According to a study published in the Journal of Gambling Studies, electronic roulette can be rigged. The study found that “significant deviations from the expected distribution can be caused by the use of programmed random number generators.
” These deviations could indicate that a player’s bet was not truly random, and could thus be manipulated by the casino.
The study’s authors suggest that this type of manipulation is possible because casinos use “pseudo-random number generators,” which produce seemingly random numbers but are in fact pre-determined. If casino personnel were to manipulate these numbers, they could place players in situations where they would have a greater chance of winning than they would if the numbers were truly random.
The study’s authors believe that this type of rigging is most likely to occur in French Roulette, because it is the game played most often at European casinos. They recommend that regulators take action to prevent such rigging, and that players be given more accurate information about casino games.
