QUOTE(Joehans @ Aug 18 2008, 05:20 PM)
....come on lah just 5 seconds?? coool man..nice BS....now i have serious doubt about you ever being to casino at all

My bad my bad, sorry. Not 5 seconds. But I would term the time as, fast enough for you to cover the dozen bets, not enough time to buy the numbers, it's definitely <30 seconds.
Well, I'd believe part of your ketchup. Most 'expert' spinners in the casino always let ball go slow, as slow as possible, and the wheel speed to go with it. However, the regulation states you have to do a minimum of 4 Revs around the wheel in Genting, if not, you'll get a warning. Even if you do more than 4, if it's 4 <= rev <= 10, you'll attract the attention of the assistant managers/pitboss.
What I don't understand about the article you posted is, the first part says the 'techniques' of spinning, the second part dismisses it.
The first part says exactly what i learnt from my time in Genting. The predetermined point and such. i.e, say you want numbers close to zero, so you start spinning the ball at zero, and most of the time, the ball drops around zero. The problem is dealers are not allowed to look at the wheel while spinning. So, everyone just agak agak, when they pick up the ball, let say the previous num was 29, European Wheel, and the let the wheel spin further a bit, it should be around zero, and there you go. The article does say many factors play into getting the numbers right, and I totally agree. Even if the wheel speed and ball spin is consistent, there are factors that would let the ball jump to another section all together. But all this depends on the design of the wheel itself. Since my experience is based on Genting, and as I said before, most of the wheels are fairly predictable, except the yellow one and the shallow square bracket one.
Remember the Cubans?
They laughed and said, “If we could do that, do you think we’d still be working?”. Well, if I could do that, I'll make sure I get to do Roulette everyday and pakat with customer, don't I. Why would I want to leave? The way to do that is go part-time dealing. I learnt 1 game, RL only, so if i decides to go work in the weekends, I'll for sure deal Roulette. But since my skills aren't perfect, I'd be better off studying. The last time I went there, I came about this same wheel that I dealt before, from what i recalled, it was fast wheel and fast spin, and the area would repeat, within 6 - 8 numbers, and yes, it did, for about 3 - 4 games. But I lost touch, and lost it. I assume you would think 3 - 4 games is not enough to prove anything, and I'd would have to agree, but for that 3 - 4 games, I got the areas of number and I wanted.
In the end, it's 2 sides, believers and non-believers. You are the non, I'm the the believer, but believer as I am, I'd think this 'skill' is part art, part science, since it all depends on the 'touch'. Lose the 'touch, lose the control of the result.s
This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Aug 18 2008, 07:13 PM