For years, players gambling in Roulette games have devised different betting systems that they think will help them win, but in reality many of these betting systems can cause some disastrous results.  Maybe they’re used because Roulette seems to be a slower moving game, maybe because they’ve persisted for so long, these betting systems are still thought to help win in Roulette.  Here are some of the betting systems that, I believe, still exist today.

There’s the Martingale.  This is when the player doubles his gambling bet after each loss, so that when the player actually wins, it leaves him with a profit equal to the original bet.  The problem with this gambling strategy is that the numbers get really high, really fast, and most Roulette tables have a betting limit.  It sounds good in theory, but doesn’t often pan out and leaves the player with grand losses.  Then there’s the Grand Martingale, which is even worse for gambling!  Not only does the player double his bet after each loss, he adds another unit (so if the original bet is $5, double it is $10 and add another $5 unit).  At a $500 limit game, the player runs up against the limit after six losses, and he loses $600 dollars.  Then there’s the Cancellation, which isn’t as dangerous as the gambling with the Martingales, but still not so great, and basically involves cancelling out the numbers they’ve won on.  In general, betting strategies are not the best idea when playing Roulette.