of thought the double zero tables would of paid more for mileage.

The reason I try to collect mileage points is not just because it is a 1 for 1 cash value, but also because it enters players (top 60 for the week) into Baccarat tournaments ($157 value), more contest tickets, etc.

If my goal is to make $50 in mileage (which is $10000 in total wagers), in your opinion what is the best way to go about trying to achieve this goal without losing too much money. Or would you play baccarat instead (which is also .05% mileage)?

If OP is talking about biased wheels, there are no biased wheels. At least not in any casino of any size. Every number that hits is recorded and even displayed on the "tower" on the table. I'd bet that years of results are stored in a database somewhere and a program that could analyze it for bias would take less than a minute to run.

Machines with lasers and whatnot can measure everything to the gnat's ass.