Gambling Articles: Winning At Roulette

  A system may give you an edge, but don't expect to systematically play your way to
  riches off the casinos. For one thing, everything considered, it is a very difficult task.
  For another thing, it's unlikely that the casinos will sit back and do nothing about it.

  Simply aiming to win to stay ahead at all times as a primary objective, even by a
  small margin, is a more realistic goal and a great achievement.

  In a game of chance using a system is no guarantee of winning, but a well devised
  roulette system can streamline your losses, control your winnings and have a
  strategy that will give you an opportunity to be a winner.

  Roulette systems that have a strategy to win most of the time but lose out overall,
  are not winning systems. A winning system is one with a strategy to make you win
  overall and keep you ahead at all times.

  It has been shown time and again that roulette systems that rely on sequential or
  conditional probability have failed to produce consistent successful results. That is
  because practically roulette is not a game of probability.

  At roulette, each spin is a new spin and the outcome is never determined by prior
  spins. Therefore, the probability for a possible outcome is the same for each spin
  and a probability advantage cannot be generated.

  For example:
  Which outcome has a higher probability after eight successive Blacks, Black again
  or Red?

  The probable answer is Red.

  Wrong! After eight successive Blacks, a Black is as likely to come as a Red. The
  wheel has no memory and it does not keep record of previous results. This is what
  many gamblers find hard to believe. This misconception has been around for many
  years and will probably be around for as many more years. It is known as the
  gambler's fallacy.

  In theory, roulette may be looked at as a game of probability and that the casino
  advantage of 5.26% with a double zero wheel (2.7% with a single zero wheel) makes
  the player a definite loser. In practice, as far as the player is concerned, roulette is a
  game of luck and the player has a chance to win.

  If you were to bet $5 on Black for 38 spins on a double zero wheel, in theory you
  would win and lose every other spin and after 38 spins (which is about an hour of
  play at a busy table) you would lose $10 for twice the zero outcome.

  In practice, during an hour of play, at some stage, if you were lucky you would be up
  and if you were unlucky you would be down by more than $10, and deciding when to
  quit will determine the amount of your winnings or losses.

  Consider this:
  If there was no casino advantage and you were paid 37 to 1 (36 to 1 for a single zero
  wheel) instead of 35 to 1 on numbers and didn't lose on the outside bets when the
  outcome was zero, during the past several times that you have played the roulette,
  would you now be even with your money? Chances are it would not make much
  difference. You would still be either winning or losing and by much more than 5.26%.

  The reason is that at roulette by far the two major factors that determine how much
  you win or lose are:

1. Your luck on the day and
2. Deciding when is the best time to quit.

  Therefore, for a roulette system to have a degree of success it has to be linked to
  luck and tell you exactly when to quit. Additionally, a good system has to take into
  account other obscured but important advantages for both, the casino and the
  player. These are:

  To the casino:

1. The player's natural greed for money
2. The player's lack of self-discipline and
3. Time (the longer you play the higher the chances that you hit a streak of bad
   luck and run out of money).

  To the player:

1. You can choose when and where to bet
2. You can choose and vary the amount of your bet and
3. You decide when to quit.

  Now, if you agree to all that has been said so far and give it some thought, you
  could well apply a roulette strategy yourself that is linked to luck. Additionally, if you
  are able to weaken the above said 3 casino advantages (not easy) and make good
  use of the player's 3 advantages, chances are in the long run you will come out an
  overall winner.

  If you try to beat the roulette wheel mathematically, it's unlikely that you will get
  anywhere even with no casino advantage (no 0-00). Mathematics and gambling don't
  mix. In mathematics you know exactly what is going to happen. Gambling is the
  exact opposite; you never know what is going to happen - otherwise it wouldn't be
  gambling.

  Jacob Kanzen is a long-time experienced roulette player and has devised and 
  written the "Gambler's Luck" Roulette System. For more information visit his
  award-winning web site titled Kanzen's Roulette Strategies Info site