This would be hard to explain so instead of explaining it I will simply present the facts from which ones I couldn’t come to any conclusion which would explain Michel’s behavior or his results.
At first I will need to point out that Michael Barnett (“MB”) was a casino consultant. Is he still the one, I am not sure, his age is over 70 and in past few years he wasn’t involved with casino conferences as he was in past. We came to know about each other few years ago when he approached me about particular person from France. Apparently that person who I will call JP have had Marks Howe’s roulette computer. He wasn’t happy with it, somehow he come in contact with MB which offered him his computer as an exchange. JP accepted it and part of a deal was that he sends it first to MB.
On the other side MB claimed that he received only empty box and refused to send his computer to JP. I have had the opportunity to deal with JP as well. I found him as very truthful and polite person. Why would JP send an empty box and why MB did not handle it better? Or perhaps for some reason Mark’s PDA during transport walked out from the box. What really happened is hard to tell and we can only guess.
Since then I did exchange few emails with MB about my recommendation for improvements on tilted wheel prediction that I come across in my roulette research. MB was telling me about his wins with his computer on “tilted” wheels and about his jackpot wins on poker machines.
Somewhere in October last year, MB approached me and told me that he would like to test my FF system if I do not mind. I did not mind at all but I politely told hem that I will not build FF for free even for my father. But since it is for testing purposes, I offered him a lower price, which he accepted.
First private response from Barnett was his disappointment because he couldn’t read the software code from my microprocessor to see which program is used and how calculation is done. Chip microcontroller was code protected.
Next he claimed that he accidentally locked the chip (it’s the systems security feature and it needs code for unlocking). I do not provide code to people who I don’t know well so I have had to send him a new chip. He asked me to send him software code instead, because he has microcontroller programmer and he would be able to upload it by himself. I refused it, of course. The code can be reverse engineered to assembly code (which is understandable). I definitely have no intention to hand out a code to anybody for a few hundred dollars only.
First public response from MB after his first test was positive and reasonable.
He made a post about his findings at his website and mine forum as well but soon after he removed it. He claimed that Mark Howe was pestering him and that he received a phone call from Stefano Hourmoutsiz. MB decided to remove review and that his final review will be for casino’s research or in his closed section of forum available only to selection of users.
Through further communication with MB he told me that his computer indicates a moment when the ball is falling. It is very easy do to it on tilted wheel but since my FF is very accurate device I instantly could see benefits if I add it to leveled wheel prediction. I do not need it on tilted wheel prediction at all. I told him: “Michael you’ve made me think about a great idea.”, and that’s how it came to an additional last zap improvement. I gave full credit for that to MB and I told him that I will soon modify chip and send him one so he can see how last zap is working.
It did not take me long to do it and many people were waiting for the new chip but I refused to send it to everyone.
The reason was simple, I WANTED NEW CHANGES TO BE TESTED FIRST.
For strange reason MB become very inpatient. He sent me an email in which he have stated that FF without his improvement couldn’t predict (if computer can’t predict ball falling time, it can’t be accurate) and since I still did not send him chip he has no other option then to write negative review.
Woo, hold on horses. I took it only as his misunderstanding. FF definitely could predict time of ball falling point but only it didn’t indicate it to the user as time but as prediction number defined by that time. If it couldn’t define it, then for sure I would be able to add it as additional control. However, I took his other complaint about everything taking too much time seriously and send him the new chip instantly.
From then MB was only complaining about not enough predictions.
Since he told me that he has microchip programmer, to assist him, I asked him to read available codes from the chip. He replayed that the FF is not in his possession any more but that one of his testers has it.
I asked for information from his tester how the system’s response after the set up is done but I never received an answer.
Since MB modified the FF for testing purposes (I wasn’t sure what was happening), I offered sending him my testing unit with sound beeps and a large LED, but he refused.
MB also stated that they video taped a test. I also asked him to send me this video but again my request was ignored.
When he exchanged few words with some other users of FF who confirmed that they do not experience problems with the FF as he does, he wrote at forum that percentage of predictions improved, but soon after he sent me an email that it predicts only 20%. He also told me that at that setting there is no last zap as indicator of ball falling moment. It is impossible. Something must be wrong. Part of program couldn’t have just disappeared. I was listening to only complaints from him and whatever I offered as a support was ignored. I requested that MB sends me the unit back so I could see what the problem was, but my pledge was ignored as well.
I even gave him an evidence of FF performance. A video where Stefano tested it and have had 66% of spins predicted with huge hit rate of 1:15. It still did not stop him in his attempt to do what he intended to do, so he declared the FF as system designed for wheels which are not available in casinos, therefore it can’t predict.
Now I have Stefano who says that FF works but with his video he is trying to prove that it isn’t easy to spot the ball at moment of zap and I have MB who is claiming that the FF can’t predict on casino wheels.
None is correct and those to findings simply can’t go together.The FF, with some practice, is very practical system with many advantages over audio files pronounced, it is accurate and it does give predictions. Usually, close to a 100%. By my opinion I would say it is most effective design for a single user.
If that’s so, then why MB has different results?
I have no answer to that question. It could be all kind of reasons and I simply do not want to believe in any.
I can’t say that he is incompetent because he should be at least as an average user and that sort of knowledge is more then enough to operate the FF.
I can say that he is arrogant, perhaps overconfident and ignorant. Simply he isn’t listening to me.
If 10 people tell me different about same product I would 100 times question what I am doing wrong and why I am getting different results.
At the end MB claimed that he didn’t test it but it was someone else who did. It was apparently his decision to get as much as possible unbiased test.
It is strange to say that. Can’t he trust his own testing abilities or personality? The test is a test and it should produce same result regardless are you biased or not. What you will do with it and how you going to present it may be biased. I would say he uses it more as throwing dust in eyes to look more convincing and to bypass the fact that he has his own computer listed at his site with 4 digits price under it.
Competitor!
Hm, I can’t say even that, at least until now he did not show as one. Or at least he looked civilized.
I always looked at his computer with sympathy, as simple and very limited device. And that is what it is.
Is it a scam? No, it probably can predict. It is an old fashion tilted wheel prediction and nothing else. Due to the system architecture it can’t even precisely measure time. But with some persistence and if applied on some wheels it will probably produce limited advantage. On a modern today’s’ wheel it will be harder, maybe even impossible, but MB likes to talk abut his wins that he had years ago and I believe him simply because it was quiet possible to do it at that time.
When I put it all together, an idea of getting some extra cash ($5,000) for a product based on ex (convincing) glory is not bad. Buying roulette computer from casino’s consultant who was for years involved in games doesn’t sound bad at all. It actually may look very attractive. Especially with the explanation that nothing else really works better then this.
Now I need to go back to this other character which first publicly showed himself as a Docker, then later on as Bob Gordon.
MB and him live in the same city, have same looking roulette wheel, have same looking hand that spins the ball and have same internet provider with same IP group. It’s still not enough evidence for anyone to be able to say confidently that this could be the same person.
In addition, MB sounds convincing because he has been in touch with casinos (same as Bob’s approach). He was selling roulette spins and if you buy it he would send you following email which looked as a rare opportunity only for some to buy his system as well. It looks convincing. He has a wheel in his possession and he probably came up with something worthwhile. He sent email offer to everybody except me when I bought his DVD’s.
Later on when I came across his system and reviewed it as totally useless Bob complained.
He claimed that I shouldn’t review it since it wasn’t publicly available for sale and that he doesn’t want casinos to know about his system. Well, if that the case, then you shouldn’t sell it, because you never know who could buy it. Bob threatened me that I’ll not be able to play in any casino in Australia or New Zealand if I do not remove my review of his system. I’m not the person who can be easily blackmailed. Interestingly enough, soon after, I did have a problem in the casino. I will not go into a detail but hardly that Bob would have access to search all Croatian names in the Jupiter’s casino. So who else could have access to it?
I may be wrong here, but I am only presenting a theory backed by available facts since I simply can’t understand a reason to MB’s behavior. I’ll let you all evaluate this closely and make up your own mind.
If he tested the system on some wheels and claimed not to have advantage, we can argue, but since he claims not to have predictions and since he ignored all my support, there is nothing more that I can do.
As a last resort, MB offered to remove his review and offered to me to make contact with a person who tested the system. I replayed “it is too late for that” his review is his review and it can stay. It has nothing to do with me since reallyit isn’t test. It is his unjustified claim that I have designed system based on parameters which do not exist.
"Shall we try one more time with you working direct with the tester by email?"No. Not only that you insult me but you did same to my friends. Offering something that is imposable to do and what nobody will accept. It is same as Stefano’s $,2000,000 challenge. And probably something that you can’t deliver.
Let me test it.
Lets casino deposit conditionally $100 000 to my account. Then I’ll show my face at Gold Coast Jupiter’s. If my predictions are ~80% I keep the money. That is for claiming system doesn’t give predictions. Then I will play $1000+ per spin under conditions I select (leveled wheel of my selections, rotor 4 sec +, reasonable amount of ball rotations or other words at least 15 sec spins.) until I lose or until casino tells me to stop. If they stop me they need to pay me additional $500,000. If you want to look big then do big things.I have no any interest in whatever you want to do with the FF in the future.
We can talk when you do your things right. Until now I offered you all options in attempt to find reason of your problems, but from now I simply do not care.