Martingale Roulette System

The martingale roulette system is a strategy that was first started during the eighteenth century, and was extremely popular in France during that time. The concept originally applied to the most basic of coin tosses. If a player tossed the coin and it came up heads then he won, if it came up tails he lost. The system had the player double his bet after each loss in an attempt to “hedge” his losses when he did win. If the player wins then he would cover all his past losses. When roulette became popular in France, the martingale system was transferred to the game and became the martingale roulette system.

It has enjoyed popularity ever since and is still widely used by players all over the world. But, it’s a system that is not without its flaws.

A major flaw in the martingale roulette system is that it is not always possible to double every losing bet. And this is true for a number of reasons. A primary reason for this not being possible is that the system assumes the player to have infinite wealth at his disposal. Let me give you an example. What if a player using the martingale roulette system was placing five dollar bets and lost ten times in a row. His last bet of the ten would be in excess of three thousand dollars and the player would have lost over six thousand dollars. Not many players can afford to lose that amount of cash. The player would also not be able to infinitely double his bets every time he lost because of the table maximum. So, as you can see, the martingale roulette system eventually will be impossible to implement.

You might be wondering if there is any situation in which the martingale roulette system might be used to good effect. Actually there is a scenario where this system would increase the players odds. And this is during short-term gambling situations. Typically if a player plays roulette for an hour then he has a forty-six percent chance of winning. If the same player implements the martingale roulette system during his one-hour gaming session then he will gain a profit approximately eighty percent of the time. But, the longer the gambler plays the less his odds of winning are. Using the martingale roulette system in an eight hour gaming session will result in the player having a win percent of under thirty-five percent. This is if he doesn’t bump up against the table maximum first.

And the above scenario assumes that the player has an initial bank-roll of a thousand dollars. If that bank-roll is cut in half then the chances of winning drops ten percent. Cut it in half again, and the chances of winning drops another ten percent. So to sum up; the martingale roulette system is only good for hour sessions that you bring at least a thousand dollar bank-roll too. Any longer, or with any smaller amount of money, then the system becomes useless as a betting strategy.

Of course, the martingale roulette system can also be enhanced by choosing the right type of table and the right type of bet. I always choose European tables (because of the increased odds of winning) and make outside bets that have a payout of one to one. When you utilize additional strategies, in conjunction with the martingale roulette system, you will find that you can win more of the time. While the martingale roulette system can be a good system to use, it has to be used correctly to gain the maximum results from it. Otherwise you will have bumped up against the betting limit or ran out of cash. So use the system with care.