The roulette one I read doesn't seem that far fetched..
Start with a small bet, like .50 cents or $1, bet on red. Keep betting it until you lose, and every time you lose you triple the bet. Since there will be no infinite string of blacks, you will eventually win and be ahead of where you started.
The only thing is, strings of 5-10 blacks in a row aren't too uncommon, so you need to be able to back those strings of blacks in order to win in the long run.
For example, 6 losses in a row of a starting bet of $1 would make your 7th bet have to be 729 dollars.
1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 729.
I'm trying it out with a bet of ten cents, because I dont have a 10 grand
bankroll, haha. After a short while, I'm up $30 dollars or so.