This is why you shouldn't use martingale

[Nobitcoin]

A very nice example... Maybe get a few people to think while playing on those dice games. 

[koshgel]

Losing 9 in a row isn't even that unbelievable.

I've seen 20+ losses in a row.

Only gambling noobs use martingale

[zeeshanblc]

24 reds few times, once 25reds, not martingale just fixed autobot just to see how many times it will be under 50. Martingale just not worth it

[member1]

   That's a lot of money..

 Some people gets their lessons on the hard way...

[gondel]

Hi,
I tried the martinagle system some times and i always lose! It is just one of the fastest losing systems

BR,

Gondel

[Pony789]

See as long as there is a max profit you cant beat the house.  its not only edge that effects you, is the Max limit, the amount of money you have to bet.  if the investment  is 31,000 you will need a max cap of 1 million to beat the house.  Since Dice sites have limites I dont bet is only good to do small bets

What if I told you that you can't beat the house even if you had no maxbet restriction?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_%28betting_system%29

Exactly.
What people don't understand is "rare" events do happen.

[phpTaskForce]

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[cp1]

Strange, although it doesn't change anything it's unlike the human mind to decide that after getting a low your best bet is to bet low the 2nd time round. If she didn't change at all that losing streak wouldn't have happened.

I was thinking that too.  And what if that person had started off the other way, they would have won every bet.

[koshgel]

Strange, although it doesn't change anything it's unlike the human mind to decide that after getting a low your best bet is to bet low the 2nd time round. If she didn't change at all that losing streak wouldn't have happened.

I was thinking that too.  And what if that person had started off the other way, they would have won every bet.

Each roll is an independent event. Doesn't matter what she chooses.

[DiamondCardz]

Strange, although it doesn't change anything it's unlike the human mind to decide that after getting a low your best bet is to bet low the 2nd time round. If she didn't change at all that losing streak wouldn't have happened.

I was thinking that too.  And what if that person had started off the other way, they would have won every bet.

Each roll is an independent event. Doesn't matter what she chooses.

Clearly, you didn't read what I said properly before posting. Like the majority of your posts, probably something to do with your PrimeDice signature, I guess. Anyway, I'm aware that it doesn't matter, I was commenting that it was unlike the human mind to do that.

[Light]

Strange, although it doesn't change anything it's unlike the human mind to decide that after getting a low your best bet is to bet low the 2nd time round. If she didn't change at all that losing streak wouldn't have happened.

I was thinking that too.  And what if that person had started off the other way, they would have won every bet.

Each roll is an independent event. Doesn't matter what she chooses.

Yeah she would have eventually hit a losing streak and lost - even if now she avoided it, it is inevitable and she would have busted. Well at least as an investor martingalers are great as although they may take money in the short term you can guarantee that one day you'll get their whole stack.

[boumalo]

Strange, although it doesn't change anything it's unlike the human mind to decide that after getting a low your best bet is to bet low the 2nd time round. If she didn't change at all that losing streak wouldn't have happened.

I was thinking that too.  And what if that person had started off the other way, they would have won every bet.

Each roll is an independent event. Doesn't matter what she chooses.

Yeah she would have eventually hit a losing streak and lost - even if now she avoided it, it is inevitable and she would have busted. Well at least as an investor martingalers are great as although they may take money in the short term you can guarantee that one day you'll get their whole stack.

If she bet low instead of high or the other way around it will probably not have been the same result anyway...

Playing a martingale is the same as betting a big amount to win a small amount

[Rulishix]

Martingale is good in the right hands and if you use the right strategy but it's still dependent mainly on luck. A lot of fucking luck!

[Light]

Martingale is good in the right hands and if you use the right strategy but it's still dependent mainly on luck. A lot of fucking luck!

The are no 'right hands' or 'right strategy' when it comes down to dice based gambling. Since you have no control over the outcome (ie no skill is required) hence the whole thing is entirely chance based meaning that martingale is just as -EV as any other 'strategy' and will lose in the long term.

[FanEagle]

who the hell needs long term give me 10 minutes off green martingale and we are done.

[dooglus]

A few facts that haven't been mentioned here:

* That losing sequence went 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 - so 11 losing bets in a row.

* That guy had been coming to the site day after day, and winning 10 BTC each day on 3 different accounts.  So 30 BTC per day.

* This is the first time he busted - previously he only got up to 64 twice and won it both times.

* He's still around 460 BTC *up* overall.

* Here's a chart of the combined profit against number of rolls from the 3 accounts:



So while it's true that in general martingale isn't a winning strategy, in this case it all worked out pretty well for him!

Edit: here's a list of the bet details:

+------------+---------+------+-------+----------+
| betid      | bet     | high | nonce | time     |
+------------+---------+------+-------+----------+
| 1063871599 | 64.0000 |    0 |    23 | 09:59:27 |
| 1063871035 | 32.0000 |    1 |    22 | 09:59:17 |
| 1063870799 | 16.0000 |    0 |    21 | 09:59:13 |
| 1063870573 |  8.0000 |    1 |    20 | 09:59:09 |
| 1063870357 |  4.0000 |    0 |    19 | 09:59:05 |
| 1063870086 |  2.0000 |    1 |    18 | 09:59:00 |
| 1063869842 |  1.0000 |    0 |    17 | 09:58:56 |
| 1063869565 |  0.5000 |    1 |    16 | 09:58:51 |
| 1063869383 |  0.2500 |    0 |    15 | 09:58:48 |
| 1063869197 |  0.1250 |    1 |    14 | 09:58:45 |
| 1063869067 |  0.0625 |    0 |    13 | 09:58:43 |
+------------+---------+------+-------+----------+

Edit 2: here's a list of all his bets over 20 BTC.  Notice he won 2 out of 3 at 64 BTC and 9 out of 12 at 32 BTC!

+------------+--------+------+---------------------+--------+
| betid      | uid    | bet  | date                | profit |
+------------+--------+------+---------------------+--------+
|  954417255 | 444612 |   32 | 2014-04-01 04:47:48 |  31.36 |
|  972923827 | 390060 |   32 | 2014-04-04 10:07:09 |  31.36 |
|  979554255 | 443793 |   32 | 2014-04-05 10:04:31 |  31.36 |
|  997244196 | 444612 |   32 | 2014-04-08 07:21:56 |  31.36 |
| 1001940814 | 390060 |   32 | 2014-04-09 05:42:09 |    -32 |
| 1001941194 | 390060 |   64 | 2014-04-09 05:42:15 |  62.72 |
| 1019802937 | 443793 |   32 | 2014-04-11 23:58:17 |  31.36 |
| 1025835234 | 443793 |   32 | 2014-04-12 23:45:06 |  31.36 |
| 1025845181 | 443793 |   32 | 2014-04-12 23:47:22 |    -32 |
| 1025845427 | 443793 |   64 | 2014-04-12 23:47:25 |  62.72 |
| 1041768962 | 390060 |   32 | 2014-04-15 11:33:18 |  31.36 |
| 1041786397 | 390060 |   32 | 2014-04-15 11:37:03 |  31.36 |
| 1057748701 | 444612 |   32 | 2014-04-18 04:03:02 |  31.36 |
| 1063871035 | 444612 |   32 | 2014-04-19 09:59:17 |    -32 |
| 1063871599 | 444612 |   64 | 2014-04-19 09:59:27 |    -64 |
+------------+--------+------+---------------------+--------+

[dooglus]

Well at least as an investor martingalers are great as although they may take money in the short term you can guarantee that one day you'll get their whole stack.

It's looking like that 64 BTC loss was this player's last bet.  They've already withdrawn hundreds of BTC of profit over the last few weeks.  Maybe they have the discipline required to quit while they're ahead!

[Light]

It's looking like that 64 BTC loss was this player's last bet.  They've already withdrawn hundreds of BTC of profit over the last few weeks.  Maybe they have the discipline required to quit while they're ahead!

Good for them - some people have a lot of luck (at least more than me). That's why I love being the house - don't need to rely on luck maths will help you out. Anyways, I'm not so sure, from what I've seen whales seem to be degenerate gamblers who eentually give some/most of it back before quitting.

By the way, doog just out of curiosity how much do you keep in the hot wallet? Do you have a dead man switch in case something happens to you and Deb?

[howzar]

It's looking like that 64 BTC loss was this player's last bet.  They've already withdrawn hundreds of BTC of profit over the last few weeks.  Maybe they have the discipline required to quit while they're ahead!

Good for them - some people have a lot of luck (at least more than me). That's why I love being the house - don't need to rely on luck maths will help you out. Anyways, I'm not so sure, from what I've seen whales seem to be degenerate gamblers who eentually give some/most of it back before quitting.

By the way, doog just out of curiosity how much do you keep in the hot wallet? Do you have a dead man switch in case something happens to you and Deb?

I think I can answer:

He has 500 btc loaded each time in the hot wallet.

Deb has access to the funds and *probably* someone else.

[boumalo]

It's looking like that 64 BTC loss was this player's last bet.  They've already withdrawn hundreds of BTC of profit over the last few weeks.  Maybe they have the discipline required to quit while they're ahead!

Good for them - some people have a lot of luck (at least more than me). That's why I love being the house - don't need to rely on luck maths will help you out. Anyways, I'm not so sure, from what I've seen whales seem to be degenerate gamblers who eentually give some/most of it back before quitting.

By the way, doog just out of curiosity how much do you keep in the hot wallet? Do you have a dead man switch in case something happens to you and Deb?

I think I can answer:

He has 500 btc loaded each time in the hot wallet.

Deb has access to the funds and *probably* someone else.

Let's hope for the investors that someone else has access to the funds as well or maybe he choses 4 persons and they can have access to the address if 3 of them sign in together : his mother, his best friend, his partner and a trusted escrow for exemple