Gambling
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In our March addition to the BASICS section we were announcing two approaches to attack the wheel
utilizing the law of third - respective the frequency of single numbers - for straight up bets.
Both ideas have been developed by well known roulette researchers in France. One by Marigny de
Grilleau, the other one by Billedivoire.
We think both ideas are worth looking into. These ideas might be useful for your own investigations if
you are interested in straight up bets. They work both against single zero and double zero wheels.
In this article we will introduce you with the
Methode Grilleau
Marigny de Grilleau found that the following strategy gave him the best results:
We need approx. 37/38 spins of the wheel before we can start the attack. Fortunately most of the
modern roulette tables have boards that show the spin run for the last 20 to 25 spins. So we use this
spin history.
Each number, which appeared three times in 37/38 spins must be pursued immediately after its third
appearance over the next 37/38 spins, because we expect its fourth or still higher appearance.
If it does not appear in the next 37/38 spins, the attack on that number is discontinued. If the Number
hits within 37/38 spins, the attack is discontinued also.
Grilleau recommends to follow not more than six numbers simultaneously. In order not to exceed this
number, we give up the number that appeared first and add the newest - the seventh in this case - to the
remaining five.
It is essential to keep a good record of the spins. Below is a possible record sheet for this method with
a session from 05-01-2001 Spielbank Hamburg, Table No. 1 .
At the end of this page is a link to download a zipped Excel-file with this record sheet!
Just follow the spin run and everything will fall into place after some studying. Selected numbers are
marked blue and hits are marked green. The session is terminated after the hit on # 22 with a positive
balance of 109 units.
The following day, 05-02-2001, also Spielbank Hamburg, Table No. 1 is a little bit slower, still the
session is terminated after 2 rotations with a positive result of 63 units. The red cells are repeats
outside of a rotation, so they are unusable.
Grilleau`s recommendation is to play this method with a bankroll of 500 units and a profit expectation
of 40 to 60 units per session. This is against straight numbers and you definitely need a big session
bankroll plus a reserve!
He also recommends to play this strategy with a two man team: one for keeping the record and one to
place the bets, however we think solo play is quite possible. He also recommends some kind of
progression: after the loss of 100 units the betsize is doubled, after the loss of 200 units the betsize is
tripled and after the loss of 300 units (which he says is very seldom) we bet four times the original
betsize.