Some Roulette Strategies and Tips to Get You Started

It was Albert Einstein that once famously said that you cannot beat roulette if you do not steal from the croupier. Since it was invented, players have been trying to devise new systems and tactics to winning from roulette. There are literally hundreds of roulette systems out there, many of them based on the same one - martingale. The perfect strategy has never been found though. According to probabilistic statistics, no strategy can beat the house advantage.

However, there are numerous tactics which can help a player to minimize the losses and maximize the odds of winning. Andres Martinez, the journalist and author actually describes one such system in his book 24/7. The method he describes is to split his stake into 35 units and place 35 single number bets. If the number comes up within 35 spins the player will win back the original amount of money and can continue to play with house money. Nevertheless, in an American roulette with 38 pockets the probability of winning within 35 rounds is 60.68%.

You will find in fact lots of different strategies and tactics that might suit your style of play.   Remember none of them alter the house advantage though so there are no guarantees.  Now with the internet you can play roulette online, so if you find a system you like you have a place to test them without pressure. Find one of the real casinos online where you can test on a live roulette wheel not a computer program.  Then select the free game and work through your chosen system without using real money.   You can then decide to use the system for real money if you so wish.  

Place bet on Red only:

You can select a number of spins and then just place your bet on red (or any other even money bet, this can be a decent tactic. For example, if you place your bet on red for 38 consecutive rounds, the probability of the ball landing on red each time is 47.37%. Moreover, if you apply standard normal distribution, you will see some surprising probability rates. The probability that the ball will land on red at least ten times among 38 spins is 99%. There is 83% probability that the ball will land on red at least 15 times. And 50% probability that 18 times it will be red. To reach the breakeven point winning 19 spins are required. However, the chance of winning increases a little bit when you play in a European roulette as it has one less than American roulette.

Multiple Bets

This strategy is a combination of the 'red' tactic and the well known martingale system. The trick is to just bet on the even money combination bets - so "red and odd" or "black and even". Consider each individual bet as a completelty independent bet. If you have a losing spin then you must double the amount of your stake. If you win than go back to the start and place the initial amount of bets again. This tactic requires you to play for a long time and obviously you will need a pretty handsome amount of money. In the long run, you may even lose money. But sometimes it works.

Bet just on Dozens

It is possible to apply this roulette tactic in two ways- either places your bets on single dozens or on double dozens. In single dozen versions, start from the minimum amount possible placed on one dozen. For double dozen version places you bet on two dozens, as the name suggests. However the amount of your stake should be half of the amount you use on single dozen bet.  

Whatever roulette tactics you utilize, continue to keep it in mind that the house gets the advantage in every condition. You can't really defeat the house edge in the end. So do not count on any roulette tactic for sure. However, applying roulette tactics will help you to better understand the mechanism of this game. 

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