How 0Stakes Tests Casino Strategies
Every simulation-backed article in The Pit follows the same ground rules. This page states them once instead of repeating them in every article.
What every simulation does
- Mathematically correct game rules. Simulations use the same payouts, dealer rules, and odds as the real game they're modeling, not simplified stand-ins.
- Stated trial counts. Every article states how many hands, rolls, or spins were simulated, and any fixed random seed used, so the run is reproducible.
- Documented assumptions. Bankroll, bet size, table limits, deck counts, and rule variations used in a given experiment are spelled out before the results.
- Unbiased random outcomes. Simulated dice, cards, and wheel spins draw from the same true probabilities as the real game, not weighted or adjusted to produce a particular result.
- Checked against known math. Where a theoretical probability or house edge is already established (a wheel's house edge, a hand's basic-strategy edge), simulation output is checked against it before publishing.
What the results mean, and don't mean
Large simulations illustrate long-run behavior, the outcome a strategy converges toward given enough trials. They are not a prediction of what happens in any individual session. A result that holds over a million hands can still look completely different over the fifty hands anyone actually plays in an evening.
No betting strategy on this site is presented as removing a negative expected value unless the underlying math itself changes, for example, an Odds bet in craps priced at true odds instead of a house-favored payout. Changing bet size, timing, or sequencing changes volatility and how losses arrive; it doesn't change the game's built-in edge.
Simulation and analysis by 0Stakes.