Any reputable gambling establishment is unlikely to employ croupiers who are as unscrupulous as to openly cheat their patrons. However, when playing roulette in a casino you may want to exercise caution. First, make sure hat the casino has a sterling reputation for fairness and playing by the rules. If their reputation is even the least bit shady you may be better off following your instinct by not placing any bets there.

However in the past croupiers cold and often did cheat patrons. Perhaps the most common meting was to use magnets. By the deft use of a magnet a attached to four sides of the wheel a croupier could steer the ball to the desired number. Or a magnet could also be placed into a number slot to draw in the ball. However, you should rest assured that, in the modern casino with its high-tech monitoring, cheating by croupiers is largely a thing of the past.