Roulette Strategy

Before we start explaining all the different types of roulette betting systems and their effectiveness, we wanted to clear out what is a roulette strategy?

Roulette strategies is a set of actions players take so as to ensure that they will complete a specific goal they have set, which most of the times, is a long-term one.

Each roulette strategy is based on a betting progression that is determined once the result of the spin is revealed. In other words, your bet will vary depending on the outcome.

There are two main categories of roulette strategies:

In this roulette strategy, the bets that you will place will depend on the outcome of the spin. Depending on whether you going to increase or decrease your stakes after each loss or win, there are two types of betting progressions:

With the positive betting progression, you're required to increase your stake after each win. Besides this, you're also required to decrease your stake after each loss. 

The logic behind this progression is that with each increase, you'll be able to maximize your profits after a winning streak and keep your losses to a minimum after a losing streak to avoid exhausting your bankroll.

There are two popular roulette betting systems using this progression:

• Paroli
• Parplay
• Reverse D'Alembert

The negative betting progression requires you to increase your stake after each loss and decrease it after each win. So it's the positive betting progression but in reverse.

In fact, some of the negative betting systems can have a positive modification, as it's the case with Martingale, D'Alembert and Labouchere. 

The idea behind this progression is that with each increase after a loss, you'll win eventually and be able to compensate for the previous losses. However, there is no guarantee that you'll be able to get out of the losing streak so quickly, you might as well end up empty-handed.

Most of the roulette betting systems based on this progression:

• Martingale
• D'Alembert
• Labouchere
• Fibonacci

In this roulette strategy, the bets that you will place won't depend on the outcome of the spin, you can freely choose to increase or decrease your stakes after each loss or win, or keep them same:

As it's obvious from its name, flat betting doesn't require you to adjust bets after each win or a loss. You simple place wagers of the same value, no matter the outcome of the roulette spin.

One of the main advantages of this betting system is that it doesn't require any complicated calculations. You always bet the same amount, meaning you're not risking depleting your whole bankroll in a short time or reach any betting limits.

Besides the fact that you don't need to change bets after each win or a loss. You simply place bets independently of the outcome of the spin. In other words, you're not going to be following any of the above-mentioned roulette systems or progressions.

Remember that each betting progression comes with its own pros and cons. Keep in mind that roulette is a game of chance, and neither progression can influence the outcome of the spins.

As we already mentioned many fans of roulette, especially mathematicians, have been looking for a way to find the perfect roulette strategy and beat the wheel, and as a result, a great number of betting systems were made throughout the years.

Each betting systems comes with its own advantages and disadvantages, but one thing is sure if you want to make a profit or at least minimize your losses in roulette, adopting an adequate betting system is one of the best ways of doing this.

In the few next sections, we'll discuss some of the most popular ones, and their effectiveness.

It’s the simplest Roulette system out there, and it's widely used. The Martingale Roulette system promises guaranteed profits, but only if you have a hefty budget.

The Martingale system works only in the short term. It’s time-consuming and requires a lot of discipline. It will take you several hour sessions to win marginally, whereas all it takes is one losing spree, and you’re out for good, with empty hands and with empty pockets.

Martingale system works on negative betting progression, meaning every time you lose, you double your bet and decrease it after a win. By doing this, as soon as you win just one bet, you’ll recover any money you had previously lost plus a small profit. For this strategy, it’s important to place even-money bets such as red/black, odd/even, or high/low.

The Martingale system enables you to win back the lost amount after a long losing streak, but the profit will be only one betting unit.

The main problem here is that roulette tables come with minimum and maximum bet limits. These constraints can seriously reduce your options when looking for an online casino where you can apply the Martingale System.

Usually, the higher the top bet limit is, the higher the entry bet will be too. Online casinos are aware of the benefits of the Martingale System. That’s why they safeguard their interest with minimum and maximum bet limits.

• Simple and Easy to Apply
• Shows Results in the Short Term
• Requires Big Budget
• Table Limits Limit the Player’s Options
• Risking Your Own Budget
• Bet Limits Can Stop You From Reaching Its Potential

The Paroli betting system is the complete opposite of the Martingale system. And it is also known as the Reverse Martingale system. It follows the same principle as the Martingale Betting system, as it is based on positive betting progression.

Instead of doubling the bet after each loss, you should double your bet after every win and decrease the bet after each loss. The main purpose of this system is to generate small, consistent profits and eliminate the risk of huge losses.

It's easy to learn the system, as adjusting your bets according to the betting rules is very straightforward. For this strategy to work, you should only place even-money bets too.

One essential aspect of this system is that players should stop increasing the bets after three consecutive wins and go back to their initial betting unit. In case you keep on increasing your bets, you're going to risk the already generated profits. 

The Paroli system prevents players from sustaining huge losses, as they will never risk more than their initial betting unit while on a losing streak. The system relies on the idea that the winning streaks will incur several times during the betting session, and each time they happen, they'll compensate for the smaller losses.

Keep in mind that, just like with the Martingale, if you're on a long winning streak, you may reach the upper betting limits of the roulette table you're playing at. So if this happens, you be mindful about increasing your bets or keeping on betting.

• Easy to Learn and To Apply
• Small Risk Involved
• Shows Results in the Short Term
• Risking Your Generated Profits
• Better Bankroll Management
• Smaller Profits
• Table Limits Can Stop You From Reaching Its Potential

This is a system that's commonly used for sports betting, but it's also suitable for betting on the game of roulette. In fact, this system is one of the more popular bettings systems used by roulette players.

This betting system is also based on positive betting progression, and it's not that aggressive. This means that you don't have to increase your bets so quickly.

You're expected to increase your bets after each win and decrease your bets after a loss. For this strategy, you'll place both inside and outside bets.

Another important thing to note, you should set an initial wager and a maximum win limit, so you'll know at which stage you'll need to stop or get back to.

*The maximum profit set is set at $300, and the initial betting unit is $10.

• Easy To Master
• Applicable to Inside & Outside Bets
• Involves Less Risk
• Risking Your Generated Profits
• Requires Discipline
• Works in the Short-Term

This is also one of the more popular roulette systems out there. In fact, D'Alembert is the second in popularity next to the Martingale. It very similar to the Martingale, as it's also based on a negative betting progression.

According to D'Alembert, you should increase your bet after a loss and reduce it after each win. By doing this, you will be able to generate profit if you win as often as you lose. 

Keep in mind that this betting system only works if as long as your winning bets match up or exceeded your losing bets. Of course, you should set a limit when to stop increasing your bets after a loss and reduce them by one betting unit.

To start using this system, you should start by placing even-money bets of exactly one betting unit. If you encounter a loss, you should increase your next bet with one betting unit and decrease it by one betting unit after each win. If your first bet is a win, you continue with your base betting unit until you lose.

• Easy to Master
• Lower Risk Involved
• Generating Short-Term Profits
• Risking Your Own Budget
• Risk of Reaching Table Limits

As you might suspect from its name, this betting system works the opposite way from the D'Alembert, and it's also known as the Contra D'Alembert.

As with the D'Alembert, you start with one betting unit, but now you should increase your bets after a win and decrease them after you encounter a loss.

By doing this, you'll minimize your losses in the long term, meaning you're less likely to exhaust your full budget after a long losing steak.

• Easy to Implement
• Safer Alternative
• Higher Profits
• Minimize Your Losses

This betting system is nothing like the betting systems we covered so far. It's much more complex and requires more time to learn and master. Some other names that this system has are American Progression and Split Martingale.

Just as D'Alembert and Martingale, this betting system is also based on the negative betting progression - increasing your bets after a loss and reducing them after a win. It also works by placing even-money bets on the roulette table.

But unlike these two systems, the Labouchere aims at recovering your previous losses with multiple winning streaks.

To start off the Labouchere system, you're required to write down a random line of numbers. For the sake of this guide, we'll start with the following sequence: 1,2, 3 and 4.

From this sequence, the profit will be equal to the sum of the numbers in it. In our case, it will be 10 (1+2+3+4). So the first bet you should make needs to be equal to the first and last number in the sequence; in this case, it's 5 (1+4). 

If you win your first wager, you'll need to cross 1 and 4 from the sequence. And your second wager should contain the rest of the numbers, 2 and 3. If you lose your first wager, you'll need to add the number of bet units that bet contained at the end of the sequence, and you repeat the same from above, so 1,2,3,4 and 5.

• More Time to Master
• More Flexibility
• Risk of Hitting the Table Limits Is Lower
• Requires Discipline
• Risk of Exhausting Your Bankroll

This opposite version of the Labourchere system was created to remove one major disadvantage, the risk of exhausting your whole bankroll after a lengthy losing streak.

In this version, players are also required to choose a random sequence, like 1,2,3, as long as it's equal or higher than the previous one. It's recommended that you start with a shorter sequence to avoid risking larger losses with each bet.

To start, the first wager should contain the first and last numbers in the sequence. In our case, it's 4 (1+3). If you win, you add the amount of the betting unit at the end of the sequence, so 1,2, 3, and 4. But if you lose, you cross 1 and 3, and you bet with the rest of the numbers. That's 2 in our case.

Remember that you should start with a new random sequence once you cross out all numbers in your sequence.

• Requires Learning
• Greater Freedom
• Decreases the Risk of Exhausting Your Budget
• Better Bankroll Management

Fibonacci is considered the most aggressive betting system out there, as it requires players to increase the bets more rapidly. Besides this, it's a more complex system compared to the Labouchere.

The system is based on the famous Fibonacci number sequence, and it's similar to the rest of the systems based on the negative betting progression, like the Martingale and D'Alembert.

The Fibonacci system sequence starts with the number 1, and each next number is the sum of the two preceding ones. Keep in mind that the original sequence starts with 0, but that number is ignored in this system.

The sequence contains the first 15 numbers in the sequence: 1-1-2-3-5-8-13-21-34-55-89-144-377-610. Each of the numbers in the sequence represents the sizes of each stake roulette players should stick to if they plan to implement this sequence.

After a win, you should go back two numbers in the sequence. For example, if you have won after wagering 8 betting units, the next bet you should make is 3 betting units, and so on. Keep in mind that this applies to even-money bets only.

You proceed until you generate a profit, after which you return to the very start of the betting sequence, at number 1. The decision on the point at which you go back means that you pay close attention to each win and loss during the betting cycle.

• More Complicated
• Turn Profit After Several Losses
• Shows Results in the Short Term
• Flexibility To Adjust Bets
• Risk of Exhausting Your Budget
• Risk of Miscalculation As You Progress
• Not Suitable for Smaller Bankrolls

As you can see, depending on the roulette strategy you'll go for, there will many betting systems to choose from. And the logic behind each is to help you minimize your losses and turn a profit.

However, keep in mind that the betting systems do not affect the outcome of the spins. Besides this, the house will always win in the long run.

It's also important to remember that each system has its own advantages and disadvantages and that you should always weigh both before giving them a shot.