{"id":4725,"date":"2021-11-16T08:51:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T08:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.com\/blog\/\/blog\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2024-04-06T02:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T02:51:57","slug":"reverse-labouchere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/16\/reverse-labouchere\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverse Labouchere Betting System Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Whether it\u2019s the weekly lottery, a sporting match, or a video game, everybody wants to win. However, the reality is that, if victory was inevitable, there would be no point in taking part in competitive activities anymore. On the surface, this is why anything that proclaims a guaranteed win in a game of skill or chance is flawed.<\/p>\n

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In casino games, there have been plenty of efforts to \u2018game\u2019 experiences like roulette and blackjack<\/a>, usually by memorising cards or patterns or betting in certain ways. Depending on the game in question, players have met with varying levels of success using these strategies. Ultimately, though, anything that goes on in a casino<\/a> has too much of an element of luck to lend itself to any particular way of playing a game.<\/p>\n

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The Problem with (Some) Betting Systems<\/h2>\n

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Roulette systems typically concern themselves with covering losses with large wins (however long that might take) and otherwise keeping a player in the game as long as possible. In the latter case, this might mean proceeding in such a way that damage to the player\u2019s bankroll is minimised at the cost of a lower potential reward. However, many betting systems base their overall hypothesis on unlimited time and funds.<\/p>\n

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To use an example, the Martingale roulette strategy<\/a> is based upon a concept known as the gambler\u2019s fallacy. This postulates that a coin toss that lands heads is more likely to be tails on the next throw simply because heads has already gone. This can be extrapolated to the point that three or more tails in a row means that tails are three or more times likely on the next go. Of course, this is false, as the odds are always 50:50.<\/p>\n

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In the Martingale system, beginning on a loss, players must bet until they win, the idea being that a bet must go their way eventually. There are plenty of legends that have proven this strategy dangerous, including a much-cited one from Monte Carlo in the early 20th century, when a roulette<\/a> ball landed in black 26 times. The odds of that occurring aren’t even worth thinking about but they would have cost a genuine fortune to play through.<\/p>\n

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Labouchere and the Reverse Labouchere<\/h2>\n

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Let\u2019s introduce another system, the Reverse Labouchere. It\u2019ll make much more sense if we introduce the standard Labouchere method first, though. So, in brief, the Labouchere strategy<\/a> is used on even-money wagers, such as even\/odd and red\/black in roulette<\/a>. Simply create a sequence of numbers of any description, taking note of two points:<\/p>\n

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\u00b7 The combined total of the first number and the last will represent the value of your stake each turn.<\/p>\n

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\u00b7 The sum of these numbers is the maximum amount of money you can earn during each session.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s take 4-5-6 as an example. In the following scenario, we\u2019ll add your stake (the total of your first and last numbers) to the end of the chain on a loss and, on a win, delete them. At this early point, the latter scenario leaves us with a single 5, in which case, we\u2019ll add another 5. The objective is to remove all numbers from the sequence.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, with our numbers list of 4-5-6:<\/p>\n

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Bet 10 (4+6).<\/p>\n

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