A guaranteed way to win at roulette!

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A guaranteed way to win at roulette!

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A guaranteed way to win at roulette, from Eugene Northrop’s Riddles in Mathematics (1945):

  1. Bet $1 on red.
  2. If you win, go to step 6. If you lose, bet $2 on red.
  3. If you win, go to step 6. If you lose, bet $4 on red.
  4. If you win, go to step 6. If you lose, bet $8 on red.
  5. (And so on.)
  6. When you win, you’ll be $1 ahead. Go back to step 1.
“Theoretically, of course, it is possible for the bank to wipe you out financially. Actually, however, runs of more than 10 or 12 successive blacks or reds are extremely rare, and your stake at the twelfth play would be only $2048. When you do win you will, as before, be $1 ahead of the bank. You can then begin all over again. Simple, isn’t it?”
 
This only works if you have infinite money.

Runs of 10/12 are rare , but like everything in life they do happen.
 
Arabella said:
Surely, from a hypothetical stand, if you had an infinite amount of money the other guy could not have any. Is there such a thing as (infinite +)?:)
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Well yes, but I wasn't suggesting it as a practical course of action.
 
jhegarty said:
This only works if you have infinite money.

Runs of 10/12 are rare , but like everything in life they do happen.
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Perhaps you could bet 1 cent that you would get 10 reds in a row and cover your losses that way ? But if you get 11 reds ??
 
ajapale said:
Perhaps you could bet 1 cent that you would get 10 reds in a row and cover your losses that way ? But if you get 11 reds ??
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What if 'deus ex machina' came into play and the consecutive reds had to take their turn behind ten or eleven consecutive blacks?
 
A group of us used this system before, and we were lucky it paid for our holiday, 5 were in the group,we had 4 consecutive's 3 times and 2 5 consecutives in the evenings play
 
Isnt there 2 green segments on a roulette wheel that account for tipping the odds in the houses favour a fraction?
 
In Vegas you have a green 0 and another green 00. This makes it less favourable for the punter. In Europe you only have a lone 0. As with any game of chance that has a house edge you eventually lose if you punt long enough. The wheel is always loaded in the house's favour. Otherwise the banks would not give the owners a mortgage :). Any system can be fun to follow but again, to quote the banks, 'Past performances do not guarantee future results'. The OP shows one such system. Almost there but what happens if your later bets are more than the house's limit.
 
Anyone trying this with anyway large amounts will quickly be thrown out of the casino.

Although not illegal, casinos regard it in the same way as card counting in Blackjack and will have spotters looking out for it.
 
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callybags said:
Anyone trying this with anyway large amounts will quickly be thrown out of the casino.

Although not illegal, casinos regard it in the same way as card counting in Blackjack and will have spotters looking out for it.
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What Casino was this? I worked in Vegas for a summer and the casino used to laugh at everyone using their different systems including this one.
 
callybags said:
Anyone trying this with anyway large amounts will quickly be thrown out of the casino.

Although not illegal, casinos regard it in the same way as card counting in Blackjack and will have spotters looking out for it.
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Bull, casinos love this system because they have more money than you so will always win.
 
The concept was also used in a certain structured financial product in recent years. It passed every model used by investment banks and rating agencies. I don't need to tell you how it ended up!! Its simply chasing your losses.
 
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