Strategy
Spot what a system actually does. Ten questions on MartingalestrategyMartingaleProgression that doubles the bet after each loss. See the Strategy section for what it does and does not do.Read full →, ParolistrategyParoliPositive progression: double after a win, reset after a loss or after three wins in a row. Also: reverse Martingale.Read full →, D’Alembert, LabouchèrestrategyLabouchèreCancellation 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.Read full → and the rest, from a pool of fifteen.
Each question describes a rule or an outcome and asks you to name the system or say what it changes. The honest answer to the last one is always 2.70%.
Scoring
10: you have read Thorp.
8–9: you can explain to a friend why their system is not working.
5–7: you know the names; the Strategy section has the arithmetic and a simulator for each.
Under 5: read Can You Beat Roulette? first. It is one page.
What the quiz is testing
Not whether you can follow a staking rule, which anyone can, but whether you know what the rule changes: the shape of a session, the size of the rare loss, the turnovermoneyTurnoverThe total amount wagered over a session or period, counting re-bet winnings. Also: handle, action.Read full →. None of them changes the price per dollar. The Demo Game lets you run every system a thousand times to see it.
Questions
Because the answer is “the one with the smallest turnover”, and that is a bankrollmoneyBankrollThe total amount set aside for play. Bankroll management is deciding how much of it to risk per bet and per session.Read full → question, not a system question.
Every strategy page has a histogram of 2,000 sessions, and the Demo Game runs any of them live.
Comic relief
Eight systems. One number.
Sources
- Thorp, E. O. “Optimal gambling systems for favorable games.”