The Dopey Experiment is another Roulette Betting System described by Andres Martinez, a lawyer and a reporter at Wall Street Journal, in his wonderful book "24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas." The system does not promise to make you rich or even to come out ahead. It is simply a way to have fun while gambling real money at the roulette table. The System has some superstitious pattern as well, with the magic numbers being engaged.

The rules of playing are very easy - with the Dopey Experiment, you take your roulette bankroll and divide it into 35 equal units. You then choose single number (as for Mr. Martinez, he picked his wife's birthday — 22), and bet one unit on that number for 35 uninterrupted spins of the roulette wheel. If you win during that time (and there is a more than 60% percent chance that you will),...
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Although there is no scheme for beating Roulette, many players like to employ a set betting pattern when they play Roulette instead of dropping chips on the layout chaotically. The betting system explained below gives players the opportunity to play longer due to the small winnings it brings.

Like the name implies, Double Street System involves the bets on double streets along with a straight up number and the betting on a corner or quad. Also called "Double Street Quad Strategy", it covers up the betting of 17 numbers out from the 35 numbers for European (single-zero) wheel. With this system you are wagering 6 chips per spin that involve 2 chips on each of the double streets bet and one chip on the corner and straight number bets.

In order to get a better understanding on how the strategy works, let's use an example:

First, let’s pick up one straight number- let...
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The exact origins of Oscar’s Grind have unfortunately been lost, despite the fact that it is modern system, compared to other betting systems we have previously discussed. What we know is that it was first described in 1965, attributed to a gambler named Oscar. It is a progressive betting system based on cycles, where the player profits one betting unit at the end of each cycle. It's easy to remember and use and a huge bankroll is not needed to see it through.

Let’s see how it works: Oscar's Grind is best used with even money bets. You start betting with single unit bets on each successive loss, after an initial winning bet you increase your wager to two units. You keep wagering two units until another winning bet occurs. Remember that your goal is to clear one unit on each series. Your wager should be just enough to recoup all losses plus...
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Have you ever got the feeling that some numbers are just luckier than others while playing roulette? Well, according to the Andruchi roulette system, lucky numbers do exist, and the idea of the system is to identify them. Users of the Andruchi System believe that even in a seemingly random system an emerging pattern that can clarify the outcome of the numbers can appear.

The Andruchi is based on the assumption that randomness can include sequences. According to this system, although a sequence of spins brings random results, at least one number wins 8 times, before another number gets hot, or get any hits at all.

On contrary of Labouchere system, which tells us to bet specifically, the Andruchi system is based on the law of the third. It says that for every 36 roulette spins only 24 numbers come up on average, while other 12 numbers don't. Zero and double zero are not...
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Labouchere is one more roulette betting system, just like Martingale and Fibonacci, but much different with its meaning. This is actually quite an interesting system, as the player is able to designate how much he or she wants to win in advance, and the system follows those guidelines. The system is named after a French minister of finance to the late Queen Victoria called Labouchere, who was rather too fond of gambling. The system is sometimes referred as the "Cancellation System" or "Split Martingale".

To play the Labouchere roulette betting system successfully takes just a bit of time and effort. This system is a bit like Martingale in some cases, but is it less risky. So here is Labouchere explained:

The theory behind this strategy is that since the player is crossing two numbers off of the list (win) for every number added (loss) that the player can complete...
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The Fibonacci System is based on the Fibonacci sequence, developed by the Italian mathematician Leonardo Pisan, born in Pisa in 1170. Unlike the Martingale betting system discussed in our previous post, Fibonacci is less aggressive and does not require you to own the huge amount of money and wager only in those casinos that do not have maximum bet limits. It will take a longer row of losses to wipe you out than when using the Martingale System. However, again it will not earn you a profit in the long run. Let’s examine the system in details and find out what advantages it may bring:

Fibonacci is a mathematical betting system built on the numerical sequence of the same name. However, you do not need to be a math guru to figure out how to use it. You only need to understand the basic progression of numbers. So read attentively, it actually...
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The oldest and probably the most popular roulette betting system among those that we have discussed in one of our posts is Martingale. This system was popular in France in the 1700’s where it was believed to be a system that gave gamblers an edge over the house when playing roulette. Today almost all gambling systems created are simply variants of the 250 year-old Martingale betting system also known as a doubling system. So let’s see how it works and if it really creates an advantage for the players over the house.

Here's how it works: You make your standard bet on an even-money bet, such as red in roulette or the Pass Line in craps. Every time you win you make the same bet for the next hand. But if you lose, you double your bet for the next hand. When you eventually have a winning hand after a series...
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We provide the brief descriptions of the most well-known Roulette betting strategies in this post. Therefore we plan to discuss them in details separately in our next articles, so it is much easier for you to find out their pros and cons and choose the best one to follow in your gambling sessions.

• Martingale Betting System

The concept of martingale in probability theory was introduced by Paul Pierre Lévy, (a French mathematician) and much of the original development of the theory was done by Joseph Leo Doob (an American mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory) among others. Originally, martingale referred to a class of betting strategies that was popular in the 18th century France. Among Roulette systems, the Martingale betting system is the most famous one. It is a standard negative progression method. The System is also called the doubling-up system or Gamblers Fallacy among experts.

The strategy implies...
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