Roulette: Playing to Win

Author: Brett Morton
Publisher: High Stakes
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roulette: playing to win

"So what's the most important thing?"

"Something you'd understand coming from the army! Disci pline. Strict, strict discipline. That's vital. Second, adequate funds. Have you ever seen casinos run out of money? OK, it has happened once or twice. But basically, they don't. Why not? Because they play a long game. They know the small odds in their favour will stack up to pay off the winners. But it goes much further than that. They know most players will lose every cent they brought - and more on top that they've taken from the ATM machine. It's not the odds that make casinos rich; it's the way people play."

"Is that true everywhere?"

"Everywhere I've watched. I see players risking their money with no understanding of the game. Most players have too little money for the risks they take. They run out of cash. They play like rabbits caught in headlights. If you asked them what they knew about money management, where numbers are on the wheel, they'd be lost for words. If they bet on 16 and 17 comes up, they regard it as a near miss. But 16 and 17 are nowhere near each other on the wheel. It's men against boys. It's like stealing a baby's toy! Ask anyone who works in a casino."

The Challenge

"So what have you won?"

"When I started, I won a lot and lost a lot - a learning curve. Call it research and development - time and money invested. I'd never read a roulette book, never been taught. When I started, I thought winning was easy. I learned the hard and expensive way. Only after that did I start to think about it. One day, I set myself a challenge: to use just 100 chips and to win 4,000. Not all in a day, mind you!"

"And did you?"

"Yes. And again."

"With just 100?"

"Yes and no. I said most people play with too little money for the risks taken. Each time, I started to play I used only 100 chips. That was the tip of a pyramid. I had a total of 1,000 chips available if necessary. I call it my Fighting-Fund. I never needed it. But I could have done."

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