The Sure: Roulette Method
The Sure: Roulette Method
The Sure: Roulette Method
Roulette
Method
Win a minimum of 10 betting units per hour
Roulette is the oldest of all the casino games. It has been Europe's favorite gambling game since the
latter part of the 18th century. Today, its popularity is worldwide. Can you imagine a casino without
roulette tables? Playing roulette has become a form of entertainment for millions of people all over the
globe.
For over two centuries the game has fascinated gamblers. Fortunes have been won and lost. Over the
years, countless betting strategies have been devised for beating roulette.
Players intent on making a profit will do better with a good betting strategy that they feel comfortable
with. You must have faith in a procedure before you can hope to be successful with it. I believe you will
like and develop confidence in The Sure Roulette Method.
It is a well-known fact that roulette, and every other casino game, has a built-in house advantage that
can't be overcome. It's true, in the long run, the house edge can't be beaten, but in the short term those
odds can often be cheated.
Proving that a roulette strategy can't work by running it through 100,000 computer-generated spins
doesn't mean a thing, because when you go to the casino, at most, you'll play a few hundred spins in a
day. There is a big difference between long-term computer predictions and what happens in short-term
real live situations.
While you hear "you can't beat the casino in the long-run", it doesn't mean it can't be done in the short-
term. Over the long haul, the casino's edge will prevail, but during controlled, relatively short playing
sessions, a good betting method can produce excellent profits for the player. Knowing that a system
isn't infallible shouldn't keep you from playing it. As long as it works more often than not, you'll do
better playing the system, than relying on hunches.
Playing winning roulette means playing systematically, playing wisely, playing patiently and with a
strong determination to win. The idea of methodical play is to manipulate your bets so the probabilities
are tilted in your favor. A good strategy encompasses all of the above and provides the player with a
workable approach to winning.
All betting schemes are based on the laws of averages. If you flip a coin you know it'll land heads or
tails, but you can't predict which. If you flip that coin 100 times, chances are it'll land heads about the
same number of times as tails, but in streaks and chops, not in a neatly alternating fashion.
Roulette is a mechanical game. Because no one can predict the outcome of the next spin, a systematic
betting strategy will usually outperform random guessing. Methodical play eliminates guessing or
emotional decisions. Your play becomes as mechanical as the game itself.
Ideally you want to maximize winnings, minimize losses and leave the casino with more money than you
came in with. Multitudes of roulette systems promise to do all of this, except most of them fail for one or
more reasons. Some are way too complicated, some require too large a bankroll and others are just
plain boring to play.
Casinos win, not so much because of their advantage in percentages, but because they play their own
version of a system. Their system is having virtually unlimited capital with which to grind down the
player.
Here is a simple illustration: Let's say you have a $500 bankroll and you bet against someone who has
$100,000. If you play long enough, you will eventually hit a temporary streak of bad luck, your $500 will
run out and you can't make any more bets. Your opponent doesn't even need a percentage advantage;
you simply can't last because you don't have enough capital.
That's why you have to be cautious with your money. A good betting method helps you to manage your
money, so you won't get defeated by maximum table limits or an insufficient bankroll.
Systematic play gives you two important advantages over the casino: you control your betting
according to how your luck runs and you quit the moment you have reached or exceeded what you set
out to win.
Too often players are defeated at the table because when they start losing they are in too much of a
hurry to get their money back. Or, if they win, they stay at the table too long. They get greedy and start
playing for higher stakes, and then end up losing everything. The Sure Roulette Method also involves
sound money management that protects you from making those mistakes.
There are all sorts of roulette systems available. Some are layout or outside systems, others are number
or inside systems. Layout systems usually involve even-money betting on Red/Black, Odd/Even or
High/Low.
Some systems incorporate the Dozens and Column bets. Number or Inside systems bet on individual
numbers, number patterns, or sections of the wheel.
When evaluating any gambling method or strategy, don't be fooled by what appears nearly foolproof.
Test and evaluate every scheme carefully, before you risk much money playing it.
Take, for example, a popular system involving simultaneous bets on a color (even-money) and a column
(paying 2 to 1). The system is appealing because it gives the player 26 ways to win against 12 ways to
lose.
Theoretically if each number came up once in 38 spins, the player would win one unit 22 times and
seven units four times -- for a total win of 50 units. BUT he would lose his entire bet (5 units) on each of
the 12 losing rounds, producing an overall net loss of 10 units! Therefore, the player can win only if
random fluctuations from the expected norm produce disproportionately more decisions that are in the
player's favor.
Before we go any further, those readers who are not too familiar with how the game is played should
return here after reading Basic Roulette Rules.
The theory is that no losing streak lasts forever. Sooner or later you win. You get all your money back
and show a one-unit profit. There are three reasons why this assumption will eventually defeat you
badly:
First, you probably wouldn't have enough capital (or the guts to wager it), should you encounter a
prolonged losing streak. Ten losses in a row would require your 11th bet to be 1,024 units! Up to this
point you have already wagered and lost 1,023 units!
Second, even if you were able and willing to put that much capital at risk, chances are you wouldn't be
allowed to make that big a bet because the amount would exceed the maximum table limit.
Always ascertain what a table's minimum and maximum betting limits are before start to play. Avoid
tables with a $100 maximum limit on even-money bets, if there is a chance that at some point your
system-play will require a single wager of more than $100.
Third, as you can see in the above example, starting with a betting unit of only $1, the stakes can mount
up very quickly. On the other hand, a $1 unit is way too small. Winning $1 at a time, you'd have to stay at
the table forever in order to accumulate an appreciable amount. Besides, very few live casinos offer $1
minimum tables. You can find many $1 games on the Internet.
The opposite, and perhaps wiser approach is to increase the size of your wager as you're winning. The
statistical odds are there will be more losing than winning hands (20-18 in 38 spins) and you'll win only
if, during a particular session, you get more than your fair share of decisions that are in your favor.
One way the double-up-after-every-loss progression might work is to wait for a pattern. Example: Don't
make any bets until you see one color (red or black) come up six times in a row. Then bet on the
opposite color. Even if it takes another half-dozen spins before the pattern breaks, you'd have only 63
units at stake, because you sat out the first 6 spins.
This strategy keeps your betting levels well under the maximum table limit and practically guarantees
you a win, but I doubt you will play this system. Endless waiting and watching for those patterns to
develop is utterly boring. Besides, they won't let you sit at the table for too long without placing any
bets.
One system seller's advertisement states "$25 bet pays $875." Of course it does, because if you bet $25
on a single number you get paid 35x $25 = $875. All you have to do is pick the one winning number out
of a possible 38! And therein lies the challenge of number systems. Where might the little white ball land
next?
Different systems have different approaches to determining winning numbers. But no one has an
infallible formula. You can bet that if anyone had ever invented a foolproof process for picking numbers,
there would no longer be any roulette games in casinos.
There are, however, two ways of selecting potential winning numbers that have some merit. The first,
and perhaps better method involves watching for numbers that repeat 4, 5, 6, and even 7 times in 80
spins of the wheel. Then one bets on the numbers that have repeated often. The same numbers
appearing four and more times in 80 spins, and others showing up not at all, is usually due to random
deviations in probability.
It's possible, but less likely that a "biased" wheel causes the repeated appearance of certain numbers.
The slightest defect in any part of the wheel could make the ball land on certain numbers more often
than the laws of probability would suggest.
If you were ever lucky enough to discover a truly biased wheel, you wouldn't need a betting system. As
long as certain numbers consistently hit with greater-than-expected frequency, you'll make money. That
is, until the casino figures out what's happening and replaces the wheel.
The other theory is to bet on the numbers that have not come up at all for a long time. Here again, the
player keeps a written record of every number that turns up. The numbers that have not appeared in 80
spins may be due to hit. No guarantees, but if certain numbers have missed their theoretical turn,
chances are they will come out of hiding before long.
These days, in practically all casinos you'll find scoreboards at roulette tables that record the last 16 or
20 numbers. But you still need to make notes if you want to keep a record of the last 80 spins. Don't be
shy; it is not at all unusual for bettors to sit at the table armed with pen and paper. And if you play
online, it’s no problem at all. No one is watching.
The chance of collecting relatively big money makes betting on individual numbers more thrilling, but
also more risky. Tracking the numbers has the potential of improving one's chances. However, hovering
around a table for a couple of hours, observing spin after spin before being able to place a bet is a total
bore.
Enough about roulette systems, let’s get to what I prefer to call a roulette method. After examining dozens
of roulette systems, I have developed what I believe is a better strategy than any others I've seen. And I
don’t like to call it a system, because it’s more of a method. So I named it The Sure Roulette Method.
WINNING WITH THE SURE ROULETTE METHOD
The Sure Roulette Method is not a "get-rich-quick" scheme; it is an even-money strategy for winning
slow and steady
Before we continue, be aware that this is not a strategy for greedy players who aim to double their
bankroll in short order. Plan to be at the table for at least an hour. People invest their money in mutual
funds and hope to achieve a 15% annual return. In real life they'd be very happy if their money grew by
15% a year but in the casino they expect to double or triple their money in no time!
The Sure Roulette Method is easy to follow and simple to play, yet it's exciting, never boring. You can
play at any betting level, without fear of exceeding reasonable table limits. You bet on every spin of the
wheel and sometimes the adrenaline will really flow.
On average, you will win approximately 10 betting units per hour. At unit values of $5, $10 or $25, your
hourly win potential is $50, $100 or $250 respectively.
Roulette is a streaky game. Looking at a series of spins of the wheel shows that Red/Black, Odd/Even, or
High/Low usually appear in streaks, seldom alternately. Some streaks are short-lived, others longer.
Patterns of consecutive hits develop at random.
Just because Red has appeared five times in a row doesn't mean that black is more likely to come up on
the next spin. What we do know for certain is that streaks very rarely last for more than 11 or 12 turns.
Doubling-up after losses (the Martingale system) is dangerous because the table limit will eventually
defeat the player. In practically all casinos, the maximum betting limit is reached after doubling up eight
times in a row.
The Sure Roulette Method is about winning one unit at a time, but by adding one unit to each
consecutive losing bet, rather than doubling up. This way, stakes don't mount up nearly as quickly,
should we encounter an exceptionally long losing streak.
The process is simple. We win one unit at a time and we consider the winning of one unit as one
completed round. A round ends as soon as we've won a unit, then we start fresh to win another. The
round ends after only one spin of the wheel if it’s a win. In my experience, it takes between three and
four spins, on average, to win a unit.
Playing this method in a Las Vegas casino, it took about eight hours to win $450 in $5 units. That meant
winning 90 times, $5 each time. Forty-four of the 90 rounds won on the first spin, 14 won after two spins.
The three longest rounds took 16, 19 and 30 spins before finally producing that one unit profit. The
remaining 29 rounds lasted anywhere from three to 12 spins each, bringing the overall average to just
over 3 1/2 spins per round.
In live casinos one can expect to get in 35 to 40 spins per hour. Online play is much faster. If our method
play produces, on average, a one unit net win for every 3 1/2 to 4 spins, we can hope to win a minimum
of 10 units per hour. At a unit value of $5, that would be $50 profit, or $250 at $25 a unit. Online you can
do the same in less than half that time.
Should you bet on Red or Black, Odd or Even, High or Low? Since the wheel produces unpredictable
results, it is not important which of this even-money proposition you choose. Theoretically every one of
them gives you 18 chances to win against 20 chances to lose, (don't forget 0 and 00). Overall, winning
and losing decisions will show up proportionally, but mostly in streaks, not in a neatly alternating
sequence.
Since patterns can't be predicted, make a choice and then bet the same way for the duration of the
session. Don't change your decision because of a temporary run of bad luck. If you’ve been betting red
and for the least 6 spins black has been coming up, don’t start betting black. Red might show up for the
next six spins.
Once you've decided on Red, Black, Odd, Even, High or Low, stick to it. Red or Black seems to be the
favorite choices with most players. Perhaps that’s because colors are neatly separated on the display
board.
In the following examples we talk about betting “units”. In my mind a unit is a $5 chip. But, of course, a
unit could just as easily be $1, $10 or $25, depending on you budget,
Round 1:
End of round.
Notice that after three straight losses, the count was minus six units (-6). We won the 4th bet, leaving us
at minus 2 units. Since we're aiming to win one unit at a time, the next wager needs to be only 3 units,
not 5, as the progression would dictate.
Risking no more units than needed to get ahead by one unit keeps the progression from escalating too
fast, should there be a string of losses, like in round 3.
Round 2:
End of round.
Round 3: