There have been many gambling systems that have been
devised by both professional and amateur gamblers
alike. They believe that their system will help offset
the casinos built in advantage and give them an edge.
To some degree and over the short term this may be
true, but the biggest problem with gambling systems is
not the system itself, but the lack of self discipline
and control on the side of the gambler. Many gamblers
who do not see an initial success with a system will
quickly become frustrated, and abandon it and just
start betting haphazardly with the hope that luck will
overcome the online casinos advantage, and that's not
likely to happen. If you are to use some sort of system
the most important thing you must do is to maintain
your cool and self discipline and stick with it. If you
find yourself on a losing streak don't panic and
abandon your system, but cut down on the amount of your
wagers. However, if find yourself on a winning streak
increase your wagers and play it for all you can. The
following three gambling systems are some of the more
common ones but there are others, and there are many
excellent books and websites that discuss gambling
systems in more detail. You could probably even devise
your own system if you have a basic understanding of
the theory of probability or have taken some statistics
in high school, or college.
The Martingale system
The Martingale betting or wagering system is
probably the oldest one known. It is a negative
progression system, which means simply this, every time
you lose you increase your next bet. The way the
Martingale system works is every time you lose on your
next bet you double up and you keep doubling up until
you hit a winner. In other words your first bet might
be one unit, if you lose that your next bet would be
two units, if you lose that your next bet would be four
units etc. You would keep going in this fashion until
you eventually hit a winner. In theory this system
works fine except for one thing. If you hit a long
extended losing streak you could wipe out even a large
bankroll for a small net win. If you plan on using a
system of this sort I would advise that you set
yourself a maximum amount your willing to wager before
you start over.
The Paroli betting system
The Paroli betting or wagering system is sort of the
opposite of the Martingale betting system. Some
gamblers even refer to it as the anti-Martingale
system. It is a positive progression system which means
that rather than increasing your bet when you lose as
in the Martingale system, you increase your bet when
you win. In other words it is sort of like let it ride.
The advantage of this sort of system over the
Martingale is that it requires a smaller bankroll. The
only thing that you the gambler has to decide is to how
much to let it ride before you start over. To give you
the basic idea behind it you might start off betting
one unit, a unit can be any amount you decide. It could
be $1, $5, $10, etc. If you lose the bet you keep
betting one unit until you hit a winner. When you do
hit that winner you increase your bet by any amount you
feel comfortable with. I would advise when playing a
system like this that after each win you pull or drag
some of your winnings to help offset any losing
cycles.
the 1326 system
The 1326 is another variation of a positive
progression system. It's similar to the Paroli system
except it relies on winning four spins of the Roulette
wheel, or hands of casino war or hands of blackjack, or
any other casino game. The way it works is really quite
simple. On your first wager, you bet one unit. A unit
can be any amount you like. It could be 1 dollar, 5
dollars, 10 dollars or any amount you choose. On your
second bet you wager 3 units, the fourth, 2 units and
your last bet would be 6 units. If at any time during
the progression you lose go back down to 1 unit and
start over. The system depends on your winning 4 spins
of the Roulette wheel, or hand of blackjack, casino war
or any game with near even odds. To give you an example
lets assume your playing Roulette and betting on red,
and your unit of wagering is $10. On your first spin if
you win you would have a total of $20 on the table, of
this you would add another $10 and increase your bet
total bet to $30 if you won that bet you would have a
total of $60 on the table. Now the idea would be to
pull or drag $40 and wager the $20 that's remaining. If
you win the $20 bet you would have a total of $40 on
the table, add to this another $20 for a total of 6
units. You risk a total of $20 for a chance to win $120
and all you need to win is four in a row, and if you
watch gambling games like roulette, or any of the other
casino games with at or near even odds there are
several times when the player or the casino will win
that 4 in a row. Before betting any real money with
this or any other system I would suggest that you open
a fun account at one of the online casinos and perfect
the system before investing any of your real money. I
personally have used this system and it can and does
work so give it a try. I do want to say one thing
however is that no system is perfect and none can
guarantee you'll win at every playing session.
Do Gambling systems really work ?
There are some skeptical gamblers who will tell you
that gambling systems do not work. Their logic goes
something like this. When you flip a coin you have a
50-50 chance of it coming up either heads or tails.
Then on the next flip of that same coin you also have a
50-50 chance of it coming up either heads or tails
again. The skeptics say that it does not matter how may
times you flip that coin you have a 50-50 chance on it
coming up heads or tails on any given flip of that
coin. This assumption is true, the coin does not know
or care what came up on the flips previous to the
current flip or what may come up on subsequent flips.
It will always have that 50-50 chance.
What these people, who are skeptical of gambling
systems don't seem to understand is the probability of
an event happening. Allow me to give you an example of
what I mean. If you flip that coin and it comes up
heads what is the probability it'll come up heads the
next flip, or how about the third, or fourth. The
question is this. Could you flip that coin and get 10
or perhaps even a 100 heads in a row? yes! it is
theoretically possible, but it becomes more and more
unlikely because of the laws of probability. There are
mathematical formulas for calculating these
probabilities, but I'm not going to go into it on this
site. If your interested you could probably find the
information in any college text book on statistics or
high school text books on the theory of probably. I'm
sure there are also some excellent websites that are
better equiped than I to explain the mathamatics
involved.
Like I say, the reason gambling systems don't work
is not the fault of the system, but rather that of the
gambler for not having the discipline to stick with it
and modify his or her betting strategies depending on
game play.
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