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roulette wheel maintenance and whether this actually affects fairness

so i’m mainly a blackjack guy but lately i’ve been hanging around the roulette tables just out of boredom. i keep seeing posts and vids about how the way casinos maintain their wheels can mess with the odds if they get sloppy. like if a wheel gets worn out or tilted even a bit, certain numbers could hit more often? never actually paid attention to whether places are checking for bias or swapping out wheels - i just assume everything’s on the up and up since it’s not some backroom joint.

has anybody actually noticed bias in person, or is this just one of those stories that gets blown up online? do you think bigger casinos take care of this or do they not really bother unless someone complains? curious if any regulars track outcomes and spot weird patterns or if that’s just tinfoil hat stuff.

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The part people miss is they’ll stare at 40 spins, see 17 pop twice, and decide the wheel is crooked. That’s not tracking, that’s boredom with a notebook. I’ve sat at live roulette long enough to know real bias is not some cute “I feel like this section is warm” thing. If a physical wheel is actually worn or tilted, you need a stupid amount of results before it means anything, and by then the casino has probably already serviced it. Bigger rooms absolutely care because a bad wheel is a headache. Online casinos are worse for this conversation, frankly. People import the same bias fantasy into RNG or live-streamed premium roulette and act like they found a secret. They didn’t 🙂

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