Hollandish System and Martingale System
Hollandish System
The player begins the game with a stake of one unit until the player wins for the first time. Then the player tries to compensate for the previous losses with a progression of 3 units. If three bets were lost, the player will have to win three times before the progression is finished.
If further losses occur during the 3-unit progression, the player must wait until the progression is finished (after three successful bets). Then the player raises to 5 units until the losses of the 3-unit progression are covered. Having achieved full compensation for his losses, the player continues to play with one unit.
If losses occur during the 5-unit progression, the player raises to 7 units and follows the same betting pattern as before. The progression pattern is as follows: 1-3-5-7–9, etc.
This system can be used in Blackjack, Craps or Roulette.
Martingale System
Originally this was referred to a class of betting strategies that were first popular in France during the 18th century. The simplest of these strategies was designed for a game in which the gambler wins his stake if a coin comes up heads and loses it if the coin comes up tails. The strategy has the gambler casino-nb-canada.com double his bet after every loss, so that the first win would recover all previous losses plus win a profit equal to the original stake. Since a gambler with infinite wealth is guaranteed to eventually flip heads, the martingale betting strategy was seen as a sure thing by those who swore by it. Unfortunately, none of these devotees possessed infinite wealth, and the exponential growth of the bets quickly bankrupted those foolish enough to use the martingale system after even a moderate run of bad luck.
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