The cut-price Paris casino 

I knew EU and US had the different numbers on roulette. I did not know the was a casino called Paris in Las Vegas.

​@@arikwolf3777You were closer than me. I sort of accidentally stumbled into a tangentially related subject. You, at least, were in the right subject.

I stumbled into it from the other end. I knew the twice losses was the 0 vs 00 and 0 wheels, but didn't realise the paris hotel name

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Exactly the same here! It was the very first thing I thought of... which I then thought was wrong based on how things went... but it turns out it was even more right than I'd thought in the first place! lol

Yes and no, I suppose. If the question was in another language, but still about that casino in Vegas, that would break in many languages simply because they call Paris (the city) a bit differently, e.g. Paříž in czech. But if the casino was in such county and had a local name includin the word for Paris, it would be possible to have such name that would work, e.g Pařížské kasino (parisian casino) can be both a name and a casino in Paris

Oh yes!!! Hear HEAR!

Yessss! They first Lateral requiring heavy censoring lol.

This game is kind of like a shorter Citation Needed

Would that I knew to shout that in school, my days would have been a lot easier.

Not even for Tom Scott.

🎵 I would do anything for you, but I won't do MATH 🎶

We do know, because the question states as such.

Well, he did talk about long- and short-terms

Yeah I thought that too, but casinos are restricted in location in America. Unless it was an illegal casino of course! (Although looking up a list they are in more states than I thought there were, it isn't just Vegas and Atlantic City these days!)

there are no casinos in Paris Texas

Can recommend their podcast too, Let's Learn Everything. And yeah they are super fun.

I enjoyed the Answer in Progress ones as well for the same reason.

Yet again, more financially rational to gamble in Paris in Vegas than to gamble in actual Paris. ...maybe just don't gamble? That's the more financially rational decision, yea?

I've been to that exact casino in 2013, I was trying to find video blackjack but I walked around the entire casino and couldn't find it. Recently I went to Jake's 58 on Long Island, and I was able to find video blackjack right away.

Out of curiosity: Why would you want to go to a physical casino just to play a digital version of those games? Isn't messing with the physical chips and having a human dealer an essential part of the experience?

@@TheBrain2K A lot of casinos in NY can't have table games, so video blackjack is the only option.

@@TheBrain2K because it's a complicated situation. These "Raceinos" (Casinos at racetracks) operate under different laws and regulations than a true stand-alone casino (which are also legal in New York now) does. For one thing... the mininime age to enter and gamble is 18 instead of 21. Legally speaking, when you play these games, you are playing the New York State Lottery, which when you cash out, has their logo printed on the back of the slip the machine gives you. You then take that slip to a counter or a machine to get your actual cash. The machines are also technically described as "Video Lottery Terminals"... As for the why you would go to one? The nearest place to otherwise go gambling with proper, physical machines and equipment is Atlantic City. From my house in NYC to Altantic city is a 2 and 1/2 hour drive, burning fuel, and paying tolls on the Garden State Parkway. Taking transit, the quickest route is New Jersey Transit's 319 express bus, which runs at roughly the same amount of time and with a discounted ticket, is a $42 round trip. Or I can go to Aqueduct, It's less than half an hour total travel time by car on a rough traffic day, less than an hour by transit, and for your average person, less than $6 round trip on the MTA. Or in my case, completely free, since I work for the MTA and don't have to pay.

​​​@@TheBrain2K ​While @metropod has explained one or two of the reasons a punter would play virtual versions of traditional table games (local regulations and convenience) that's specific to his region and is more about access than a true comparison. Here's a loose breakdown of why some punters prefer virtual/computerized/automated/hybrid/remote versions (I'll lump these all under virtual from now on unless specified) of traditional table games. Firstly they usually have lower betting minimums than their tradtional counterparts. Simple as that, they're cheaper to run so the minimum bets can be lower and still run a profit from the casino's POV. From a player perspective, they're cheaper. Reason No.2 and maybe more importantly is that virtual versions of traditional table games are played A LOT faster. Roulette for example: A traditional game of roulette has no "real" timeframe and depends heavily on the number of players, volume of bets, and how competent/fast the croupier is (or feels like being). On a "remote" version of roulette where you have a real croupier, wheel, and ball, but touchscreen betting at remote terminals the croupier could spin a ball roughly every every 30 seconds if they want because the croupier doesn't have to clear losing bets, calculate and pay out winning bets, chat to patrons, change chips, place bets, or any other countless things a croupier running a traditional table has to. A fully virtual version could be even faster since fully virtual versions use a random number generator and don't have to wait for a ball spin and drop. Some punters like these faster paced versions (degenerate gamblers mostly) or alternatively just like playing without the croupier/dealer interaction or the interactions of other punters. That's another less prominent reason but yeah, some regular punters loathe interacting with tourist/weekend/drunk punters and/or crowds (some may even dislike the croupiers/dealers in general, or specific croupier/dealers) so they just prefer to gamble without traditional table interactions. There are all sorts in casinos and casinos cater to all (that can play/pay). Hope that answers your question. Source: Some random in the comment section with nearly a decade experiencd working in a casino.

I thought that at first but then it dawned on me that if she is betting on red or black then in the long run half the time the other colour comes up and she loses her stake, and the other half the time, when her colour comes up, the payout is such that she gets her stake back and has it matched again as prize money, so overall the winning times are paying back the money lost on the losing times, making it a break even game in the long run. Only the green 0 (and 00 if it exists) make it so the players will actually lose money in the long term, so the existence of both of them, rather than just one of them, does technically double the losses in the long term (those last three words being quite important here). I think this episode needed someone like Matt Parker, Katie Steckles or Tom Crawford or someone like that who would probably have sat the question out then been able to provide mathematical insight into the nuances of the quesition wording nearer the end of the video. BTW your suggestion of betting on all numbers except the green ones would still be an overall break even strategy (other than when green came up), but now every individual bet would be a break even bet too (other than when green came up), rather than the wins just perfectly canceling the non-green losses.

@@MrDannyDetail Ah, you're right. A very tricksy question.

Honestly, it's a coincidence, unless my mind was working on some kind of subconscious level -- David

Closer than the rest of us were, that's for sure

That'd be quiet the bus fare. I'd say you earned a point

Edit: 6 minutes in Tom gives it away. Collette's in Paris, Texas and would have to travel to Paris, France to play on a French wheel. Edit 2: Close enough. Should have remembered most of the US doesn't have casinos.

and 0000 too

Yes, a rather easy question imho. The flight cost was a nice twist to two easy parts. No need to apologize Tom

American Roulette has 0, 00 and 36 numbers, a house edge of 5.26%. European Roulette has one 0 and 36 numbers, a house edge of 2.7%, or half as much.

Well... close. Though I'd argue whether or not it's financially viable would depend on how much she's willing to gamble.

Tom mentioned a trick in the question. Is it Her* casino? As in she owns it? So the losses go right back to her? That was my initial thought during the reading, but then other Tom said tariffs.

It's in the OED and Chambers dictionary. I just wanted to emphasise the past tense -- David

@@lateralcast Well, i just lost an argument with my dad..

0000 is also a thing

We mean what we say, but we don't have to say what we mean.

@@lateralcast I'm not sure I get the distinction.

@@barneylaurance1865 A bit like a cryptic crossword clue -- what we say has to be accurate, for fairness. But if someone misinterprets what it means, that's deliberate.

@@lateralcast My point is that what Tom said wasn't accurate in this case. It wasn't ambiguous, the prosody disambiguated to the wrong meaning. It would have been ambiguous if it was read as a list of words instead of a normal sentence, but that's not how it was read.

Sorry, not sorry.