Gambling systems explained
1-3-2-4 system
In the 1-3-2-4 gambling system, the sequence of winning bets is simply
1, 3, 2, 4.
If you win all four bets, you go back to the start. If you lose any bet, you also go back to the start. So long as you're winning, you
progress through this sequence.
NB the bets relate to a number of units, so if you're betting in £10 units, your bet sequence is 10, 30, 20, 40.
If you'd like to test the 1-3-2-4 system, we've included a FREE roulette game to try it on. Just scroll to the bottom of this page.
Low-risk system
Win - even when you lose
You win big with the 1-3-2-4 when all four bets come up (a 1 in 16 chance)
But the great thing about the 1-3-2-4 is that as long as you win the first two bets (1 in 4), you're guaranteed to win, even if the third bet loses!
If your first bet loses, your loss is 1 unit. If the second loses, your loss is 2 units (you'll have bet 4, won 2)
This is the 'danger point', but once you're past it, you literally can't lose. Even if the third bet loses, you make a profit of 2 units, because you'll be 4 units up after bet 2!
If the third and fourth win, your overall profit is 10 units.
But even if the fourth bet loses, you still come out with a profit of 2 units.
100% payout?
The 1-3-2-4 works perfectly as the optimal player strategy for Betfair's Zero Lounge Roulette and Baccarat. As these games have NO house edge, the 1-3-2-4 is a true evens-chance system and can bring the payout rate to an incredible 100%!
To find out more, read our Zero Lounge Roulette strategy and Zero Lounge Baccarat strategy.
Keep your winnings
We devised this gambling system because we feel that for lower-risk gamblers the 1-3-2-6 takes too much of a risk once you've won 3 bets. Where the 1-3-2-6 gambles all 6 of your profit on the fourth bet, this system keeps 2 back, to ensure a profit even if only 3 of the 4 bets win.
Test
1. Alternating win (W,W,L,W,L,L,W,L,W,W,L,W)
2. Alternating loss (L,L,W,L,W,W,L,W,L,L,W,L)
3. Consecutive win (W,W,W,L,L,W,W,L,W,W,W,L)
4. Consecutive loss (L,L,L,W,W,L,L,W,L,L,L,W)
5. Good win (W,W,W,W,L,L,W,W,W,W,W,W)
6. Bad loss (L,L,L,L,W,W,L,L,L,L,L,L)
Overall result for all 6 tests
Result
Break even
7 units loss
5 units profit
5 units loss
22 units profit
7 units loss
8 units profit
A system for the real world
The main difference between this and the 1-3-2-6 is in the consecutive win test (see test results above). This gambling system returns a profit of 5 as opposed to 1. This is offset by making 22 as opposed to 26 on the good win test.
In our opinion, though, the consecutive win test is more realistic than the good win test. As our overall gambling strategy explains, a good gambling system should make consistent profits in realistic situations rather than larger profits in less realistic ones.
The 1-3-2-4 and Betfair Zero Lounge
The 1-3-2-4 is our recommended system for beating Betfair's Zero Lounge Baccarat and Zero Lounge Roulette. Betfair state that playing the zero house edge games with an optimal player strategy guarantees you a payout rate of 100% - in other words, the casino expects to win nothing from these games!
We've studied the games carefully and devised optimal strategies that use the
1-3-2-4 as the basis. Find out how to use the 1-3-2-4 and beat Zero Lounge Baccarat and Zero Lounge Roulette!
The 1-3-2-4 in Baccarat and Sic Bo
Another reason for using the 1-3-2-4 is that in Punto Banco (Baccarat), the vigorish (the commission taken on winning banker bets) means that the 1-3-2-6 turns a loss in most situations. The 1-3-2-4 allows for this and returns a profit instead. This is explained fully in our Punto Banco strategy.
The 1-3-2-4 is a simple system to operate and we recommend it for low-risk gamblers. It is another of our preferred gambling systems for the Big/Small bets in Sic Bo - see Sic Bo winning strategy for explanation.
Keep your winnings
We devised this gambling system because we feel that for lower-risk gamblers the 1-3-2-6 takes too much of a risk once you've won 3 bets. Where the 1-3-2-6 gambles all 6 of your profit on the fourth bet, this system keeps 2 back, to ensure a profit even if only 3 of the 4 bets win.
Test the 1-3-2-4 system for FREE
If you're not familiar yet with Sic Bo or Baccarat, why not test the 1-3-2-4 system out on the more familiar 50/50 bets (Odd/Even, Red/Black, 1-18/19-36) in roulette.
The game opposite is a great Flash (NO download) version of European Roulette from Bodog, which you can play for FREE, without registering or depositing.
You'll get 1000 play money credits and as long as you want to play the game. That should give you enough time to give the 1-3-2-4 (or any other of our Roulette systems) a thorough test.
Once you've had enough fun in the FREE casino, why not Play for REAL money at Bodog.
