Roulette Cheating Methods

Even with the small 2.63% casino edge that the house holds in European roulette, it takes a little luck to win major profits. However, some players aren’t willing to wait for Lady Luck to smile upon them, so they take matters into their hands by cheating. And while going this route certainly isn’t recommended, the following casino roulette cheats have still become popular over the years.

Here’s a sure way to win 100% of the roulette bets that you place: wait until the wheel has stopped spinning, then put your chips into the winning space when the casino dealer isn’t looking. The late betting method can either be done by moving a losing bet to the winning space, or simply putting chips that weren’t bet onto a winning number. Unfortunately for people who try using late betting, both dealers and casino surveillance is more than adept at catching this type of roulette cheating.

One of the sneakiest ways to cheat in roulette is by switching the normal ball with a magnetized casino ball. Once the switch has been made, a player can use a concealed magnet to guide the magnetized ball where they want it. The trickiest parts to using this cheating method include the following: 1) it’s hard to get a hold of the original roulette ball, 2) it is difficult to avoid detection while using the concealed magnet, and 3) players have difficulty being precise while guiding the ball.

This roulette cheating method is much easier for casinos because they have more access to the equipment; however, players can also rig wheels if they get enough time in a non-crowded casino. In any case, wheel rigging involves either loosening the number separators (frets) or putting a substance in a certain area to make the ball more likely to land there. Players take a considerable risk trying to do any of the aforementioned things because of how well casinos watch their roulette wheels.

Sometimes crooked players and greedy dealers work together to cheat in roulette through a method called top hatting. In this instance, the skill is up to the casino dealer because they need to add extra chips to their partner’s winning bet. Obviously it’s easier for a dealer to pull this off than the player, but top hatting dealers still need to watch out for pit bosses and surveillance cameras. When the night is over, both the dealer and player(s) split profits made from their cheating escapades.

The more technologically-advanced cheaters are taking to devices such as the roulette laser. This laser is usually hidden in a cell phone, and players use it to calculate where the ball will land based on its speed and velocity. And while the laser doesn’t provide 100% accurate results, it does give players enough of an advantage to where they can pull in some nice profits. In fact, three gamblers at London’s Ritz Casino used a laser to win well over £1 million in one weekend. Eventually, the casino figured out the cheating methods and had the players arrested; however, they were released without any major consequences.

If you’re searching for that mystical method of cheating online casinos in roulette, you can stop searching because no methods currently exist. Players don’t have any access to the wheel or ball, and the casino software determines all of the winning/losing bets. Of course, this can be considered a good thing for players because A) they don’t have to worry about crooked dealers since everything is computerized, and B) there is no temptation to cheat due to the software handling bets, which keeps players out of trouble.

For those who are fascinated with the idea of cheating land-based casinos in roulette, just keep in mind that doing so could result in jail time.