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When Rain Man couldn't guess correctly


towards the end of the casino scene, does that mean the casino was cheating?

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You mean with the wheel of fortune? I don't think so. I think that scene was to remind the audience that Charlie doesn't completely understand how Raymond's mind works. Raymond may be very good with mathematics, but he also couldn't do a simple calculation of one dollar minus 50 cents. Likewise, his mathematical skill doesn't necessarily mean he can predict where a spinning wheel will stop.

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Throwing a dart at a target does not have math involved with it, so he was expecting too much from Raymond to be able to correctly guess at a task that has a completely random probability. This was the first instance of Charlie feeling bad for depending on Raymond to earn money.

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The scene was brilliant to remind the audience while blackjack can be beaten by a skilled individual, you cant beat wheel of fortune because its 100% game of chance.

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