System by Harris:

I call it shoot the moon.

IMO, where people go wrong with roulette is attempting to win small multiple times. Roulette is the wrong game for that, if you want a nice constant kinda winning "system" then play blackjack or craps. Roulette is the game for breaking the casino's back over your knee with your awesome win/luck, not the game to grind out a small profit.

So, here is my "system"

#1, Do not play roulette with your "own" money, play it with "house money", money that you've won and really don't care about. Money that you can set on fire, because that is what roulette is, an entertaining way to set money on fire.

#2 Bet inside numbers only, 12 numbers or less (8-10 is ideal)

#3 Be consistent in your betting method. I prefer to bet physical sections of the wheel (like around the zero, or the 14-34 area or 3 numbers on either side of both zeroes, or the 6 - 9 area...). Some prefer to bet physical sections on the board, whatever, one is just as good as the other

#4 Look for patterns. In any random subset there will be the appearance of a pattern for the short term. If you notice the dealer is spinning reds a lot, then bet reds. If you notice that the dealer keeps hitting a certain section of the wheel then bet that section. If you notice that the same 10 numbers keep coming up a lot, then bet those numbers, etc. etc.

#5 If you are lucky enough to get on a short term heater, separate your money into two piles, your gambooling pile, and your take home pile. The take home pile is what you chip up to large denomations (black chips or better), put that in your pocket, that is cage money.

#6 The whole point of the above strategies leads us to the "shoot the moon bet". Once you've noticed a pattern (or convinced yourself of noticing a pattern, same thing really) and once you've got lucky enough to get on a little heater, then you want to make a BIG freaking OMG WTF are you doing, bet!!!. I call this shooting the moon.

For instance, you've been betting $2-$3 around the single zero section and have been winning 2 out of 5 spins slowing winning $50 - $100 over the last ten spins. Then the dealer goes on a heater where you are winning 2 out of 3 spins over the last 6 spins and now you are up $500. Take $250, break that into ten $25 bets, and now bet your section. This is the win or go home bet. This is shooting the moon.

If you hit, you win $875. Pocket $500 and now raise your baseline bets from $2-$3 each to $5 each and get back into the groove. Hopefully, you are winning again 2 out of 5 and slowly creeping back up. Once you hit the next heater of 2 out of 3 spins, shoot the moon again, but this time, instead of $25 per number you bet $50 per number and do another "win or go home" shoot the moon bet based off of your winning pile.

Rinse and repeat, each time more or less doubling your shoot the moon bet with your winnings and all the while separating your winnings into your Gambool pile and you take home pile...

IMO, it is rare for a lucky roulette run to last more than 20 minutes. And being roulette, things can turn south on a dime. So, basically, the above is just trying to take advantage of that "heater" you luckbox your way in to.

Once your gambooling pile has been exhausted, take your cage money to the cage and cash out.

Long term, the above is no better or worse than any other strategy, but for the short term, it can lead you to that $1K, $5K, or even $15K night that will get you comped free rooms and buffets for your next Vegas visit.

IMO, that is what roulette is all about. Any "strategy" that you develop for roulette needs to focus on the short term. Roulette is the wrong game to try to grind out anything resembling a constant profit.

So here is the difference in strategies as far as i'm concerned. Long term roulette strategies (bet 24 numbers kinda strategies) are only going to make you double or triple your money when you get lucky.

My "shoot the moon" strategy will increase your money 10x to 20x when you get lucky.

Lets say you find a $100 chip and want to play roulette. This is what i'd do.

Make ten $10 bets, you win, you win $350

Make seven $50 bets, you win you win $1750. Pocket $1K.

Make seven $100 bets, you win, you win $3,500. Pocket $2500

Make ten $100 bets, you win, pocket $2500...

This is what roulette is about imo and the way to approach the game.

It should be obvious that longterm, the above approach is going to lose you an insane amount of money. But for that lucky short term, you are ballah and breaking the house.

And that is my roulette "system"