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Labouchère
Cancellation system: write a line of numbers, bet the sum of the two ends, cross them off after a win, add the lost stake after a loss.
In context
The line clears more often than not, netting its original total; the sessions where it does not clear carry stakes that grow until the table limittableTable limitMinimum and maximum bet allowed. The maximum is what stops doubling progressions.Read full →.
Did you know
Henry Labouchère was a Victorian MP, journalist and theater owner who popularized the method; he did not claim to have invented it and did not claim it worked.