Honestly i feel the same way because I'm fan of sports gambling and at the same time is slots, when i try to play prediction gambling that's the time that the opponent makes a gameplay and manage to win the game unlike the highest potential of winning the game, and base on the slot games theres no prediction right there so more easier to play the hardest prediction is an algorithm game or an actual game
Well you cannot predict the outcome of a slots. Even if you break the algorithm of it, you will find that the result is random. Though I am thinking if there is anyone who happen to break a slots algorithm and be able to sync with it resulting in a win for the overall gambling session, I bet there is no one had done that.
You cannot predict it to 100% accuracy sure. I would agree with you on that. But if you know the algorithm then you also can make prediction models based on mathematical probabilities and while you might not be right every single time, you could be right over half of the times. And as long as you have the edge in being right, even if its only 60% then with time and patience, you will obviously be the one making a profit.
Deriving the formulas for the algorithm might be where you get stuck. A lot of algorithms are made to be very complicated and rightly so. You would need teams of PhDs to even come close to a way of somewhat accurately predicting the outcomes.
I doubt your losses would justify your wins at that point. Unless you are some sort of super genius.