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accept ball speed measurements. Wheiv the ball passes the same reference point that was used*to measure rotor speed, the A switch-is ^ Kit. As the ball comes around and passes the same reference point, the A switch isthit again, arid again/Until the unit eventually makes a predictio’ri,
The predictionfmay corrie:iri'mariy'formats indicating individual numbers, sectors, hr. halves,N and is generally passed on to a bettor via electronic link.’ •
The bets are made, the ball lands,‘ arid tneifesultisf over/ hut the process of collecting data continues!* The A and B switches'll^ take on different ^l^that of collecting data?! If the ball falls off at eleven o'cl^kfand number 10,^t bounces-and lands in 20, all three
Ipieces of data^r^&nter'ed^as they, are all neelledto help evaluate, future bounce^W simple enough? Not exactly.
the gariie resteafSoMy on measuring rotor and ball speed, collecting some boUnEe data, • and thenjbuilding a small computet to handle these issues/ the whiz kids would have a field day^This|| K|i&rierirwas echoed by Stephen Hawking, arguably die most brilliant theoretical physicist of our time: »*;
^B^tstpractically impossible to predictTthemumber that will come Up; othermsephysicisfiiWould>be making a fortune at the casinos.
Problems
sphere seem to be an unlimited number of^amplgsTtnat impact- predicfioml Theyiriclude wheel and |?ball track tilt/ track4mpeVfectibns"(bumps/ noncircu^^^.raplay^s, contamiriaritsfon track and ball If'oils, dust/ smoke)^electrostatic buildup'on the track'and ball, temperature charige^Wr derisit^l (humidity, air pressure), and so on.
One of the most interesting variablesVdiscbveredfand detailed in the Romeo^Projecws the ball Rtselfl Gatnbol was getting sonie unusual. results/jVoihe decided to fiirtheriexpIofri|the composition ■and balance of roulette balls. -He-painted half the ball;blackwithrink, then wiped off the residue; ^immediately so as not to affect its frictional qualitiesfor weight. Usingfslt^amotion videotape! analysis, during the spin he noticed that the ball would roiitinelwflip from one axis to another, as if goy magic. Further testing confirmed:
y"YThe]ballitself was notperfectl^bala^ed^. After repeated trials with many different balls, it was found that the balls were clearlyiand^consikentlyfawedml suspect thatdheprocess ojmanufacture ‘does not form the ball into a perfect sphere; I hav^aho observed some internal incohkstencies^m
Apparently, in the manufacturing process of roulette balls, the weight is not evenly distributed,, thus skewing the center of gravity. The ball may have been acting in a manner similar to a loaded die. If the heaviest part of the ball was rotating on an axis closest to the ball track, the ball stayed on the track longer than the laws of physics suggested,* conversely, if the weight was leaning toward the
The predictionfmay corrie:iri'mariy'formats indicating individual numbers, sectors, hr. halves,N and is generally passed on to a bettor via electronic link.’ •
The bets are made, the ball lands,‘ arid tneifesultisf over/ hut the process of collecting data continues!* The A and B switches'll^ take on different ^l^that of collecting data?! If the ball falls off at eleven o'cl^kfand number 10,^t bounces-and lands in 20, all three
Ipieces of data^r^&nter'ed^as they, are all neelledto help evaluate, future bounce^W simple enough? Not exactly.
the gariie resteafSoMy on measuring rotor and ball speed, collecting some boUnEe data, • and thenjbuilding a small computet to handle these issues/ the whiz kids would have a field day^This|| K|i&rierirwas echoed by Stephen Hawking, arguably die most brilliant theoretical physicist of our time: »*;
^B^tstpractically impossible to predictTthemumber that will come Up; othermsephysicisfiiWould>be making a fortune at the casinos.
Problems
sphere seem to be an unlimited number of^amplgsTtnat impact- predicfioml Theyiriclude wheel and |?ball track tilt/ track4mpeVfectibns"(bumps/ noncircu^^^.raplay^s, contamiriaritsfon track and ball If'oils, dust/ smoke)^electrostatic buildup'on the track'and ball, temperature charige^Wr derisit^l (humidity, air pressure), and so on.
One of the most interesting variablesVdiscbveredfand detailed in the Romeo^Projecws the ball Rtselfl Gatnbol was getting sonie unusual. results/jVoihe decided to fiirtheriexpIofri|the composition ■and balance of roulette balls. -He-painted half the ball;blackwithrink, then wiped off the residue; ^immediately so as not to affect its frictional qualitiesfor weight. Usingfslt^amotion videotape! analysis, during the spin he noticed that the ball would roiitinelwflip from one axis to another, as if goy magic. Further testing confirmed:
y"YThe]ballitself was notperfectl^bala^ed^. After repeated trials with many different balls, it was found that the balls were clearlyiand^consikentlyfawedml suspect thatdheprocess ojmanufacture ‘does not form the ball into a perfect sphere; I hav^aho observed some internal incohkstencies^m
Apparently, in the manufacturing process of roulette balls, the weight is not evenly distributed,, thus skewing the center of gravity. The ball may have been acting in a manner similar to a loaded die. If the heaviest part of the ball was rotating on an axis closest to the ball track, the ball stayed on the track longer than the laws of physics suggested,* conversely, if the weight was leaning toward the