Aug 26, 2026 · 55 min · 16 segments
Laurance Scott has been beating roulette for over 30 years. He was first on our show 13 years ago. (Link below to that episode) He is now retiring, and joins us to talk about his start and how the…
Lawrence ScottGuestRichard MunchkinHostBob DancerHostAnd people know that there are lots of blackjack teams out there in the world, but I don't, at least in our audience, I don't think many people realize that there are a lot of people like you that are professional roulette players, and that there are roulette teams out there around the world still playing to this day, right?
Uh, I don't know of any roulette predictive team that is active, uh, here in Vegas particularly, or even in the United States.
But I think in Europe and around the world, there are still teams that, that use equipment and are quite successful.
You have to go and find a situation that'll pay off quite well to pay off your equipment, travel expenses, you know, all that.
And, uh, in my opinion, the opportunities aren't strong enough to beat visually, although I won't discount that someone may have found some wheels.
But the roulette teams that I was personally aware, aware of were around 12 to 15 teams at the time.
And that, uh, I would say at the, at the peak of, of roulette, which was in the mid-'90s, maybe early 2000s, I would estimate there were probably 50 teams around the world that were actively beating the game.
You mentioned playing with equipment, so you're talking about using computers.
Are there still countries out there where computers are legal, or at least not illegal?
Well, this kinda ties into, um, my experience in Macau, which I believe we'll talk about later.
It's becoming smaller and smaller, and I don't know, I can't tell you today.
The gaming equipment, the gaming actual equipment had to be certified by the Chinese government as suitable to be put on the casino floor.
And people know that there are lots of blackjack teams out there in the world, but I don't, at least in our audience, I don't think many people realize that there are a lot of people like you that are professional roulette players, and that there are roulette teams out there around the world still playing to this day, right?
Uh, I don't know of any roulette predictive team that is active, uh, here in Vegas particularly, or even in the United States.
But I think in Europe and around the world, there are still teams that, that use equipment and are quite successful.
You have to go and find a situation that'll pay off quite well to pay off your equipment, travel expenses, you know, all that.
And, uh, in my opinion, the opportunities aren't strong enough to beat visually, although I won't discount that someone may have found some wheels.
But the roulette teams that I was personally aware, aware of were around 12 to 15 teams at the time.
And that, uh, I would say at the, at the peak of, of roulette, which was in the mid-'90s, maybe early 2000s, I would estimate there were probably 50 teams around the world that were actively beating the game.
You mentioned playing with equipment, so you're talking about using computers.
Are there still countries out there where computers are legal, or at least not illegal?
Well, this kinda ties into, um, my experience in Macau, which I believe we'll talk about later.
It's becoming smaller and smaller, and I don't know, I can't tell you today.
The gaming equipment, the gaming actual equipment had to be certified by the Chinese government as suitable to be put on the casino floor.
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