Triple Martingale Strategy Rules
Like the original, this one is very simple to use. This means that even inexperienced players in roulette can implement it with ease. To use it properly simply follow the steps explained below.
- Before you get started you need to decide on the value of 1 bet unit. You will use it later to adjust your bet.
- On every loss instead of doubling your bet you need to triple it. This is where the name comes from. So with a base bet unit of A$1, the progression will be 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 81, 243, 243, 729.
- Once you hit a winning spin you go back to the original bet unit and start over.
For this strategy, it’s recommended not to use even money bets like in the original. Instead, you need to cover 2/3 of the bets, best done by betting the 2 dozen.
Testing the Triple Martingale system
For this simulation, we went a different way. We gave 4 players equal bankrolls of A$1,000 each. They were betting two columns, so they were covering the needed two-thirds of the table. With this bet, each player had a chance of winning of 64.86%. After they played for 500 spins we checked their current bankroll.
With most roulette simulations the path of the graph is filled with ups and downs, so this result is quite unusual. All players had some losing streaks but managed to recover and end in profit. The gameplay of the last player was especially interesting. At one point he was down -A$5326, but still managed to cover his losses in the last 120 spins.
This simulation shows that the strategy can be an incredibly volatile one. As Player 4 showed you can lose 5 times your initial bankroll and would need to rebuy a lot to have a chance to recover your losses. But you can get them back in a short winning streak, which is why it’s recommended to use higher bankrolls.
Downsides of the Triple Martingale Strategy
Like most other betting strategies, the Triple Martingale system has its own downsides. We can narrow them down to 3 main ones:
Highly volatile. Due to the fact that you have to bet aggressively to recover your losses, you can easily hit a losing streak. This means you can reach the end of your rope and go bust at the table pretty fast.
Not suitable for small bankrolls. If you use it and start betting a single A$1, by the 10th spin you will need to place a bet of A$2,187 to follow the progression. You may think this is nearly impossible to do, but if you’ve played roulette before you already know that 10 losses in a row happen quite often. This is why this system is recommended to be used only with high bankrolls, so you have enough to cover the losing streaks.
Table limits are a problem. The biggest enemy of progressive betting strategies is the table limit. This especially applies to aggressive ones like this one. You may have the bankroll, but as you bet to cover each loss you can easily reach the maximum betting limit of the table. So you won’t be able to increase your bet on the next spin and once the limit is reached the system falls apart.
Conclusion
In theory, the Triple Martingale strategy does work. But we say in theory since you are playing with an infinite bankroll and with no table limits. If you find a casino where you can do this, by all means, use this system to your advantage. But at regular roulette games, a long losing streak will quickly get you to the maximum limit you can bet. This is where the strategy fails since you can’t triple the next bet to recover the losses. This is why we don’t recommend players to use this strategy as the risk is too high. There are other safer and less risky betting systems that we can recommend.