The 10% Staking Plan

The 10% Staking Plan is a conservative method of automatically pressing up your bets when winning, and cutting back when losing.

1. When you begin a session, determine the size of your bankroll. In the event that things go terribly wrong, your total loss will be limited to this amount. The golden rule: Don’t bet if you can’t afford to lose.
2. Use 10% of your bankroll for each bet, recalculating after every wager.

For example, if your starting bankroll is $100, your first bet would be $10 (10% of your total). If your first bet wins and your stake increased from the original $100 to $120, your next bet would be $12, which is 10% of your new total.

Conversely, if your first bet loses, you would then wager 10% of your remaining bankroll, in this case that would be $90, so the next wager is $9, which is 10% of the new bankroll amount.

This 10% staking plan is designed to take full advantage of winning streaks and at the same time it allows for the inevitable run of bad luck that comes along periodically.

You have established a loss limit at the outset. You do not set a win limit, but it is advisable to cap your bankroll at a certain level. Stashing away all profits over and above a certain amount is your protection from total ruin, should things turn ugly (and they often do).

Let’s say you’ve been winning nicely and your bankroll has grown by 50%, from $100 to $150. At this point it is advisable to pocket additional profits, instead of adding them to the bankroll. If you don’t do this, and keep wagering 10% of an ascending bankroll, your bets will reach ridiculous levels.

Try the 10% Staking Plan next time you gamble. You’ll like it!

Good Luck!

THE 12/6 ROULETTE SYSTEM

The numbers around a roulette wheel are arranged so that high and low, red/ black, and odd/even numbers appear alternately. If you look at the wheel closely, you’ll see that 0 and 00 are opposite each other. The first five numbers to the right of 0 are 2, 14, 35, 23 and 4. Diagonally across and to the left of 00 are the numbers 1, 13, 36, 24 and 3. This 12/6 System involves betting on those 12 numbers.

In numerical order, the numbers we use are 0, 00, 1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 23, 24, 35 and 36. Those specific numbers form two six-number sections on opposite sides of the wheel and all 12 numbers can be covered with six split bets. Hence the 12’6 System.

Split bets are made by placing one or more chips on the line between two numbers. You can cover the above twelve numbers by simply placing your chip(s) on the line between each of these adjacent pairs on the table layout: 0-00, 1-4, 2-3, 13-14, 23-24, and 35-36.

You are betting on two separate slices of the wheel, hoping the ball will come to rest in one of those two sections. Also, by betting a total of 12 numbers you cover almost one-third of the entire wheel. You have nearly a one-in-three chance of winning on every spin.

To make money with the 12/6 System the same number does not have to hit more than once. As long as, in three consecutive spins, any one of the 12 numbers comes up you’ll pocket a nice profit.

Unless you can afford to splurge, I suggest you find a table with $1 chips and a $5 minimum on inside bets. Buy no more than 60 $1 chips. Start by placing one chip between each of these six pairs of numbers: 0-00, 1-4, 2-3, 13-14, 23-24. and 35-36. Repeat this same wager until you win.

When one of your numbers comes up you will be paid 17 to 1 for a total of 18 chips. Now you bet back your win by placing three chips between each of your six sets of numbers. If you win again, the payoff will be 3 x 17 = 51 chips, plus you get back your 3-chip wager for a total of 54 chips.

This is where it gets exciting! You re-bet those 54 chips by placing nine chips on each of the same six pairs of numbers. Win once more and you’ll collect 162 chips! (9 x 17= 153 chips plus the 9 you wagered). At this point you will have a net win of better than $100. If the dealer hasn’t already done so, I suggest you ask him or her to exchange 100 of your chips for one black ($100) casino chip. Then put it in your pocket or purse. Whatever happens from here on, you’ve ensured you won’t leave the table a loser.

You will find it helps if you choose a busy table, where the dealer takes longer between spins to sort and stack chips, this gives you more time to place your bets accurately. Also try to position yourself at the center of the table. From here you can easily reach all the number fields, since you will be placing chips from top to bottom of the layout.

I suggest that, each time you win, you make a one-chip straight-up bet for the dealer, but on one of the numbers in your section of the wheel. You do this because you’re a nice person, and also because he or she just might have the skill to direct the ball to a certain section of the wheel…

No betting system is infallible. That’s why you limit your stake to an amount that is not going to put much of a crimp in you bankroll, should things not work out. Starting with 60 chips, the 12/6 System gives you 10 chances at some exciting and memorable times at the roulette table.

For another free system check out Stan K.'s AAIC system for even bets.