The Martingale

The term "martingale" refers specifically to a system of betting on the game of roulette. The concept of martingale roulette is extremely simple: after placing a bet and lose, the player must wager double the previous bet in the next round of betting. What is sought with this system is that in case of winning, recover the amount lost in the front wheel.

Originally, martingale roulette had its emergence closely with the so-called "outside bets", specifically betting on black or red. However, the margin exceeded its original concept and, at present, can find different variations of the original concept of martingale, such as "American martingale" or "great martingale."

The martingale is a very prestigious gaming system and has a sharp appreciation in the casinos of the most varied parts of the world. Still, although the Martingale roulette has been the mechanism for many players become real millionaires, the system has some flaws and limitations that are good to have in mind when deciding to implement it.

We must remember that, in general, the system acts doubling the ante once lost. In the variant of the "great martingale", in addition to the movement mentioned above, you can add an additional sum of money, which doubles life expectancy and increases the risk of losing too.

One way to understand how dangerous and eventual success of the great martingale is through the following progression of bets: if you bet one unit and is losing (-1), if you bet three units doubling the previous bet and not wins (-4), if you bet a dozen units and not win (-14), if you bet twenty-one units and not win (-35), if you bet forty-three units and finally win (+ 8).

The martingale determined until the player falls into a so-called "bad times" may well increase their profits, but if you start losing hands reach, the money accumulated will go very quickly. Martingale Progression never favors winning streaks that can count and the player penalized exponentially losing streaks.