James Bond Strategy for Roulette
Fixed spread of 20 units: 14 on 19–36, 5 on di 13–18 six line, 1 on zero.
E cover 25 out of 37 numbers. E dey win 67.6% of spins. E dey lose 20 units for 1–12. Expected valuemathsExpected valueDi average result for each bet for di long run. −1/37 of di stake for every standard European bet.Read di whole tin →: −2.70% of 20 units, like everytin else.
Wetin be di James Bond (007) roulette strategy?
Twenty unitsmoniUnitDi base stake wey system or player dey work with. Dem dey describe progressions in units so dat dem go fit work for any table.Read di whole tin → for each spin, divided three ways: 14 units on high (19–36), 5 units on di six linebetSix lineSix numbers for two rows wey dey near each oda, e dey pay 5:1. For French: sixain.Read di whole tin → 13–18, 1 unit straight upbetStraight upOne single number, e dey pay 35:1.Read di whole tin → on zerowheelZeroDi one green pocket wey no even-money, dozen or column bet dey cover; na im be di source of di house edge. Dem also dey call am: single zero, 0.Read di whole tin →. E cover twenty-five numbers; di twelve numbers 1 reach 12 no dey covered. Even with di name, di spread no dey inside di novels of Ian Fleming: for Casino Royale (1953), Bond bet on two dozenbetDozen1–12, 13–24 or 25–36, e dey pay 2:1.Read di whole tin → at di table maximum. Nobody sabi who first put di name of Bond on dis spread.
Wetin each result dey pay?
If 19–36 come out (18 numbers): high dey pay 14, di six line and zero lose 6, net +8. If 13–18 come out (6 numbers): di six line dey pay 25, high and zero lose 15, net +10. If zero come out: 35 − 19 = +16. If 1–12 come out (12 numbers): everytin lose, −20.
How session dey look?
Two spins out of three, you go win 8 to 16 units; one spin out of three, you go lose 20. For 37 average spins: 18 × 8 + 6 × 10 + 16 = 220 wey you win, 12 × 20 = 240 wey you lose, net −20 for 740 wey you bet. E dey feel like sey you dey win becos most of di time you dey win, and di one third wey lose cost pass wetin di two thirds wey win bring. For di shape of di payoutmoniPayoutWetin bet wey win dey return, wey dem dey quote as “X to 1” on top di stake wey dem return.Read di whole tin →, e be like to bet two dozen, but di results dey jump small more.
- p10 −$500
- p25 −$500
- median −$360
- p75 +$0
- p90 +$280
Wetin if you double am afta loss?
Some players dey double di whole spread afta spin wey lose (1–12). Twelve numbers dey lose 32.4% of di time, so two losses wey follow each oda dey happen one spin in ten and di stake dey reach 80 units quick; table limittableTable limitDi minimum and maximum bet wey dem allow. Na di maximum dey stop progressions wey dey double.Read di whole tin → of $500 on di total stake with $1 units go reach afta five losses (20, 40, 80, 160, 320, then 640). Na MartingalestrategyMartingaleProgression wey dey double di bet afta every loss. Check di Strategy section to see wetin e dey do and wetin e no dey do.Read di whole tin → wey get steeper cliff, and di same −2.70%.
Why pipo like am?
E dey give di player plenty tin to watch: three bets, four outcomes, and win for most spins. Di zero chipmoniChipToken wey stand for one fixed amount, wey you put on top di layout to make bet. Dem also dey call am: check.Read di whole tin → especially dey feel like insurance. E still easy to remember and easy to tell dealer. No one of dat one na criticism; na normal set of roulette bets wey get name wey popular. Just sabi wetin di one-in-three dey cost.
Questions wey pipo dey ask
No one of dem, as far as we fit find. For Casino Royale (1953), Bond bet on two dozen; dem name di spread afta am later.
So dat every outcome wey win go return profit. Scale dem (140/50/10) and di proportions go still hold.
Di same expected lossmathsExpected lossExpected value times di total moni wey you bet; di average amount wey you go lose for one session or one period.Read di whole tin →. Di payouts no be di same: two dozen dey win +1 unit 64.9% of di time and lose 2 for di rest; dis spread dey win +8 to +16 for each 20 units 67.6% of di time and lose 20 for di rest.
Small laugh
Twenty-five out of thirty-seven. Di oda twelve na di price.
Sources
- RouletteDoc. How di strategy dey work, with examples.
- Roulette77. How di strategy dey work, with examples.
- Ethier, S. N. The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling.
- Fleming, I. Casino Royale.