Roulette Systems: the Myths

There is plenty of rubbish published on the web, but none more so than the hundreds of pages that advertise the biggest fallacy of them all: : the unbeatable roulette system that will make you limitless money while playing roulette. If it´s not web pages, then it´s spam in your email inbox claiming the same thing.

So let´s uncover some of these myths. The 1st question you need to ask is this: if there really is an infallible system that allows you to win every time at the roulette table, would the casinos still feature the game? No. The hard truth is that the casino has an edge in roulette (between 2.6% and 5.2% on average, depending on whether you play European Roulette (with one zero pocket) or American Roulette- with 2 zero pockets). You can improve your odds by bet selection (by playing mostly the so calle “even-money bets like black/red for example), but ultimately if you spent an infinite amount of money over an infinite amount of time at roulette, you´d come away from the table down.

What we mean is that averaged out over the long term, and over many players, the casino pulls in more money than it pays out in winnings. Of course individual people walk away with more money than they arrived with, but the casino always wins over the long term. It´s like a tax that they charge for running the entertainment service. Your aim should be to walk away when you are up. Let someone else pay the tax!

Roulette systems that require you to pay money in advance for a guaranteed winning strategy are nothing more than scams, so give them a wide berth. If something is too good to be true, in roulette and in life, it generally is. If you want to research roulette systems for free just try my site Online Roulette UK. I have nothing against roulette systems- in fact I use them all the time. I just don´t think you should pay for them.

What I like about roulette systems, is that they force you to play with a method which is never a bad thing. Playing casino games using your head is always preferable to using your heart. Think while you play, don´t go with your gut. That´s what the casinos are trying to get you to do.

There are many roulette systems out there, such as The Martingale, the D´Alemebert, The Labouchere (as used by that famous British spy Mr Bond- but remember it was just a movie) and the Fibonacci Sequence to name a few.

None of these strategies will change your edge in any way- this is down to the physical mechanics of the roulette wheel. But get to know these systems and their pros and cons, and they can be fun to paly with.

So, summarising-

You can´t get one over the casinos using Roulette systems.

But they will help you play in a more structured fashion

Always play with your head and not your heart.

Play European Roulette rather than American Roulette.

Treat your time at the roulette wheel as entertainment and budget a cost for that. Then if you win, you have a nice bonus.

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