Slot Systems

So I recently purchased Bill Stone's bible of slots, an e-book named Slot Machine Mastery. With the purchase came several bonus "books".

Now, I wasn't so interested in books on craps, roulette and other such nonsense. I am a slot machine fan. That's what I do.

But I thought to myself that I should take advantage of this rare opportunity. Having hit a bit of a losing streak in my slot systems experiments, I needed a break. It's called a haitus.

With that in mind, I made a decision. "Chuck," I said, "Maybe you should become a master of roulette, too. Then you could double your money. If you become a roulette badass, you can retire to Antigua in half the time."

So I opened up Bill Stone's roulette manual, which called itself The Magic Roulette Formula. The title alone impressed me. It conjured up images of magical, glowing roulette wheels being spun by tiny elves.

They call those "croupiers" in the business.

But back to the story. Bill Stone tells his readers how to "cover the wheel" with only five chips. You can spread them out in such a way that you won't have more than two or three open numbers between your chips. This kind of coverage ensures more wins.

Stone suggests betting the double bet, or two numbers together, which pay 5-to-1 odds.

The Magic Roulette Formula also posits the theory of "OPM", or Other Peoples' Money. When you win a bet, use those winnings to bankroll ever-increasing wagers.

OPM reminds me of John Patrick's "Regression Method", except applied to roulette instead of slots. Frankly, I was never too keen on the concept.

For those of you who want my comments on the Regression, here are my comments.

http://www.slot-systems.com/2006/03/how-to-win-at-slots-regression-method.html

I was a little surprised by the length of The Magic Roulette Formula. It was two pages. Now, I usually don't complain about a free something, but I thought I was getting years of roulette wisdom.

I thought I was getting magic.

Interestingly, Mr. Stone states that I "...have the permission from the author of this report to give it away as a bonus." I cannot alter the text in any way, though.

That's why I'm not telling you the magic numbers Bill Stone suggests I use. Believe me, though, after having seen these numbers, they really are magical and I'm pretty sure they would work.

I should have figured them out myself.

But that's what you need to know about genius; it makes the difficult appear simple.