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Cheating At Roulette May Be Legal In UK
nuke-alwin writes, "A hidden device that appears to give an advantage to roulette players may be legal in the UK when the gambling industry is deregulated next year. The device — which consists of a small digital time recorder, a concealed computer, and a hidden earpiece — uses predictive software to determine where the ball is likely to land. It has been tested by a government lab, which found that 'the advantage can be considerable.' It will be up to casinos to spot people using such devices."
Because the guys at MI6 want an advantage when they are "doing their work".
They want to be careful - they might end up playing Le Chiffre. That doesn't end well. Chairs with the bottom cut out and all that.
Why-oh-why don't casinos just use entropy generators? The user presses a button, a computer generates a number between 0 and 100, if it's lower than or equal to 48 they lose, if it's above then they win.
In fact by using central limit theorem, and allowing the user to enter how many bets they would like to place, and how much money, you can compound an entire nights worth of bets into a fraction of a second! What a time saver!
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CUT TO: INT. RICK'S CAFE - GAMBLING ROOM - NIGHT
[ Jan sits at the roulette table. He has only three chips left and seems bewildered as Rick comes up the croupier speaks to Jan. ]
CROUPIER: Do you wish to place another bet, sir?
JAN: No, no, I guess not.
[ Rick stands behind Jan. ]
RICK (to Jan): Have you tried twenty-two tonight? I said, twenty-two.
[ Jan looks at Rick, then at the chips in his hand. ]
[ Jan pauses, then puts the chips on twenty-two. ]
[ Rick and the croupier exchange looks. The croupier understands what Rick wants him to do. ]
[ He spins the wheel. ]
[ Carl follows the proceedings, fascinated. ]
[ The wheel stops spinning. ]
CROUPIER (in French) : Twenty-two, black, twenty-two.
[ A winner. Renault, at a nearby table, takes notice of what is happening. ]
[ The croupier pushes a pile of chips onto twenty-two and Jan reaches for it. ]
RICK (not even looking at Jan): Leave it there.
[ Jan hesitates, then withdraws his hands. ]
[ Carl continues to watch. ]
[ The wheel spins. Nobody speaks while it spins. It stops. ]
CROUPIER (in French) : Twenty-two, black.
[ Another winner. The croupier shoves a pile of chips toward Jan. ]
RICK (to Jan): Cash it in and don't come back.
[ Jan rises to go to the cashier. ]
CUSTOMER (complains to Carl): Say, are you sure this place is honest?
CARL (fervently): Honest! As honest as the day is long!
[ Meanwhile, Rick has walked over to the croupier. ]
RICK: How we doing tonight?
CROUPIER: Well, a couple of thousand less than I thought there would be.
[ Rick smiles slightly and goes toward the door. ]
[ Annina runs up to him and hugs him. ]
ANNINA: Monsieur Rick, I --
RICK: -- He's just a lucky guy.
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