A very bad betting strategy known as the Martingale has been around for ages. What most people don’t understand about the Martingale is that is proven to not work, yet players and gamblers alike continue to use and sell the method. The Martingale revolves around continuously expanding your bet. When using the Martingale the player will make a bet, and if the bet loses, the player will then place a bigger bet, one that is twice the size of the previous bet.

When a player loses a bet and then place a bet twice the size, and then continues to do so after every lose the idea is that when they finally do win they will win back enough money to make up for the previous losses. The reality of the situation is different. However you are much more likely to lose all of your money using the Martingale betting system. The Martingale betting system is riddled with problems.

One big problem with the Martingale is that it cannot feasibly work in any casino or online roulette table that imposes a betting limit. This is because the Martingale revolves around scoring a bet that is double the size of a losing bet in order to recoup losses but if you reach the limit and lose that bet you can no longer double your bet. Also the table odds remains against you, this means that the Martingale does nothing to make it more likely that you will win, and every bet you make no matter what size is still just as likely to lose. One reason that people use the Martingale system is that the Martingale coincides with players’ natural superstitions. The superstition or false belief I’m talking about is the belief that past spins of the wheel will affect future spins of the wheel. To show you what I mean, imagine that the ball lands on the color black seven times in a row, many players would assume that it is bound to land on red soon and start betting on red, however mathematically this is not the case.

Whether you’re using the martingale or any other system it need to be played at an honest casino if you’re playing online. One of the best ones is Bet365 Casino where I personally have been playing since 2008 and I intend to stay there.