There are many systems available for the Roulette Bettor. I will write about a few of them – but with this warning: Few games in the Casino have worse odds than Roulette. Played for a long period of time, Roulette will break you. However, it can be a successful betting opportunity if you keep it to a short period of time. That being said, this system is hot. You could argue that you’ll have nearly one-third of the wheel covered with only 5 units bet. The system calls for bets on 10 numbers. These numbers are spread evenly throughout the Roulette wheel, and use just 5 chips. The idea behind this system is that all parts of the wheel are covered. It doesn’t matter what part of the wheel hits. We have 10 chances in 37 (or 38 in the case of an American (00) wheel) of getting a hit. Place your bets as follows: • 1 chip on the sixline 31 – 36 (which covers all of the numbers 31 to 36 inclusive, and pays 5 – 1) • 1 chip straight up on each of numbers 5,8,21,29 (European Single Zero wheel which pays 35 – 1) OR • 1 chip straight up on each of numbers 11,12,27,28 (American 00 wheel, also pays 35 – 1).

By placing your bets this way, the maximum number of spaces between the numbers covered is 3, and the minimum number of spaces between the numbers covered is 2 (for both the single zero wheel and the double zero wheels). To see what I mean, you can look at a roulette wheel and look at the numbers covered: (5,8,21,29,31,32,33,34,35,36 for a European single zero wheel OR 11,12,27,28,31,32,33,34,35,36 for an American double zero wheel). If one of the straight up numbers wins, you get a profit of 31 units (35 – 4). If one of the numbers in the sixline wins, you will get a profit of 4 units (5 – 1). If none of your numbers win you will lose 5 units. The size of your units should be whatever you are comfortable with. Start small and work up to higher value units from your winnings. If a sixline number wins, add a unit won to the next bet on the sixline making a two unit bet on the sixline in the next spin and one unit on each of the 4 straight up numbers. After a win on one of the four straight up bets, add an extra unit to each of the bets in the next spin (including the sixline bet), making a total bet of 10 units after a straight up win. Keep adding one unit to all of the bets after a straight up win, and only add one unit to the sixline bet after a win on the sixline bet. Drop back to a single unit bet on each of the 5 bets after any loss.

Betting this way, you take advantage of winning streaks and you drop back to a minimum bet on losing streaks. If you get a good winning streak you will make a killing. Keep betting at the same table while you are on a winning streak. Change tables when you start losing, or quit for the day. You should have a stop loss point. That is, you should stop betting on a table (or even quit for the day) and cash in your chips once your losses get past a predetermined stop loss point. Decide on your stop loss point before you start playing.

Gambling can be a lot of fun. But it isn’t when you are always on the losing end. If you can not afford to lose your money, never mind gambling. But you can make serious money in betting. Well, you can even be rich. Contrary to the usual belief that you gamble solely on pure chance and luck, adding in a little mathematics and some proven game strategies will not hurt. In fact, it can guarantee you a good pay out.

Here are some secrets to win any kind of gambling.

- Know the right type of gambling for you.

There are hundreds of gambling games that you can try for yourself. Casinos, sports betting, or even arbitrage betting. If you pick one, master it.

- Learn about the game.

Read related materials of the game such as basic rules and tips. As the old cliché goes, knowledge is power. You can have the edge by investing on good books or download tips and secrets on the web.

- Set a minimum bet in every game.

After a win, bet only half of the pot you put in the previous round. When you lose, go back to your least bet. This is often regarded as progressive betting. Use it rather than straight betting.

- Always check the odds.

Choose a betting game that has 3 percent or less casino advantage. Among others, popular games are poker, black jack and craps.

- Watch the trend

Be attentive to your winning and losing trend. Get the probability and ratio of your winnings and losing. If you think that you are on the brink of losing, then don’t bet.

- Stick to a strategy.

Pick a strategy that works best for you. There is no such thing as the greatest strategy but there are proven ones. Collate all known gaming strategies and select the one that is effective and works for you.

- Don’t be overly greedy

Being greedy might give you a couple of dollars more but being overly greedy might cause you to lose them all.

- Be optimistic

Muster some confidence that you will win those dollars. This attitude would keep you betting until you get some good pay. But never expect to win all the time, which barely happens. You lose some, you win some.

Keep in mind that winning doesn’t mean you have to win a bet every time. What matters most are your total net profit earnings.