Roulette: Playing to Win

Author: Brett Morton
Publisher: High Stakes
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Chapter 1 Playing to Win

Play at roulette if you want. Ignore this book and save your time. If, however, you are seriously interested in winning, read on.

Roulette is fun. But it's more fun when winning. Losing hurts, sometimes real bad! Winning any competitive game doesn't come easily - ask any professional sportsman. Roulette is no different. Indeed, roulette is more difficult. At least professional sportsmen start a game with the scores level. Playing roulette, you have already conceded every advantage to the home team.

Playing to Win does not depend on advanced maths. Don't take your calculator to the casino. If you think it might help, take your lucky rabbit's foot. Casinos are full of superstitious people. Many Chinese players will avoid a casino whenever the Vietnamese are playing there. They believe they bring bad luck. Personally, I have no superstitions in casinos. I have no lucky tables, no lucky casinos, no lucky times, no lucky places at all. For every bad run, I believe there is a good run. My philosophy of winning is as simple as this: winning money is about not losing it!

Does that sound obvious? You think I am proving my insanity already? Let me put it another way: win more when you are winning than you lose when you are losing. If you are winning, don't chuck it all back!

Betting on even chances, the odds are close to 50-50. (A calculator would say not close enough to save you from long-term ruin!) On any visit, you will soon be up or down. The aim is to lose less when you go down than you win when you go up. Playing to Win is built round this simple idea.

Whether you are a beginner, a regular loser or an expert, I hope that you will find something helpful in my approach to winning.

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