Engineers at the University of Hull have developed anti-fraud software that detects bias in roulette wheel results. The Roulette Monitoring System (RMS) is being tested in the North of England and if successful, will be rolled out in Gala casinos across the country. It’s the first time a system has been put in place to detect bias on a wheel in real time in the UK.

RMS uses mathematical algorithms to guard against croupier influence and mechanical fault by identifying anomalies in probabilities of numbers occurring.

The project is the latest development from the Gaming Technology Centre, a facility within the university’s Engineering department. The Centre is a collaboration between the University, Gala Group and ECM Systems.

Professor Stephanie Haywood, Head of Engineering at the university said: “The key feature of this software is that it is able to identify bias with a high degree of certainty from a small number of spins.”

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