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Roulette
People often ask me about betting strategies for roulette and the truth is that I don’t ever really know what to tell them. On the one hand it is a game of chance; a sequence of independent events with independent outcomes. On the other hand the betting can be controlled and manipulated. So, I normally outline the most popular strategies whilst emphasizing that none are fool proof.
Probably the most used strategy is called Martingale. This strategy goes on the basis that loosing streaks don’t last long and as long as it does you double your bet. The Martingale can be used only on red/black or odd/even. So, if you bet $10 on red and loose, you should next bet $20. If you loose again; put down $40 on red. Sooner or later the ball will fall on red, and because you’ve double always, you will recoup whatever you my have lost previously, plus the amount of your starting bet – do the math, it does work. A supped up version of the Martingale is the Grand Martingale. The Grand Martingale follows the same basis except that instead of just doubling, you double and add the amount of your original bet; $10 first bet, $30 second, $70 third etc. The idea of adding the original bet is that it simply increases your profit when you win. Another strategy that people may be familiar with is the Cancellation theory. This method determines the amount you bet with in order to cover any losses. You write 10×1 on a piece of paper. You add together the 2 digits from the left to determine the amount you bet so the first will be 2 chips. If you win you strike them off, if you loose you add that sum to the end and you add the digit on the left to the digit on the right to determine the amount you bet next, this continues until you strike them all off which should mean that you’ve won!
I have seen people winning using these strategies. One must be careful of the maximum bet of the table; if you reach the maximum bet when using the Martingale; if the table limit is reached and you haven’t won the whole theory falls apart. Also, the cancellation method can take a very long time to reap results. Personally, I think that whilst these methods can, and often do work, they beg the question “where’s the fun?????” Seriously, roulette is one of the most fun games at the casino, what’s the point in throwing away the excitement and sense of chance for the nearly guaranteed systematic winning of 10 or 20 dollars!
The best bet, I think is not to follow strategies but rather simple guidelines; know your limits, know your odds, don’t bet on the 5 line (it’s less likely to win than any of the other rows), but most importantly have fun – hope to win but don’t gamble your pension on it; in short, don’t take it too seriously, and enjoy!
Tags: Bet, Chips, Game Of Chance, Losses, Martingale, Roulette Betting Strategies, Roulette Strategies, Streaks
Categories: Roulette, Strategies, Systems
Did you know that Roulette means ‘little wheel’ in French? Neither did I, and having been informed of this fact by a friend I decided that maybe the time had come to see what else I could find out about the game; this is what I came up with…
First of all, I was quite surprised to learn that roulette is very much the baby of the casino games: Unlike poker and blackjack which have existed in one form or another for many centuries, the roulette wheel has only been frequenting the casino halls and parlors of the world since the 17th century, and it was really only the Europeans that played it until it made its’ way to America in the 19th century.
The legends surrounding the creation of the roulette wheel are numerous and really quite exciting. The wheel itself was apparently created by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal. The legend goes that Pascal was experimenting in the creation of a perpetual motion device; he spent much time trying out different theories and inventions, but finally had to give up his quest. However, what he had created in the process was the roulette wheel. Whether Pascal understood the potential of his invention is unclear. We do know however that this occurred in or about the year 1657, and by the late 1700’s the roulette wheel was a regular in the gambling rooms of Paris.
The roulette wheel did not receive it’s distinguished red and black alternate markings until the end of the eighteenth century and until the 1840’s the roulette wheel had all of the numbers that it now has, but no ‘0′ position; this was not added until 1842. The double ‘00′ position found on modern American Roulette wheels was not added at all to the European versions and therefore only appeared once the game had traversed the Atlantic.
Quite how the game got so popular is a subject of debate, however it is agreed that it’s popularization had a lot to do with a particular French family by the name of Blanc. The Blanc brothers, Francois and Louis were there ones who originally added the ‘0′ position making the odds better for the casino and therefore more attractive to the casino owners to feature it in their gaming rooms. It was also the Blancs that opened the first casinos in Monte Carlo where roulette flourished. Possibly because of the Monte Carlo connection roulette has been known as the ‘Kings Game’, and the success of Roulette in Monte Carlo is rumored to be due to Francois Blanc selling his soul to the devil in exchange for the secrets of roulette – the evidence for this pact is on the wheel itself; if you add together all of the numbers you will come up with the sum 666!
Tags: American Roulette, Blaise Pascal, Casino Games, Double 00, Mathematician Blaise Pascal, Roulette History, Roulette Wheel, Roulette Wheels
Categories: Roulette
Once a player has learned to use the probabilities of the ball landing on either red or black while playing Roulette, and made a conscious decision to stick to those colors, they will have to bet accordingly to make this strategy effective.
This is what I’ve personally learned trying to use this strategy, you absolutely have to have enough money on the table ready to go to cover the losses that you will incur until your color comes up. If you do not have enough money ready to go the first streak of bad luck will wipe you out.
The key to using this type of strategy is to place a bet on the color of your choice. If the ball lands on your color, lucky day and the bet stays the same. Now if the ball lands on the opposite color you must double your bet. The idea behind this is that the odds of the ball landing on the opposite color diminishes every time that it does thereby making the odds of the ball landing on your color better and better. After a few times of the ball landing on the opposite color, and assuming that you’ve doubled your bet every time, when you win you’ll be one up your original bet.
Now this is the trick and this is where I lost it. You absolutely have to have enough money on the table, ready to go, to double your bet each and every time that you lose. Now to be honest, I have never tried this technique in a traditional casino and I’m not even sure that they would allow this type of betting strategy to be used. I suppose it depends on where you are playing. I have used this strategy on online casino sites and it works.
The only problem is if you get involved in a lesser site with a type of random number generator that doesn’t exactly duplicate real world scenarios. If they are not absolutely right on the money then the odds and probabilities are almost worthless. This means that a player can have almost an endless streak of the ball landing on the opposite color without winning their money back. If this is the case then even the largest bankroll won’t be able to save you.
At any rate, there are numerous methods on the Internet to help you with your chosen game. Some are based in logic and solid mathematical principles, and some are not. The main pitfall that an online casino player must look out for is simply that many online casinos do not accurately depict actual game play to the point of not allowing any particular mathematical stratagem to work like it’s supposed to.
Tags: Games, Odds, Place A Bet, Place Bet, Probabilities, Random Number Generator, Roulette, Traditional Casino
Categories: Roulette, Strategies, Systems
While beginning my journey into the world of online casino gambling I did what probably many online casino gamblers do; I researched the heck out of the Internet for as much information as I could possibly get about the games that I wanted to play. This turned up a lot of good information, and just as many pointers on what not to do. One of the gaming tips that I came across was for the game of Roulette.
Like all casino games Roulette is a game of chance. The particular site I was on happened to be kind enough to break down the statistical probabilities of each bounce of the ball. There was even a method to use these odds to my favor and the logic behind the thinking appeared to be sound. And it still does to a degree.
The idea was that the player must choose a color of either red or black and stick with that color for the remainder of the game. The chance that the ball would land on black or red on each spin of the wheel is always fifty-percent. If a player were to choose a number and a color, however, the odds are much more complicated. But for this particular system of logic the player must keep it simple.
Now for the interesting part. Each time that the ball lands on a color the next spin remains a fifty-percent chance for that particular spin, but the probability of it landing on the specific color again diminishes. Sound confusing? The chance of the ball landing on black, for example, diminishes each time the ball lands on black but remains the same fifty-percent chance for that particular spin. Spins have to be looked at by number of times that the particular color pops up, but can’t be ruled out to come up again because the probability for the individual spin is the same.
How does a player use this to their advantage? If a player can remain dedicated to one color, red or black, and bet on the color no matter how many times the opposite color pops up they can end up winning in the long run. The trick is being able to bankroll the amount of money needed to stay in the game until your color comes up.
Roulette is one of the most beautiful games of chance that has ever been devised. Even the novice can pick a number out of the divine ether and become a winner. And skill has very little to do with where the little ball will land. However, the only edge that a player can use in this game, that I have found so far, is that of playing the probabilities. Learning how to bet one these probabilities and using them to your advantage is in itself a very lengthy discussion and will be covered in Part II.
Tags: Amount Of Money, Bet, Casino Gamblers, Casino Gambling, Casino Games, Casino Roulette, Game Of Chance, Game Roulette, Gaming Tips, Odds, Probability, Spin Of The Wheel, Wheel
Categories: Roulette, Strategies, Systems
The Great British Pub Quiz and the American show Jeopardy have a lot to answer for – they are both responsible for the retaining of highly useless yet highly interesting bits of trivia; information that you would never need in normal life. However, which of us haven’t at some point uttered the words, “well, it’ll come in useful for a pub quiz”, or something akin to that. It is for this reason solely that I have chosen to pick a few of my favorite pieces or roulette trivia to share with you – use them wisely.
Did you know that the roulette wheel was invented by the French inventor Blaise Pascal. Pascal was actually trying to create a perpetual movement machine, but ended up with the roulette wheel – not a bad rap.
The double 00 position found on American Roulette Wheels were added only when roulette found its way to the United States of America. Previous to this the wheel only had the single 0 position, but the American casino owners didn’t feel that the house had enough of an edge with this and so added the extra position.
The chap that added the original one 0 position was named Francois Blanc; he was also responsible for setting up the first casino in Monte Carlo. It was rumored that in order to learn the secrets of roulette Mr. Blanc actually made a pact with the devil. The evidence lies in the wheel itself: If you add all the numbers of the board together you come to the sum of the devil, 666.
Row 5 is the worst row to bet on; statistically speaking row 5 is the least likely row to win.
One of the most impressive recent wins was by an English man called Ashley Revel who sold everything he owned in 2004 and went to a Las Vegas Casino. He put down the sum of all of his possessions, $135, 300, on a double or nothing bet. He bet on red, and red came in – he left with double his money!
Also in 2004, a group of 3 were accused of winning over 1,000,000 GBP by illegal measures in a London casino. The casino charged the group with using mobile phone and laser technology in order to predict the falling of the ball. The case was taken to court and the casino lost – the group kept all of their winnings.
Einstein apparently commented that “you can’t beat a roulette table unless you steal from it”.
Roulette has played a part in many a flick, the most famous of which being James Bond’s ‘Diamonds are Forever’, and of course Casablanca where we found our hero, Rick, fixing the wheel for a destitute client to win big and be able to escape to America.
Hope this comes in handy!
Tags: American Casino, American Roulette, Ashley Revel, Bet, Blaise Pascal, Devil 666, Double 00, Francois Blanc, London Casino, Pact With The Devil, Roulette Wheel, Roulette Wheels
Categories: Roulette
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