Progressive and regressive betting systems

When people started to gamble centuries ago they also started to look for a betting system to give them more chances to win and eliminate the house edge. Various mathematicians, physicians, psychologists or just simple gamblers tried to find the best betting strategy for making fortunes. Many betting systems appeared and several of them managed to survive and even attract more fans throughout centuries.

All gamblers tried at least one betting system and the number of betting strategies is increasing. Thanks to the internet, online casinos are now more accessible than ever and the attention pointed to the betting systems is now higher than ever.

The betting strategies that developed in time can be placed in two large categories: progressive betting systems and regressive betting systems.

Most famous and popular betting strategies are progression betting systems. In progression systems the player starts with a small bet and increases it while playing. Progression betting systems are meant to take advantage and increase bankroll in case of a winning series.

Progression betting systems can be separated into two different types: positive progression systems and negative progression systems.

Positive progression systems recommend increasing your bet when winning and decreasing when losing. To minimize the loss the player should slowly increase the bets after a win and lower the bet to minimum when losing. This system has the advantage that the player has more chances to survive a streak of losses. The risk of remaining out of money is lower than other systems.

The negative progression systems suggest that the player should increase the bet after losing in order to recover the loss in case of winning. In the same time this betting system recommends that the player decrease his bets after winning. Negative progression systems are very dangerous because the player risks losing his entire bankroll after a streak of losses. Most famous negative progression system is the Martingale strategy. In Martingale betting system you double your bet after every loss and when you win the profit is equal to the first bet made.

A regression betting system is the opposite of the progression betting system. This kind of betting strategies starts with big bets that decrease while playing. The disadvantage in this system is that requires a large bankroll to start with, while the advantage is that if the first bet is a win the bankroll increased considerably. The player continues wagering with smaller and smaller bets in order to protect the existing bankroll and win more money to maximize the bankroll.