I got an email the other day asking the impossible: a system for the Big Six Wheel. Well, that's not true, it's not impossible, just improbable. If you have ever played a Big Six Wheel or the Wheel of Fortune as it is sometimes called, your experience is probably like mine, you lost.
The Big Six Wheel doesn't have to be expensive to play because many casinos allow $1 bets on the giant spinning wheel. Along with actual $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 bills around the rim, the wheel features a joker and casino logo as separate places for the paddle to stop on. These two extra stops usually pay 40 to 1 and give the house an overall advantage of about 20%. That's a tough nut to crack, but no game is perfect for the house!
Harrah's in Reno had two of the wheels on the casino floor for many years. The game was fairly popular and Harrah's is known for its excellent in-house schools, so new blackjack dealers were given an hour or two training on the Big Six Wheel. Dealers were taught how to "bark" the game and attract players, how to walk from one side to the other, and how to alternate the direction of the spin of the six-foot wheel.
However, on more than one occasion after the fresh-faced new dealers hit the casino floor a dealer was found paying off both the joker and the casino logo spot every time either of the symbols came up on the wheel. So, a bet on the joker paid when the casino logo came up and vice versa.
Now that's a profitable system. Of course, no player would ever allow the dealer to make a mistake and not point it out, right? And remember the wheel can also be dangerous.
I recall a dealer in Atlantic City spinning the Big Six Wheel so hard that it disengaged from the post and knocked over the dealer who then crashed against the table, sending hundreds of chips across the casino. And, the wheel wasn't done. Oh no, not yet.
It had a good head of steam and continued spinning wildly, scattering frantic screaming players for fifty feet before slowing, teetering, and finally flopping down with a noisy crash against a bank of $1 slots. None of them paid off. I assume after a long day at work the wheel was simply heading for the closest bar.
So, in closing, the Big Six Wheel offers the player a chance to enjoy the ambiance of the casino, the friendliness of the dealer, and some gambling anticipation for just a few bucks. It also offers my very worst gambling system: get $10 in $1 chips and bet them one at a time until they are all gone. Enjoy!
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