The Martingale is probably the oldest, riskiest and popular roulette system. The Martingale system is simply doubling your bet after each loss. This is used mostly playing on the even chance bets (red, black, odd, even, high and low). You can use the Martingale on any type of betting, for example, betting on soccer. Here is a concrete example in roulette. starting with £1.
Bet Number | Units bet | Result | Running Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | loss | -1 |
2 | 2 | loss | -3 |
3 | 4 | loss | -7 |
4 | 8 | loss | -15 |
5 | 16 | win | +1 |
No matter what the streak, eventually you will win and get your 1 unit back. However, you will need a large bankroll to sustain a bad run and every casino has a bet limit. You will hit the bet limit before that happens.
Lets see how this works out in a roulette simulator.
Basically, with the martingale system, you can be up in the short term but the long term is another matter. After 1000 spins you might be up, even after 10000 spins but eventually you will hit the table limit and you will not be able to continue.
Code for roulette Xtreme
System "Martingale"
{
Uses a progression betting list for even chance Red
}
Method "main"
Begin
While Starting a New Session
Begin
Set List [1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1000] to
Record "progression" Data
Put 100% of Record "progression" Data to Red
End
While on Each Spin
Begin
If Any Even Bet has Won Each time
Begin
Put 1 on Record "progression" Data Index
End
If Any Even Bet has Lost Each time
Begin
Add 1 to Record "progression" Data Index
If Record "progression" Data Index >
Record "progression" Data Count
Begin
Stop Session
End
End
Put 100% of Record "progression" Data to Red
End
End