The Martingale System
The premise behind the Martingale System is quite simple. If you lose one round, bet bigger the next time. If you lose that, bet bigger again. Eventually you will win, and that one win can be greater than the sum of all your losses. The typical bet multiplier used is 2. This means that each bet placed should be twice the size of the previous, losing bet. This is the typical multiplier, but more importantly the minimum multiplier. Anything less than this and youð€™ll probably find yourself playing catch up all day. Now if you go higher than a multiplier of 2, say 3 or four, the size of each of your bets will dramatically increase (more so than normal) and you risk running out of cash before your lucky roll.There are two factors that control how long you can sustain this strategy in a natural game. The size of your first bet, and your bankroll. The smaller your first bet, and the more money you are willing to put on the table, the longer you will be able to play without a win. Now casinos donð€™t want a gang of millionaires to sit down at a table and win out every night of the year, so they needed a way to control this artificially. To do so they generally coordinate the table minimums and maximums so that the tableð€™s maximum bet is no more than five times the tableð€™s minimum bet. This effectively ruins The Martingale system. For instance letð€™s say you are playing at a table with a $5 table minimum and a $25 table maximum. You make your first bet of $5 and lose. Your second bet is $10 and you lose. Third bet is $20 dollars, and if you lose here you canð€™t keep going. $40 dollars will take you over the table maximum set at $25. So you get three chances to win out in the long run and that is it. Whether you are playing in Las Vegas or you decided to play craps online, after your first three bets you need to cut your losses or accept the fact that you need a new strategy.