Why the Martingale System Works

There are various kinds of betting systems that a player can employ at the gambling area. One of the most widely-used among all these strategies is the Martingale System of Betting, or simply called the Martingale.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand how this easy betting system works, which is why it is extremely popular with gamblers. Only simple arithmetic is needed by a player to determine how much one should bet in a round.

Before starting to play in a gambling session, a player should decide on how to divide the capital into units of bet. For example, a player with a total of $1,000 for capital for one gambling session may decide to divide it into 100 units. Thus, a unit of bet consists of $10.

Using the Martingale, this player bets $10 on the first round. If the player loses, then two units of bet, or $20 is risked on the second round. If the player still loses, then four units of bet ($40), or twice the bet risked on the previous round, is put on the table. Simply put, a gambler who employs the Martingale System just keeps on doubling the amount of bet used in the preceding round until a win is achieved.

More importantly, players prefer the Martingale System of Betting because it allows someone who suffers from a losing streak to win back all previous losses and still be up by one's original bet. Using the example given, if the player wins the $40 that was risked at the gambling table in the third round of betting, this amount won was $10 more than the total of $30, or three units of bet, lost in the first and second rounds. Remember that $10 was the original bet that was gambled by the player.

For a player to be consistently up one unit of bet upon winning is the defining feature of the Martingale System. Suppose the player in the given example wins not at the third, but at the fifth round of betting. By that time, the player has risked $10 in the first round, then $20 in the second round, $40 in the third round and $80 at the fourth round. Sticking with the Martingale System for the fifth round, the player again doubles the bet in the previous round to $160.

In all, the player has lost $150 at the gambling table in the first four rounds. The $160 that was won by the player in the fifth round is $10 more than the total amount of losses. Again, remember that $10 was the original bet used by player.

An uncomplicated method along with its simple logic to winning at the gambling table makes it easy to understand why the Martingale System consistently works.