A DAD struggling to make ends meet was able to earn a whooping £1.6million after
devising a legal method to 5️⃣ win big on roulette tables.
Gonzalo Garcia Pelayo, from
Spain, noticed that certain numbers appeared to come up more often on 5️⃣ the roulette
wheels and so made it his mission to find out why.
6 Gonzalo Garcia Pelayo was able to
work 5️⃣ out the chances of winning big of roulette wheels Credit: Getty
6 Gonzalo pictured
with his son Ivan who helped his 5️⃣ dad collect data and play in casinos around the world
Credit: ULY MARTIN
Dubbed the King of the roulette wheel, now 5️⃣ 75, he set about watching
and recording as many spins as possible at his local casino, the Casino Gran Madrid,
5️⃣ over several months.
Determined to beat the game he realised that each roulette table
had slight imperfections, and no matter how 5️⃣ small it threw up certain numbers that
could be predicted by the player.
He used his computer to complete an in-depth 5️⃣ analysis
of the results which lead to the high roller creaming over £1.6million from casinos
around the world.
The dad-of-five also 5️⃣ got his kids, Ivan and Vanessa, to help carry
out his master plan and sent them to other casinos to 5️⃣ record data on the roulette
wheels.
But when the venues noticed the family raking in the cash, they grew suspicious
and 5️⃣ even took Gonzalo to court.
But in another stroke of luck, the courts ruled that
his method of predicting results was 5️⃣ completely legal and that he was using the data to
make an educated guess.
In an interview, Gonzalo said: "I like 5️⃣ tricking casinos because
they are like the enemy.
"...Myself and casinos are enemies- it’s not like we are
friends when we 5️⃣ finish. When we finish we are still enemies.
"They are very pretentious
and ignorant."
He added: "I estimate that as a normal 5️⃣ player I win once every three
days.
"If this player is a bit lucky, he could win two or three times 5️⃣ which would put
him on top.
“What happens is that after, there will be another one who will have bad
luck 5️⃣ and not win once every three days, win once every five days- which already is a
huge advantage for the 5️⃣ casino.
"But if it’s a local small casino, it is possible for
the casino to lose that month."
When asked how he 5️⃣ managed to work out the magical
formula, he said: "Basically it was about analysing the limits of luck.
"I think this
5️⃣ was the fundamental idea, not only for the casino but for all my life- that luck has
its limits.
"And I 5️⃣ think this was a complete revelation- good and bad.
"It’s very
important- I know it’s a bit philosophical but everything has 5️⃣ its limitations and so
does luck.
"A very quick example: Toss a coin 100 times, heads or tails. It makes sense
5️⃣ to get about 50-50.
"Then luck affects the result and in cases we might get 52-48 or
55-45."
"It is practically impossible 5️⃣ to get more than what you want- let’s assume you
want heads 65 time."
"There’s a limit of luck- but it’s 5️⃣ also impossible to get less
than what you want."
FAMILY BUSINESS
Born in Madrid in 1947, Gonzalo's military father
died when he 5️⃣ was just five and the family moved to Seville.
It was here that he first
showed an interest in music and 5️⃣ began working in a nightclub and at a radio station.
He
went on to study music and film and rubbed shoulders 5️⃣ with the stars but was still
struggling to earn enough cash to raise his family.
After visiting his local casino he
5️⃣ noticed that some winning numbers came up more often than others - he set about finding
out why.
He noticed slight 5️⃣ differences in the pocket sizes, and the wheel’s gears, and
spotted unlevel floors which could all affect the spin.
He studied 5️⃣ the Casino Gran
Madrid’s roulette tables for months, noting down each and every win - but not placing
any wagers.
After 5️⃣ recording 30,000 results, it revealed that some numbers could come up
as often as every 28 throws.
He then put all 5️⃣ of his collected data into his computer
for analysis meaning he could predict the outcome of every roulette he played.
The
5️⃣ gambling fanatic realised that the system didn’t mean the player would win every time
but gave them a 6 percent 5️⃣ advantage and meant they could beat the house over a long
run.
To cover his losses, he initially had to bankroll 5️⃣ the scheme by selling the rights
to one of his documentaries - but when the money started rolling in he 5️⃣ no longer needed
to.
Gonzalo was determined to try his method elsewhere and recruited his eldest son,
Ivan, and eldest daughter, 5️⃣ Vanessa, to collect results from other casinos across
Madrid.
In 1991, the trio began playing, and less than a year later 5️⃣ they won
£620,000.
Eventually, the team scooped £1.6million in winnings from Las Vegas,
Australia, Denmark, Holland and Austria when they were 5️⃣ banned from Spain and forced to
play abroad.
They would disguise their accents to try and blend into the tourists but
5️⃣ staff began to notice their suspicious behaviour.
6 The incredible story was made into
a film after the family won over 5️⃣ £1.6million with the legal scheme
6 In the 2012 film
based on the family's story, they infiltrate casinos to watch as 5️⃣ many roulette spins as
possible
In 2004, after being taken to court by the Casino de Madrid a judge ruled that
5️⃣ the family were not cheaters and had used fair methods to guess the outcome of the
spins.
After a ten-year court 5️⃣ battle, Gonzalo cleared his name and was able to enter
Madrid casinos once more.
But despite the ruling, he refused to 5️⃣ go back and instead
would sue the venue for £800,000 in lost earnings.
After several years he won and the
gambling 5️⃣ operator was forced to pay up for the ‘emotional distress’ caused.
During his
years in exile from the Spanish casinos, he 5️⃣ wrote a book in 2003, The Fabulous Story of
Pelayos, about his family’s legal method to win big.
In fact, the 5️⃣ family's story was
even made into a film in 2012, ‘Winning Streak’ starring actors Daniel Bruhl and Lluis
Homar.
Now at 5️⃣ the age of 75, he focuses on making movies and has produced 17 films as
well as producing music.
But says 5️⃣ he now prefers a flutter on the horses in the UK and
is currently working on a system that would 5️⃣ allow him to lose just one race a year.
He
told Vice: “I like it and it amuses me. When I 5️⃣ don’t have much to do, I spend a lot of
my time with it.
“...I have just finished a year of 5️⃣ horse racing with the current
system, and now I am closing the exercise.
“There have been 11,500 races, we have won 5️⃣ 9
months and lost 3 and the goal is to only lose one.”
Last week, the Sun reported on a
£260,000 5️⃣ bet that is being branded the biggest scandal in poker history.
Newcomer
player Robbi Jade Lew, 35, beat regular Garrett Adelstein 5️⃣ in a game by going all in on
a bad hand in a Los Angeles casino.
Her move left viewers stunned 5️⃣ as Garrett accused
her of using a vibrator to cheat.
The casino has launched an investigation into the
claims and Lew 5️⃣ gave Garrett back £120,000 following the accusations.
6 The Casino de
Madrid is where the king of the roulette wheel first 5️⃣ came up with the idea of
predicting results Credit: Alamy
