Strength In Numbers: Roulette Wheel Analytics
Maintaining Roulette wheels at peak efficiency is an imperative part of operating secure, reliable
and unbiased Roulette tables. Prior to the integration of technology onto the casino floorOperators were forced to rely on their best judgment to determine when to further investigate
Roulette wheel integrity. While proactive maintenance checks were conducted regularlylacked the ability to capture real-time statistics and monitor concurrent wheel securityroom between scheduled checks for possible inaccuracies due to incorrect levelling of the wheel,
temperature drift, table movement or fraudulent wheel manipulation.
Always Be The First To Know
Today, with the help of more sophisticated technology,
Operators are able to access more detailed and accurate
insights about their wheel’s performance – 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. This information not only aids in ensuring
wheels and Dealers are operating at their best, but it also
helps to immediately highlight and detect any wheel bias or
other issues that may pose a security risk.
#1 Drop Zone Reports
For the purposes of monitoring wheel security and
performance, a Roulette Wheel is divided into three
imaginary Drop Zones – these can be visualized
using the GFL Optimisation Wheel Analysis feature.
If the ball shows a noticeable tendency to leave the
ball track in one of these zones more often than any
other, there is likely a bigger issue that needs to be
addressed.
With Drop Zone Reporting, a greater percent of
frequency of the ball leaving the rim in a particular
zone is a strong indication that the wheel is either
dirty, imbalanced or that there has been some table or
wheel tampering. Operators who pay attention to their
Drop Zone reports have the advantage of knowing
immediately when to look into a wheel’s integrity.
This allows them to either action immediate wheel
maintenance or address suspicious game behaviour.
#2 Wheel Bias Reports & Alerts
A wheel bias is similar to, but different than, a Drop
Zone. The benefit of knowing both is that you can
quickly determine what sort of issue your wheel
is having, and where it’s located on the wheel,
according to which metric is abnormal. A wheel
bias is determined by the frequency of where the
ball lands, and a Drop Zone is determined by the
frequency of where the ball leaves the rim. If a
particular number, or group of numbers, is winning
more than average, you have a wheel bias.
Dead pockets or other wheel-related issues – often
related to improper wheel maintenance – are the
main causes of wheel bias. A Casino Operator who
can quickly identify that their wheel is experiencing
a bias can immediately close the table or monitor
it more closely to determine what further course of
action to take. A wheel bias alert, which notifies a casino operator that the system has identified a
potential issue, helps to secure the game in real-time, while the detailed information provided by the
wheel bias report, makes it easier for the casino to identify where the problem resides on the wheel.
#3 Wheel Maintenance History
Wheel Maintenance is an extremely important part of
ensuring a wheel is operating at peak efficiency. Equally
important, is knowing when your wheel was last serviced,
cleaned or levelled.
For example, imagine if your system was indicating a
higher percent of frequency in a particular Drop Zone. This
would potentially signify that the wheel or table has been
tampered with, there is an issue with the levelling of the
wheel or the wheel needs to cleaning. By referencing your
Wheel Maintenance History reports and identifying when
the wheel was last serviced, you can quickly identify if the
issue is likely to be related to cleanliness or not.
With TCSJOHNHUXLEY’s GFL Optimisation’s Wheel
Analysis module, Wheel Maintenance History is tracked
based on the wheel itself – according to its unique serial
number. This means that when a Roulette Wheel is
rotated to another table, you can still easily identify and
track its individual maintenance history. Learn More >>
Why Clean & Rotate
Roulette Wheels?
Constant human contact can cause
Roulette wheels to develop a layer
of oil that can only be detected with
close inspection. Due to a Dealer’s
reach pattern, this layer will buildup
in
a
particular
spot
on
the
wheel,
affecting
where
and how the ball
leaves
the
rim
over time.
This
is
why
it
is
standard practice
to
rotate
your
wheels on
the
table,
in
order
to
stop ingrained dirt
and wear
patterns
from
appearing
on
the
wheel.
Should someone attempt to ‘clock’
the wheel, this build-up can result
in an increased pattern of ball
behaviour, making it easier for them
to make predictions. Dust, fluff and
debris from false nails can also
result in similar problems. A simple
clean and maintenance check will
eradicate each of these issues.
#4 Spins Per Hour
In combination with your hourly results,
understanding your wheel’s number of spins per
hour can quickly tell you exactly how well your
table, and by extension your Dealer, is doing.
Since one spin equals one game, you can
identify how quickly your Dealer is operating the
table and how players are responding to that
speed. Too fast and your players might hesitate
to play; too slow and you might be losing out on
revenue opportunities.
When connected to other enabled equipment on
the gaming table, the GFL Optimisation module
can pull more statistics. Additional information
from your chipper, for example, can indicate
how many players are present, allowing you to
draw further conclusions about your spins per
hour wheel data.
#5 Speed of Cylinder
Tracking how fast your Dealers are spinning the Roulette Wheel cylinder is
crucial to game security.
If a cylinder is spun too slowly, it becomes increasingly easy for someone
to ‘clock’ the wheel. On the other hand, if the Dealer spins the wheel
too fast, there in an increased risk of producing an invalid spin if the ball
bounces outside of the wheel. Monitoring the speed of the cylinder at
each table helps to ensure that your wheels are operating at the ideal
speed to avoid player tracking and spin errors.
With GFL Optimisation’s Wheel Analysis,
an alarm will indicate when Dealers spin
outside of the ideal cylinder speed – be
that too fast or too slow. Learn More >>
GFL
OPTIMISATION
Complete Visibility Into All 5 Analytics, And More!
Wheel Analysis is a real-time Roulette optimisation tool designed to maximise
key performance areas and profitability. A module of GFL Optimisation.
• Complete visibility of wheel data and statistics
• Highlights and detects any wheel bias
• User-authority specific analytics & reports viewable via web dashboard
• Easy-to-read diagrams illustrate acceptable & unacceptable performance
• Filter reports by date, table, game speed & other selections
• Alarms indicate if the wheel is spun too fast or too slow & any drop zone or
winning number anomaly
• Records all maintenance activity on wheels
• Can integrate with other manufacturers’ wheels
