The Martingale Roulette System

Published on 8 January 2026

The Martingale betting system is one of the oldest betting systems for roulette. This is made by making a standard bet on an even-money bet such as red or black in roulette. Everytime you win you will make the same bet for the next round. If you lose, you double your bet for the next hand.

This system increases your chances of winning in a short term. But this is not proven. The point of every betting system is not to overcome the house edge in the long run, it will make you most likely to win in the short period of time. You will more likely end up a winner when using this betting system.

If you double your bet when you lose you could always win them back. However, in real life you cannot always double your bet. You will run out of money and trying to win them all back cost a lot.

Even if you have a fund to do this, you cannot do it anyway as most casinos have the maximum limit of bets to $500-1000 on a $5 table.

So the risk of the Martingale system is losing many times in a row and not have enough money to make the next bet. Martingale can only work for a short term not when you are planning to play longer. Because the longer you play using this system the more you will lose.