haha, interesting
I used to gamble somewhat, but ceased to do that because the odds is just not favorable. you get better deals in the stock market. but I have to say, the environment is much more exciting, even though you are betting only small changes compared to what you do in stock market.
we went to Las Vegas this Xmas, and I tried a little bit of blackjack and Russian roulett. Overall blackjack is more fun, but Russian Roulett gives you a sense of control, just like 六六 said, you can bet against the trend after 4-5 blacks or odds in a row and feel that you have a better chance of winning. so far, I have won each time I played Russian roulett this way, typically small amount, just enough to cover the hotel bill. there was one opportunity that I missed, and I almost drove back to hotel on the way home. just when we were checking out, I noticed that one of the Russian roulett table had 0 and 00 all over the bulletin, the odds of getting 0 and 00 is about 30% on that machine at the time, if that continues, that means your odds of winning is like 600%. we had to leave right away because of a long drive, otherwise I would have sit down and gambled for a while. right after I finished checking out, two more rounds with 0 popped up. that machine had to be really crooked, and it would have been a good fun to play with it.