Martingale System - A Flawed Online Casino Betting Strategy

Ever thinking of using the famous online casino betting strategy called Martingale System to beat your favorite games and win big? If you have this in mind, you are at risk to lose big money soon or later because Martingale System is a proven flawed strategy that never works to help you win at online casino in the long run. Let's explore how the system works and why it does not work.

Here is how the Martingale system works: To use the Martingale system you have to place even money bets. One of the most popular bets is on Black/Red for roulette game. You make a bet and if you lose you double your bet. If you lose again you double your bet again and keep repeating the doubling process until you hit a win and then go back to your original bet. Theoretically, the system works and you are guaranteed to be the winner if you follow the strategy to double up your bets until you hit a winning turn.

But, the casino will never let it works even you have infinite amount of money to double your bet. Keep in mind that the casino would not offer the game unless the house had a built-in advantage to generate profit in the long run. The casinos have protected themselves from the risk of Martingale betting strategy by implementing a maximum betting limit on every casino game. The Martingale System is automatically lost its power whenever it hits the game's maximum limit.

Let's look at an example of the Martingale by betting on Red/Black of Roulette. Many online casinos with one-dollar table have a maximum bet of $100. If you bet using the Martingale system where you double your bet on every loss, the progression will look like this:

You bet $1, but you lose.

Your next bet will be $2 (double up from $1). If you lose, then:

Your next bet will be $4 (double up from $2). If you lose, then:

Your next bet will be $8 (double up from $4). If you lose, then:

Your next bet will be $16 (double up from $8). If you lose, then:

Your next bet will be $32 (double up from $16). If you lose, then:

Your next bet will be $64 (double up from $32). If you lose, then:

Your next bet will be $128 (double up from $64), which exceed the table's maximum limit, and you can only place $100 for this bet, not $128 as required by the Martingale system.

In the case above, you only have seven turns to hit a winning. If you lose 7 turns consecutively, you will hit the maximum limit that prohibited you to continue using Martingale doubling up betting strategy. Many players, especially those who are new to gambling tend to believe they won't lose seven bets in a row. They are wrong. If you don't believe me, take a look at the history spins for Roulette displayed at any casino, the consecutive outcome of red or black can be easily hit more than 7 turns. If you play with Martingale system and bet on the losing side, the frequency of hitting the maximum limit is high; once you hit the maximum limit, you won't be able to recover your losses even you hit a win in the next turn. I have seen a consecutive outcome of Red appear 22 times in a row and a consecutive out of Black appear 19 times at one of the online casinos.

In additional, it does not matter many turns you double up your bet, once hit the winning, you will only win one dollar if your original bet is $1. Even you have found a casino that does not impose a maximum limit, and allows you bet with Martingale system up and if the wheel has turned out 16 consecutive results at the side you are not betting on, your 17th bet's amount will to reach $65,536, meanings that you are risking thousands of dollars to win only one dollar.

Some people who try the Martingale system may have an initial success with the system. But, sooner or later reality will kick in and they may hit huge losses in the long run. Moreover, Martingale system has been proven to be a flawed online casino betting strategy by many gamblers who may initially naive to believe the system will work, but the actual practices show that it won't work at all since all online casinos have implemented maximum limit on their games. Therefore, you should always avoid yourself from using the Martingale system.