I think it's important to recognize that he still assumed some risk with each spin. That risk was reduced from 1/6 to some much smaller number, but the risk was not zero. His concentration or timing could fail on any given spin, as evidenced by his final spin where he mistimed it but got lucky.
My point is that I don't think you can say he was cheating. He played within the rules of the game and couldn't just drain cash out of the system forever.
Totally. He found a way to turn it from a game of luck into a game of skill. Rather like counting cards at Blackjack (although with more of the luck removed, and with a much better expected return!)
Yes, and if you are caught card counting at Blackjack, big burly men will come and eject you from the casino.
Just because you didn't technically break the rules doesn't mean the house thinks you played fair. Hint: for them "fair" = "house wins". (For a gameshow, winning entails making much more in advertising money than they have to pay out in prizes and spend to produce the show.)
i just watched the show and he hit spaces other than 4 and 8 a few times. was he just lucky those few times or did i miss something? here's one example when he hit space 6 and 'pick a corner': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0phlwtxwFU&feature=youtu.be...
My point is that I don't think you can say he was cheating. He played within the rules of the game and couldn't just drain cash out of the system forever.