Hello to all!
I am VERY pleased to find this place as I am a new Roulette player.
Here is my brief story and how I found this place.
I started off very stupidly by buying some of the heavily advertised "systems" on the Internet. Most of them are total garbage and after doing some elementary reading (and some real losing!) I realized that.
So, now I am looking for REAL information from REAL "Advantage Players", and I believe I have found it here. I have now decided not to spend ONE real dollar until I have played virtually and with much practice.
Here is what I am doing now:
Reading, research and study. Starting with the "old" forum, and here. Also, I am learing a lot from the John Solitude website and PDF (thanks much to those folks!) Also, HERE! This is a fantastic resource and people like Victor and others are to be commended. My only hope is to one day be able to give back to the community as it is giving to me. I will not say how much money I have lost...it doesn't matter...I learned from it. So I learned NEVER use real money until you have a reasonable edge. I don't have that edge yet...I hope to!
As I say, I'm a newbie, so I am reading the book "Gamble to Win Roulette" by Ellison. Seems like a good book. I would appreciate opinions.
Finally, I really want to use online casinos, but I am fearful after reading the posts here. I'd like to learn more about the good ones.
Anyway, that's all for now. I just want to say, one more time, THANK YOU to Victor and all who make this place possible. It is a wonderful thing to have to counter all the "Roulette thieves" on the net. I do not mind learning to play against the REAL Roulette edge, that is part of the game and the challenge to me. I do not wish to come up against the out-and-out thieves.
My best,
LVX
Welcome to the family LVX!
I'm glad to say you have already made the first step and have the conviction you will come out a winner. May me or any other member provide the pieces to solve your own personal puzzle to properly face this game.
You have to realize and internalize there is no system which can handle the whole unlimited numerical permutations. 'Math boys' would crush any so called "holy grail" system by simply brute-forcing it till the system loses just to say: "told you". Once you realize it, then you learn to play with what you have: better and worse times for the systems, and then act accordingly. To choose to leave the session a winner before overstaying makes you a loser. To risk on a positive tram and be the most careful on a clearly negative tram. To have proper stop-win and stop-loss to win in the averages. Inter-session money management like rising the unit when you are winning several sessions in a row, and regress your unit to the very minimum size when losing several sessions in a row (same underlying philosophy: maximizing good times, minimizing the negative impact of the bad ones).
You'll see each sessions has its own flavor but many of the sessions share common elements, common recurrent statistical events and this is undeniable. Once you learn to use what happens the most and do not risk get wiped when the uncommon happens, then your gambling improves. Ask people like steve morgan, lionel ( lanky ), twocatsam and others and you'll see this is the whole gist of the matter.
It is all common sense.
Best regards from your friend,
Victor
Hi mate,
Glad you are here. I know you will find the information you are looking for that will help you improve your playing of roulette. Also when the chat is up stop by as a lot of useful information is also exchanged there. Welcome to our family. This fourmn works so well because it is our fourmn, where we can exchange ideas openly. Don't hesitate to post, everyones views and ideas are important.
best regards,
LeBear
LVX! Welcome to our Family Forum Mate.
I do hope that you have a great time here mate.
We are all a pretty helpful lot of people Cobber.
Your Friend
Lanky
Welcome
Yes, you will find people here with ideas and who want to help. Watch the testing by myself and others. I've learned not to bet on a system until I see it work on cold numbers. Just gives me an idea when to get in and get out.
Sam
Thank you all for the friendly greeting! Most appreciated.
BTW, I'm getting the impression now that the general consensus here is to avoid the "computer-only" online casinos and stick with the "live-spin video feed" types...or real land-based casinos, of course.
Would this warning also be applicable to testing? In other words, best to avoid the computer-only "play money" types? I'm assuming so as I have heard word that they manipulate the RNG's to make you look like you're doing better than you are?
I have not explored it, yet, but I am assuming that the video-feed types also allow free play to test out things?
Thanks!
LVX
Hey LVX,
some do (like DublinBet) while some don't (or they offer only a short testing period). Most of them do though.
MM
I shall check out DublinBet. No problem signing up there as a "play" member (I need to ONLY do that for awhile, anyway.) Still, I do eventually need to find a good, reliable live video casino that let's US players play.
BTW, I have another noob question. In my local (Indian) casinos, they play a form of "pseudo-roulette" where cards are drawn to simulate the wheel spin. They claim the odds are exactly like Euro Roulette (my fave.) Has anyone here any experience with them? I know, I need to start another thread on this...and I will!
Talk is, eventually, the local Indian casinos WILL have real roulette...but I guess the pressure from the big boys in Vegas is still keeping that just a dream. The only good news is that it has come to my attention that the Vegas boyz are now "helping out" with the local Indian casinos...so I'm sure the pressure will be relaxed.
In anycase, I really like it here...you're all a great bunch of guys (haven't seen any gals, yet, but I'm sure you're great, too ;)
Best,
LVX