Should Rogue Dealers At The Roulette Table Be Cause For Concern?
Dear
Mark: Do casinos have policies regarding the minimum
number of revolutions a roulette ball should make
before dropping off the track? What would be considered
too few? If the roulette wheel stops moving before
the ball lands in the pocket or stops in less than
a quarter of a revolution after the ball lands in
the pocket would that be cause for concern?
Consider
the following scenario. A player comes to an empty
table in the morning and bets ten dollars straight
up on a single number. After that spin, a new dealer
is brought in who turns his head to the side and yells
out "What number do I have to hit?" The
player bets another ten dollars on the same number.
The new dealer says, "You can't bet on that number,
you have to bet on the numbers that I pick."
What are your comments on that? Daniel D.
Casino
operators, Daniel, have plenty of security procedures
in place to preserve the integrity of their games,
out of self-interest, as well as to protect the general
public. You know the deal: Casino managers watch the
shift manager, who watches the pit bosses, who watch
the floorman, who watches the dealers, while the "eye
in the sky" surveillance cameras, watch everything.
Believe me, Daniel, the last thing a casino wants
is a rogue dealer who thinks he can sector-shoot,
or a player exploiting a biased wheel or dealer by
clocking the wheel.
Is the wheel coming to a dead stop while the ball
is circling above on the track permissible behavior?
Not in any joint that I ever dealt in, or probably
any casino for that matter. "Round and round
and round she goes, where she drops, nobody knows"
is the tune all dealers should be adhering to.
When
I dealt roulette, I was trained to either speed
up or slow down both the wheel and ball delivery
before each spin to avoid wheel clocking, but
I've got to tell you, Daniel, to consciously sector-shoot
or pocket a particular number with the wheel going
one way, the ball the other, with frets impeding
a descending ball and between the pockets, make
it frankly impossible to anticipate where the
ball is going to land. A slowing or stopped wheel
surely helps, but casino operators, for obvious
reasons, just aren't hip to that happening.
As
for the dealer yelling out "What number do
I have to hit?" or not allowing you to play
certain numbers, well, more than likely it was
just a flippant remark and/or a rude dealer. Some
dealers do believe they run the asylum.
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