How to win when playing roulette: The strategy presented here on this video offer some good ways to win easily on roulette, and is a 'low risk strategy', it.
Roulette is one of the most popular table games in modern casinos. Although variations on the game have been around for several hundred years, there are now only 3 variations in American casinos.
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You're likely already familiar with American roulette and European roulette. The most recent addition to the table game inventory is Sands Roulette.
Which of these games should you play?
How should you bet on them?
What's the smartest strategy for roulette betting?
I'll explain all that in this post:
What Are the Differences between American, European, and Sands Roulette?
Although these games have a few other differences, the most significant distinction between the 3 versions of roulette are the number of green slots the wheels contain.
Every roulette wheel has at least 37 slots.
36 of those slots are always numbered 1 to 36, and they're alternately colored RED or BLACK.
The additional slots are green.
In European roulette there is only one green slot, the '0'.
In American roulette there are two green slots: '0' and '00'.
In Sands roulette a third green slot, 'S', has been added to the wheel.
The green slots are there for one reason:
They make the game's statistical probabilities uneven.
This is because of the way roulette bets are paid off. You can win anywhere from 35-to-1 (for betting on a single number) down to 1-to-1 (for betting on 18 slots at a time).
The payoffs, called 'odds', are not as fair to you as the actual estimated probabilities of the roulette ball landing on any given slot. This is how the casino makes its money.
In a game of roulette the house should keep at least 2.70% of all the bets players make over time. The casino has no need to cheat the players. In fact, the players often make really bad bets that improve the 'house edge', as that casino profit is called.
One of the other differences between European roulette and both American and Sands roulette is that the European roulette table has an additional betting area. This secondary betting area is used to place specially designed bets. They are more complicated than the normal bets made in American and Sands roulette. I'm going to ignore this section of the table, because I'm going to show you how to place bets that have the best chances of paying off.
Is There a Winning System for Roulette?
Everyone who gets into roulette sooner or later starts to think about how they can 'beat the system'.
I'm going to be honest here:
There is no way to do that.
The green slots on the wheel make it impossible for anyone, anywhere, to ever design a betting system that is guaranteed to win. If you really want to guarantee yourself a win every time, then put a chip on each of the 2-to-1 outside bets and on each of the green number bets.
That's the only way you'll be paid money every time the wheel spins.
You'll also go broke.
You may have heard about a system called the Martingale System. It's a popular betting system with new roulette players.
Experienced roulette players just turn their heads and roll their eyes when someone mentions the Martingale System. The only way you can make money with the Martingale System is to write a book about it and get people to buy your book.
Even that's a gamble, though, because most people now know that the Martingale System promises more than it delivers.
Here's how this system works:
You start out betting the minimum. If you lose, you double your bet. If you win on your doubled bet, you go back to betting the table minimum. If you lose again, you double the size of your bet again.
This sounds great to inexperienced bettors but the problem is that you'll either run out of money or hit the table limit before you can recoup your losses as they add up.
The Martingale System is a sucker bet, plain and simple.
Every betting system in every form of gambling tries to leverage probability theory. The Martingale System and other roulette betting strategies also rely on probability estimates.
But there's a flaw in the thinking behind these systems. If you account for the flaw you'll be okay. You won't always win but your expectations will be more reasonable.
The secret to not going broke when you gamble is to set reasonable expectations and maintain your self-discipline. You should never drink or take drugs when you gamble. They lower your inhibitions and impair your judgment.
You might as well just hand your money over to the casino at the cashier window and say 'keep it' if you're going to drink or do drugs when you gamble.
How Do Probabilities Work in Roulette?
Probability theory came out of statistics. It tries to give us rules by which to guess what happens next in any situation. The guesses are seldom accurate predictions. Sometimes the guesses work out, and sometimes they don't. Gamblers love probability theory because they think it helps them pick the best betting strategies.
You're actually more likely to double your money during a roulette session if you put all your money on a single bet. The more bets you place, the less likely it becomes to double your money.
That's because every bet brings you close to the long term expectations. The closer you are to the short term, the more likely you are to get better than expected results.
In roulette, the probabilities are simple. The dealer spins the wheel and releases a ball that whirls around the outside of the wheel and finally settles in a slot. With only 37 slots on a European roulette wheel you have a 1-in-37 probability of the ball landing on a specific slot.
This probability never changes.
This probability is calculated on the basis of all the known possibilities.
What probability theory cannot do, however, is predict where the ball will stop.
Nor can it predict whether the ball will land on red, black, or green any number of times over the next 100 spins.
Nonetheless, a lot of gambling guides tell you that you have the best chances of winning if you do this because of such-and-such probabilities. And many of these guides warn you that there is no way to predict the future, but by setting the expectation that the ball will land on red about 47% of the time, these guides are making predictions and promises they cannot keep.
They'll even back up their claims by talking about how to run computer simulations for 1 million spins of the wheel so that you see how often the ball lands on red, black, or green.
In the real world the Probability Fairy is always on vacation. She'll never be there to wave her magic wand to make things happen the way experts say they should. The ball could land on red over the next 20 spins. Or it could land on black or green or some random mix of color combinations.
You have no way of knowing how many of the next [X] spins will turn out a certain way. Talking about probabilities in this way is just dishonest.
What you can do is look at the wheel and ask yourself how much it costs to bet on the largest possible set of numbers. The idea here is to get as much coverage as you can without losing money too fast.
But even if you cover every number on the wheel you'll lose money.
So the only way to win in roulette–and this is completely random, never guaranteed–is to bet on less than all the numbers on the wheel.
You also want to play bets that pay better than even money. You can place a variety of bets, but most of them aren't worthwhile.
Betting on single numbers is a bad idea. You can place bets on the lines between the numbers (these are called 'street bets') and on lines at the corners of numbers (these are called 'corner bets').
But even though you get pretty good odds (payoff) you're still covering too few numbers.
How Bets Work in Roulette
Divide the bets into two groups:
- Inside bets
- Outside bets
Inside bets are based on individual numbers or small groups of numbers. When you see players betting on the lines, corners, and individual numbers on the table they are making inside bets.
Outside bets are based on pre-selected groups of numbers on the wheel. The '2-to-1' bets cover 12 numbers each: 1 to 12, 13 to 24, and 25 to 36. The '1-to-1' or 'even money' bets cover 18 numbers each:
- Odd
- Even
- Black
- Red
- 1 to 18
- 19 to 36
The bets more likely to pay are the even money bets.
But unless you can win 5 times out of 9 on even money bets you'll lose your stake. That's the problem with roulette. You always have to win at least 1 more time than you lose no matter how you place your bets.
The '2 to 1' bets pay better than the '1 to 1' bets because they cover fewer numbers. You have less of a chance of winning.
There are 6 types of '2 to 1' bets:
- 3 kinds of dozens bets: (1 to 12, 13 to 24, and 25 to 36)
- 3 kinds of columns bets: ([1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34], [2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35], [3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36]).
You can make a bet by betting on any two of the '2 to 1' groups. That means that instead of covering only 18 numbers you'll be covering 24 numbers.
This type of bet is often called the 'double dozen' bet. It's popular among gamblers who like to hedge their bets. They have a better chance (all other things considered) of scoring a win with a 'double dozen' than with one of the standard even money bets. If you're playing it safe and going for even money odds, you should always play a double dozen bet.
If you want to bet more aggressively, then instead of betting more money on your double dozen, you can cover all 36 of the red and black numbers. Leave the green numbers alone. Yes, they'll come in every now and then, and you'll lose money.
But there's a way to keep your losses low.
How to Bet on Columns or Dozens Aggressively
Take 6 chips and distribute them across EITHER the three dozen bets or the three column bets.
Place 3 chips on 1, 2 chips on the 2nd, and 1 chip on the 3rd. If the ball lands on a green number you'll lose your entire bet, so always play the table minimum with this aggressive style.
If the ball lands on any number with your single chip bet, you'll win 2 chips and lose 5–for a net loss of 3 chips (half your bet).
That's the safest way to bet aggressively on the table.
If the ball lands on any number in your 2 chip bet you'll win 4 chips and lose 4 for no loss. This keeps you in the game.
If the ball lands on any number in your 3chip bet, you'll win 6 chips and lose 3 for a net gain of 3 chips. This will offset 1 single chip win.
The way this betting strategy works out, your money can grow substantially and still take some big hits. Where the strategy will fail you is when the ball lands on green or if the ball lands on the single chip bet more often than it lands on the 3 chip bet.
Sorry, but there's no way to prevent that from happening.
There Is No Guaranteed Way to Win in Roulette
I can't say this often enough:
You can't win at roulette in the long run.
I think roulette is a fun game to play. It's exciting because you don't know where the ball will land. You take an active role in making your wagers.
And you'll find there are a lot of different betting systems to experiment with. The only thing that is guaranteed in roulette is that the casino will make a profit. What you hope for is that they make their profit at someone else's expense.
Players who try to improve their luck by making big bets do sometimes win, but most often the people who come out ahead are the patient players who use conservative betting strategies and take money off the table. If you only walk away with your beginning stake you'll be luckier than most gamblers.
And you can take that to the bank.
This page explains the plain facts about roulette including how you can and cannot beat roulette, although much more detailed information is at https://www.roulettephysics.com/how-to-win-at-roulette/. These are the same facts recognized by professional casino staff who are trained to detect professional players. Most people will tell you roulette is totally random and can't be beaten. But the fact is people beat roulette every day, although you rarely hear about it. To understand how to win at roulette, you must understand what roulette actually is. Software roulette games with computer animations are basically slot machines, not roulette. Online casinos rely on players to be fooled by computer animations.
The only real roulette consists of a physical wheel and ball. In real roulette, the ball and wheel spin, then the ball falls and bounces around before finally coming to rest in a pocket. Real physics is involved, and as such where the ball will fall can be predicted to some degree.
If you treat a slot machine like roulette, you will lose. There are online roulette casinos that allow you to play against real wheels, and this is the only online roulette you can beat. For 10 years I have offered a $100,000 cash prize to anyone who has a system that can beat 1,000,000 RNG (random number generator) spins. Everyone who has tried has failed.
Why Do Most Systems Fail to Win at Roulette?
Most players are unable to win consistently because the casino offers unfair payouts for wins, and their strategy doesn't address this issue. Using a single number as an example, on the European wheel, there are 37 pockets. But instead of a fair payout, the casino pays you 35 to 1. This means if you bet on a single number for 37 spins, on average you can expect to win once. On that one win, you will get 35 units, plus the unit you bet. This will leave you with 36 units. If the payout was FAIR, you would have ended up with 37 units. Once you understand this, you see even when you win, you still actually lose. This situation of 'unfair payouts' is called the 'house edge'.
There is more to it which is explained below, but ultimately most systems eventually lose because the system does not increase the accuracy of predictions. The best page that explains how you can win roulette is here and this page explains the best roulette strategy for online casinos.
Do Past Spins Affect Each Other, and Can Past Spins Be Used to Win Roulette?
Do previous spins affect future spins? This is a tricky question. Most professionals would outright tell you NO. But the fact is when a ball lands on one number, and the ball is spun again, the previous winning number IS connected, but the spins are still two different events and they do not exactly 'affect' each other. Consider the following two scenarios. We assume the wheel is physically perfect:
Scenario 1: The ball lands on 32 (spin 1). The dealer then spins the wheel again, and again the ball lands on 32 (spin 2).
Scenario 2: The ball lands on 15 (spin 1). Now the wheel and ball are now respun with exactly the same force, and the ball lands on 15 again (spin 2).
My point of the above example is in both scenarios, we had exactly the same ball and wheel speed. So what was different about each scenario? The previous winning number was different, and this meant the next winning number was different.
So do previous spins affect future spins? Well, not exactly, but they are linked, although this applies ONLY on real wheels where there is a physical wheel and ball. If it were software roulette (RNG), the actual winning number is based on random number generators, which have nothing to do with any real wheel and ball, or physics (in the traditional sense), so previous spins have no connection at all to future spins.
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Why Most Systems Eventually Lose
There are many 'fallacies' players use to develop systems. Below are the most common ones, and WHY they don't work:
Thinking something is 'due' to happen:
On the roulette wheel, nothing is ever 'due' to happen. Even after 10 reds in a row, the odds of black spinning are still less than 50/50. If you don't believe me, do through testing. One way to do this is use an Excel chart to create millions of results with either R (red) or B (black). Even better, use software such as Roulette Xtreme although you'd need to know how to code it. You could probably find people to code for you free on roulette forums.
Now assuming you are doing it manually, check to see various points where there are 10 reds in a row, then each time this happens, see how many times red and black are next. You will need the situation of 10 reds in a row to happen realistically thousands of times to get a realistic idea of the results. What you will find is the odds of black spinning next are EXACTLY the same, whether there was one red, 10 reds or whatever. Nothing changes.
However, many systems are based on the principle of waiting for something to not happen, then betting based on the concept of it being 'due'. In this sense, previous spins have nothing even vaguely to do with future spins.
Thinking the 'balance' and averages will tell you which numbers are due:
Let's say over 10,000 spins, 45% are black, and 55% are red. Would you bet black thinking the 'balance' will eventually occur? If you think this, you haven't learned what I've written above. The odds are no different no matter what present 'imbalance' of red/black there is. Don't believe me? Test it thoroughly for yourself, as countless others have before you.
Progression (increasing / decreasing bet size):
If you increase the bet size to cover losses, all you are doing is creating the opportunity to either get very lucky and win big, or blow your entire bankroll in spectacular fashion. You need to keep in mind no matter what has happened in previous spins, the odds of an event taking place are still the same. I'll give an example:
You wait for 10 reds in a row, then bet on black thinking it is due. But red spins again. You then double up your bet, but lose again. This happens again and again until you reach the maximum bet at the table, then even if you win, it makes no difference and why? Because the payouts are unfair, so when when you win, you still actually lose.
Even if there were no table betting limits at all, the situation would be no different. Brian philip defranco. But the reason casinos have betting limits is because someone could get very lucky, and bankrupt them with huge winning bets.
What DOES Beat Roulette in the Long-term?
Einstein once said the only way to beat a roulette table is to steal money when the croupier wasn't looking. Many people interpret this as him saying you cannot win at roulette. What he said was about the TABLE, not the game of roulette. Einstein said you cannot beat the table, and he is right. This is because the table is a scattered representation of the wheel, and it is scattered and 'randomized' for good reason: you cannot predict the exact number where the ball will land, but you can realistically predict the general area on the wheel the ball will land – not with perfect accuracy, but enough to overcome the issue of the unfair payouts.
Putting this into perspective, consider two scenarios:
Scenario 1 – Guaranteed losing player
Player 1 is betting reds only. Reds are every second pocket. There is no way this player can determine where the ball will land within the accuracy of 1 pocket. Because the payouts are unfair, this player is guaranteed to eventually lose their bankroll.
Scenario 2: Player that at least has a chance of winning consistently
Player 2 can skillfully observe the ball when it is at a slow speed, and based on the wheel position when the ball has approximately 6 or so seconds before falling, he/she can determine where the ball is more likely to land. Of course they aren't god so they can't be 100% accurate, but they achieve an accuracy better than completely random. And since the house edge is only around 2.5% (the payouts are only marginally unfair), the slight accuracy he/she achieves is enough to win consistently, even over tens of millions of spins (assuming they had that kind of time). Like the casino usually takes your money with a small house edge, this player will slowly but surely profit.
To summarize, the ONLY way you can beat roulette consistently is by increasing the accuracy of predictions. UNLESS YOUR METHOD DOES THIS, YOU EVENTUAL LOSS IS A SCIENTIFIC AND MATHEMATICAL CERTAINTY.
The Roulette Systems That Beat Casinos
Roulette has nothing to do with the betting table. The winning number is determined by a wheel and ball. And now that you know the only way to beat roulette consistently is by increasing the accuracy, the question is: HOW do you increase the accuracy of predictions?
This is not as hard as you'd think. Keep in mind the house edge (unfair payouts) are only minor, so you only need relatively minor accuracy to overcome it and win consistently. When blackjack card counting was all the rage, the best players were only getting 2-3% edges, whereas with roulette, you can literally achieve over an 80% edge. So you can understand why for professional casino players who know best, roulette is the best choice. Beating roulette may be trickier than blackjack, but when you do it right, the edge is far, far greater. For myself personally, I know I'd rather not spend days and days at the blackjack table for a tiny edge, when it is quicker and more profitable at the roulette wheel when done right.
Ok now we are aware that roulette is all about a wheel and ball, and we are aware of the unfair payouts and the need to increase accuracy of predictions. So HOW do we increase the accuracy of predictions? In other words, how do you determine where a little ball will fall? Voodoo perhaps? Betting progression? Think about the most logical approach before continuing… What would Einstein, a physicist look at? What rules govern the behavior of a little ball? Physics, of course.
If you're new to roulette, you'd probably think predicting where the ball will land with any kind of accuracy is impossible. After all, the ball bounces all over the place, right? Truth is there are actually countless ways to achieve predictions that not only overcome the house edge, they obliterate it.
You need to understand in reality it is much more difficult for a roulette wheel developer to create a wheel that produces truly unpredictable spins than it is for a knowledgable player to predict spins with enough accuracy to overcome the house edge. There are wheels that produce spins that are quite difficult to predict, but by no means impossible – and with such wheels, or any wheel, it is almost impossible for casinos to maintain the wheel in a state whereby spins are at a maximum of unpredictability. So while you may initially think spins are unpredictable, there are actually many legitimate methods to predict roulette spins, and beat roulette consistently.
Here's What Really Does Beat Roulette
1. Roulette Computers (best) Electronic devices that are legal in most jurisdictions. They take timings of the wheel and ball to predict where the ball is most likely to land. The player then makes a late bet before no more bets is called. Below is a video of one of my roulette computers being publicly demonstrated:
2. Visual Ballistics: This is basically what a roulette computer does, but by using your eyesight. It is less effective than computers, but legal everywhere. Visual ballistic techniques form part of the techniques I teach. See below for a free tutorial video that explains the basics of visual ballistics:
3. Bias Analysis: exploiting physical imperfections of wheels. Yes you may have heard biased wheels don't exist today. The truth of the matter is EVERY wheel is imperfect to some degree, and every wheel has at least some bias. But rarely is this bias alone strong enough to overcome the house edge. As part of the course I offer, you learn how to conduct a proper analysis for wheel bias. See the free bias analysis course.
Once these methods were secret, casinos didn't believe roulette could be beaten, and only those that used them knew about them. Now they are somewhat common knowledge to professional players and casinos alike, and you'll occasionally see TV documentaries about players having won millions. While there are actually quite a few other methods, they are today's secrets, and tomorrows TV documentaries.
If you think you can't possibly predict spins, with enough accuracy to overcome the house edge, with bets BEFORE the ball is even released and on modern wheels the 'experts' consider unbeatable, you are very wrong – and you will know this perhaps when it is too late to take advantage of the knowledge. Casinos have a growing awareness of the newest techniques to beat roulette, but they are still largely ignorant. Many are starting to implement procedures (countermeasures) that make application of the latest techniques more difficult. However, I still have never found a wheel I'd consider impossible to beat. In my experience, every wheel is beatable one way or another (even without electronics), but not every wheel is 'practical' to beat. A wheel may be 'impractical' to beat for varied reasons, such as it only spinning once every 5 minutes which is simply too infrequent.
In conclusion, don't bother with outside betting. If you understood that I've written, you'd understand why outside betting is suicide. Don't bother with betting progression. The only way to beat roulette is by understanding the physics of the roulette wheel. This will enable you to determine what patterns are likely to form, how to represent such patterns in a practical form, and how to apply the knowledge. If you'd like to know more about my methods, start by reading my site, and/or purchase the book 'Living Energies' by Callum Coats – this and diligence will lead you to types of patterns that are exhibited on every wheel, and the casinos appear to know absolutely nothing about them.
Put Into Simpler Terms:
If the above is too much information for you, the below is simpler:
1. No matter what the previous spins were, they do not at all change the odds of one or another number spinning next.
2. As per #1 above, no matter how you select where to bet, looking at previous spins in any way does not determine the future (with the exception of real wheels and understanding physics)
3. If you increase bet size after losses, combine points #1 and #2, and you'll understand all you're doing is just increasing the amount you'll either win or lose on the next spin.
These facts are IRREFUTABLE. If you understand them, you will understand why almost every system fails.
For example, let's say you waited until over 100 spins, there were 80 reds and only 20 blacks. You may think there are bound to be more blacks soon, so you bet on black. But you are wrong. The odds of black spinning next are exactly the same as they've always been, so you are still going to lose.
Another example: you see 10 reds in a row, and bet on black thinking it is due. But the odds of black spinning next has not and never will change. Red spins again and again, and you keep doubling your bet. Each time you double your bet, you are NOT increasing your chances of winning – you are increasing the amount you are likely to lose. What will happen is you will either get lucky and win, or blow your bankroll. This may give you some good short term profits, but if you continue to do it, you will absolutely definitely eventually deplete your bankroll. It might happen the first few spins, or you might get lucky and end up profiting after about 100 spins.
How To Win Roulette Machine
I have seen RNG systems win after 10,000 spins, but does this mean they are legitimate long term winners? No! It just means that over those 10,000 spins, the system has been very lucky. Try it over a different 10,000 spins and chances are the results will be quite different. Even constantly betting red alone with no system at all can give you a profit over 10,000 spins.
Summary:
Don't try to correlate spins to each other unless you are dealing with a real wheel. If you ARE dealing with a real wheel, understand the relationships between spin has nothing to do with anything being 'due' – it has to do with the physics of the wheel. You simply cannot beat roulette when there is no real wheel and ball involved. Believe me casinos aren't concerned about losing money from slot machines, and that's what RNG software roulette is. But casinos certainly are concerned about losing money from players on real roulette wheels.
Understand this doesn't mean you cant beat online roulette, because many casinos allow you to play against real physical wheels via webcam. You can use the free system I provide at such online casinos, but I only specify which ones to my players. Otherwise you can simply do your own research to find them.
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