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Roulette Strategies

The difficulty in strategizing in a roulette game is that winning it is primarily resting on luck. It has little room for strategies because it hardly requires any skill. It is not like a card game where one could use strategies like counting cards, memorizing patterns and outcomes, and making mathematical computations. To quote Albert Einstein, he once said, “You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.”

A roulette wheel can have 37 or 38 slots on its perimeter. A croupier or dealer spins the wheel and then throws a ball. He and the players wait for the wheel to stop and for the ball to drop in one of the slots. Those who bet on the number where the ball fell win the round. If one thinks about it, the probability of winning is only 1 out of 37 or 38. If a player bets on two or more numbers, he increases his chance of winning appropriately.

So basically, you try to predict where the ball will land. It is impossible to come up with a device to predict where the ball will land in each spin. Coming up with a pattern of outcomes if not impossible is also difficult. 

In a card game, most players take a mental note of the cards coming out. If seven of hearts was already drawn, then it means there are 3 cards of seven left in the deck. Knowing this helps players compute for the odds in winning a game. It is different with the game of roulette because if in the first round a ball lands in 32, in the next round there is just an equal chance for the ball to land in that same spot.

Then again, it still pays to be smart when playing roulette. If you cannot strategize on the game itself, you can strategize your game. In other words, you can work on your betting skills with the goal of winning more and losing less. Below are a few strategies you can work on to increase your chances of winning.

First thing you need to know is that there are two kinds of roulette wheels. The European wheel has 37 slots for numbers 1 to 36 and a zero. The second type of wheel is the American version with 38 slots representing numbers 1 to 36 and 2 zeros. Just choosing wisely between this two is already a good strategy in itself. Offhand, there is a slightly higher chance of winning in a European roulette because the probability is only 1 out of 37 for bets of only one number. In the American roulette, the probability of winning is 1 out of 38.

Next thing you need to know before joining a roulette game is if that table applies the surrender rule. This rule states that in the case of even money bets, a player has the option to lose only half of his bet if the ball lands in a zero or two zeros. This is advantageous to a player so that even if he loses, there is a guarantee that he will recover half of his bet. It will prolong his stay on the table as he will have more chips to bet in the next round. However, the risk is that if the ball lands again on a zero or two zeros, the option to again recover half of the bet is now void.

Therefore, if you are a conservative gambler who is not very aggressive in betting, choose a table that applies the surrender rule. For information purposes, this rule is applied to casinos in the Atlantic City.

Roulette players can also take advantage of the En Prison Rule which is like caging or keeping half their bets untouched on the betting table to be played again on the next round. So if the ball lands on any zero slot, a player is eligible for another spin. He wins if the ball lands on the exact same slot on the second throw. If the ball lands in a different number, he loses.

The positive thing to this strategy is that a player is given another round. There are still no guarantees of winning in the next game. In fact, the probability of winning or losing is just the same every year. But the good thing about this is that a player is given another shot to win the jackpot prize. There is always the probability of winning for as long as a player keeps on betting.

The En Prison rule is favorable to players so use it whenever possible to your advantage. This rule protects your wager in a way so that if the ball lands on a zero after a spin, half of your bet could be saved rather than losing all of it.

The strategies mentioned so far deal with smart betting and money management. There are other strategies that deal with putting structure to your game. In doing so, you can choose from three betting systems namely Martingale, Labouchere and D’Alembert systems. These are considered classic strategies based on analyzing patterns in trying to predict the outcome and therefore minimizing losses.

The Martingale system is typically used for even-money outside bets. In this strategy, you put a certain pattern on your wagers so that you double your bet every time you lose. Once you win, go back to the base value of your bet. This is a daring strategy that has its drawbacks. If there is a long streak of losses, it is possible to end up playing only a few rounds before you reach your bankroll limits.

In the Labouchere system, you try to come up with a sequence from the numbers coming out in each round and write it down. Your first bet is total to the sum of the first and last numbers in a row. If this number wins, you cross it out from your list and proceed to bet again.

The D’Alembert system is similar to the Martingale system in the sense that both are strategies concerning even-money bets. In D’Alembert, the idea is to add one unit to your bet after each loss. Subtract one unit from your next bet after each win. So as you are losing, you try to be one unit more aggressive to try to win. And as you are winning, you try to be one unit more conservative to protect your bankroll. If you reverse this system, it will be called chasing winning streaks.

Remember that strategizing is very different from cheating. As you try to formulate your own roulette strategies, try to observe what parts of the game you can control, like the amount of money you bet and your betting style. Do not devise ways to cheat.