Three-Column Depth Periodicity (`1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3`) Locking Cockroach Pig Into Red (=): across 73 verified 8-deck hands (41 Banker, 32 Player, 0 Tie), this shoe forms 35 Big Road columns spanning 35 display columns, generating 71 Big Eye Boy marks (28R/43B), 69 Small Road marks (24R/45B), and 66 Cockroach Pig marks (35R/31B).
SHOE-1A-16: 73 hands (41B / 32P / 0T) — max streaks 4B & 3P across 35 logical columns.
Column 4 has 1 bead. Column 1 has 1 bead. Same depth → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 4, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
Column 5 has 2 beads. Column 2 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 5, the one that just finished, with Column 2.
This bead is at Row 2. Column 2 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Thinking "no bead at this row" means blue. It is blue only when Column 2 stopped exactly one row above this bead.
Deterministic seed 104116 — 56.16% Banker share of decided hands.
Phenomenon: Three-Column Depth Periodicity (`1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3`) Locking Cockroach Pig Into Red (=).
Featured mark: Column 4 has 1 bead. Column 1 has 1 bead. Same depth → red (=).
Verified by calculateAllRoads() on SHOE-1A-16.
Computed via getNextRoadPredictions() at the end of the shoe.
Cockroach Pig (曱甴路, lookback 3) is the third and final casino derived road, rendered with diagonal slashes (`/`). Many players struggle to visualize a pattern that repeats every 3 columns while changing every 1 and 2 columns. This 73-hand shoe opens with a textbook 3-column period: depths `1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3`.
Cockroach Pig waits until Column 4 Row 2 or Column 5 Row 1 to record its first slash. In our `1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3` cycle, Column 4 has depth 1 (so Row 2 is never reached in Column 4), and Cockroach Pig starts at Column 5 Row 1: Rule 1 compares Column 4 (depth 1) with Column 1 (`4 - 3 = 1`, depth 1) → Same depth → Red (=)! As Column 5 drops to Row 2, Rule 2 looks 3 columns back to Column 2 (depth 2) → Bead exists at Row 2 → Red (=)!
| Logical Column | Winning Side | Column Depth | Attached Ties | 6-Row Grid Placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col 1 (SHOE-1A-16) | Banker (B) | 1 bead | 0 ties | Ends at Row 1 |
| Col 2 (SHOE-1A-16) | Player (P) | 2 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 2 |
| Col 3 (SHOE-1A-16) | Banker (B) | 3 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 3 |
| Col 4 (SHOE-1A-16) | Player (P) | 1 bead | 0 ties | Ends at Row 1 |
| Col 5 (SHOE-1A-16) | Banker (B) | 2 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 2 |
| Col 6 (SHOE-1A-16) | Player (P) | 3 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 3 |
| Col 7 (SHOE-1A-16) | Banker (B) | 1 bead | 0 ties | Ends at Row 1 |
| Col 8 (SHOE-1A-16) | Player (P) | 2 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 2 |
Whenever Big Road column depths repeat on a 3-column period (`d[i] === d[i - 3]`), Cockroach Pig prints continuous Red (=) slashes even while Big Eye Boy and Small Road flash Blue (≠).
If a hypothetical Hand #74 were dealt at the end of SHOE-1A-16, getNextRoadPredictions() shows that a Banker win would produce Big Eye Boy RED, Small Road RED, and Cockroach Pig RED, whereas a Player win would produce Big Eye Boy BLUE, Small Road BLUE, and Cockroach Pig BLUE. Remember that each hand in an 8-deck shoe is independent of prior outcomes.
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