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  2. Labouchère system - Wikipedia

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    The Labouchère system, also called the cancellation system or split martingale, is a gambling strategy used in roulette.The user of such a strategy decides before playing how much money they want to win, and writes down a list of positive numbers that sum to the predetermined amount.

  3. Martingale (betting system) - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, as the likelihood of a string of consecutive losses is higher than common intuition suggests, martingale strategies can bankrupt a gambler quickly. [1] The martingale strategy has also been applied to roulette, as the probability of hitting either red or black is close to 50%. [2]

  4. Betting strategy - Wikipedia

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    A betting strategy (also known as betting system) is a structured approach to gambling, in the attempt to produce a profit. To be successful, the system must change the house edge into a player advantage — which is impossible for pure games of probability with fixed odds, akin to a perpetual motion machine. [ 1 ]

  5. Roulette - Wikipedia

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    Roulette ball "Gwendolen at the roulette table" – 1910 illustration to George Eliot's Daniel Deronda. Roulette (named after the French word meaning "little wheel") is a casino game which was likely developed from the Italian game Biribi. In the game, a player may choose to place a bet on a single number, various groupings of numbers, the ...

  6. American Roulette - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. American Roulette may refer to: American Roulette ...

  7. Oscar's grind - Wikipedia

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    Oscar's Grind is a betting strategy used by gamblers on wagers where the outcome is evenly distributed between two results of equal value (like flipping a coin). It is an archetypal positive progression strategy. It is also called Hoyle's Press. In German and French, it is often referred to as the Pluscoup Progression.

  8. Game of chance - Wikipedia

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    Roulette is a game of pure chance; no strategy can give players advantages, the outcome is determined purely by which numbered pocket a ball randomly falls into. A game of chance is in contrast with a game of skill. It is a game whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device.

  9. Penney's game - Wikipedia

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    Recently Robert W. Vallin, and later Vallin and Aaron M. Montgomery, presented results with Penney's Game as it applies to (American) roulette with Players choosing Red/Black rather than Heads/Tails. In this situation the probability of the ball landing on red or black is 9/19 and the remaining 1/19 is the chance the ball lands on green for the ...