D'Alembert Strategy Simulation: Our Bankroll Results After 30 rounds

By Aaron Braund

21 May 2020

Aaron Braund 21 May 2020

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D'Alembert Strategy Simulation - what does our bankroll look like after 30 game rounds? Find out how to win with the D'Alembert system by making small, consistent, low-risk wins

The D’Alembert system is well-known for being the simplest and lowest risk progressive roulette strategy in existence, but what’s it actually like to play it? We decided to give it a try at Pots of Gold, using an established testing format – but first a recap on how it works:

What you will learn in this article

How much we made after 30 game rounds
Detailed execution of the D'Alembert roulette strategy
Whether the strategy is worth your time and money

D'Alembert Roulette System Explained

D’Alembert’s system requires you to increase your bet by £1 when you lose, and decrease it by £1 when you win. It’s that simple, so what happened when we tried it out with a £100 bankroll and starting bet of £10? Let's find out:

Round 1

We bet on evens, and our first of three simulations kicked off with a 33, taking us down to £90
Our bet was therefore raised to 11 and a 9 came up, leaving our bankroll at £79
We therefore bet 12, and a 2 came up – taking us back up to £91, lowering our bet to £11
A 5 was spun, leaving us with £80
A £12 bet wasted on number 11 left us with just £68
We now bet £13, and things looked up with a 12, taking us to £81
A £12 bet and the appearance of 36 raised our bankroll further, up to £93
A zero then left us with £82
Another £12 bet left us with £94
Finally a 4 was spun, taking us to £105

Not a bad result, but more was to follow in the 2nd simulation:

Round 2

A 6 took us to £110
£9 bet on a 3 left us with £101
Back up to £10, our stake brought in another tenner with a 12 on the wheel
A £9 bet led to a loss of £9 when an 11 came up, taking us down to £102
A further £10 was lost when the number 1 appeared
Then a 4 came in, taking us to £103
A £10 bet yielded a £10 win when 28 came up, leaving us with £113
Then a 30 was spun leaving us with £122
£8 bet on number 3 left us with £114
Lastly, a £9 bet on the number 2 left us with £123

With 2 out of 3 simulations yielding us a decent overall result we were delighted, but the law of averages says you can’t win all of the time, so what of our final test?

Round 3

We started badly with a 27 taking our bankroll to £90.
An increased bet of £11 and the appearance of the number 12 changed all that, getting us up to £101.
An 8 took us to £111
A 14 left us at £120
We now bet £8 and spun a 9, leaving us with £112
A 6 got us up to £121
A 15 took us to £113
The zero was then spun – no good for us as this was a European game so we lost the whole £9 stake, taking our bankroll to £104
A loss of £10 when the 1 came up left us with £94
Another loss of £11 on the number 11 finally left us with just £83.

The total outcome was £302 for £200 wagered, and this is a classic D’Alembert outcome: A small increase for a small amount of risk.

Does the D'Alembert work?

The great thing about this strategy is that two subsequent spins will always produce a positive result 75% of the time.

In the above example, a win and a loss will leave you with £101; a loss and a win will also leave you with £101, and two wins will leave you with £119 – so the advantages are clear.

You’ll find that your overall result tends to cluster around the £100 mark, so the amounts you win won’t be huge. But any savvy roulette player will tell you that you should be looking for small consistent long-term net wins which ultimately consolidate into solid long-term gains, and this system is a great way to do that.

D'Alembert Strategy Simulation: Our Bankroll Results After 30 rounds