How the Charlotte’s Betting Strategy Works
With Charlotte's system, you use only straight-up bets. Here, you need to choose one number on the table on which you want to bet. It can be any number you want. You may have a lucky number or you can choose a number from the previous spins. It doesn’t really make a difference since the odds are the same. What’s crucial with this system is the bet size.
The entire strategy is based on a total of 506 units. This means you are required to have a high bankroll and decide on the unit size to match it. The system revolves around 81 spins, where you should score a win. But it doesn’t explain what you need to do if you don’t hit a win by the end of the spins.
- In the first 27 spins, bet 2 units.
- In the next 10 spins, bet 3 units.
- In the next 8 spins, bet 4 units.
- In the next 6 spins, bet 5 units.
- In the next 6 spins, bet 6 units.
- In the next 4 spins, bet 7 units.
- In the next 4 spins, bet 8 units.
- In the next 4 spins, bet 9 units.
- In the next 3 spins, bet 10 units.
- In the next 3 spins, bet 11 units.
- In the next 3 spins, bet 12 units.
- In the next 2 spins, bet 14 units.
- In the next 2 spins, bet 15 units.
- In the next 2 spins, bet 16 units.
That’s pretty much it. By the time you go over 200 bet units, you should land a win. With this strategy, if successful, you should make a profit of 35 units per hour. Once the progression comes to an end you can take your winnings and go or you can start the pattern once again. But again there is no clear rule as to what happens if the 81 spins don’t produce the needed wins.
Testing the Charlotte’s Betting System
To put the strategy to the test, we ran a simulation with 4 different players. Each one had the same starting bankroll of A$1,000. For the sake of the simulation, we used a A$1 unit size and started with a 2-unit bet to follow the bets to the letter.
As the graph shows all four players didn’t make a win in the starting 25 spins. The second player managed to win on the 27th spin, so the betting was re-started with a 2-unit bet. The rest of the players kept going until hitting a win and starting once again.
Player 2 managed to make a profit of A$357, although he did go below the A$1,000 bankroll at one point. He made a comeback and ended the 500 spins with a profit.
Player 4 was unlucky. He never won so his bankroll was gone by the 110th spin.
Player 3 had a very volatile session. He lost 100 spins in a row, before eventually making a comeback. Still, he too ended up with a loss.
The first player had a good session, making a profit at times. Around the 190th spin, however, he hit a losing streak and his bankroll was gone by spin 305.
Cons of the Charlotte’s Betting System
As the simulation results show, this is not a strategy which guarantees that you will win. Only one of the four players in the simulation made a profit. One was in a loss, but the other two players went bust quickly.
The main downsides of Charlotte’s strategy are that you need to play with a huge bankroll and there is no explanation of what to do if you don’t win by the 81st spin. You are also betting on a single number, which in reality may not land in hundreds of spins.
Conclusions
Charlotte’s strategy is simple, as you play only straight-up bets and you bet only a single number. You just need to adjust your bet size to follow the rules to the letter. But, although you can make some profit in the short run, in the end, the house edge can’t be beaten. This means that the progression will eventually fail at some point.