The martingale of Whittacker: a method to reduce the losses without strongly increasing the setting
The martingale of Whittacker in detail
The Whittacker method is simple to put work. To apply it is just enough to memorize the sum of the losses of the player. The objective is of miser in order to reduce the sum of the current losses until purging them completely. This martingale applies to the games to simple chance.
Here how to apply this method. The player bets the basic setting. If it gains it continues to bet the basic setting. If it loses, the player registered the sum of the losses. As long as the sum of the current losses is positive, the player bets the sum of the two preceding settings and updates the total of the lost settings. As soon as the sum of the losses becomes again positive, it is cancelled and the following setting is the basic setting.
Example of application of the martingale of Whittacker
Here the result of the application of the method of Whittacker starting from our recurring example to the roulette. One setting always on the red color. The basic setting is of a unit. The last column indicates the total of the losses currents.
| Bet | Wager | Result | Profits | Balance | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 | ||||||
| 1 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1001 | 0 |
| 2 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1002 | 0 |
| 3 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1001 | 1 |
| 4 | Red | 2 (1 + 1) | Red | 2 | 1003 | 0 |
| 5 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1002 | 1 |
| 6 | Red | 3 (2 + 1) | Black | -3 | 999 | 4 |
| 7 | Red | 4 (1 + 3) | Black | -4 | 995 | 8 |
| 8 | Red | 7 (3 + 4) | Black | -7 | 988 | 15 |
| 9 | Red | 11 (4 + 7) | Black | -11 | 977 | 26 |
| 10 | Red | 18 (7 + 11) | Red | 18 | 995 | 8 |
| 11 | Red | 29 (11 + 18) | Red | 29 | 1024 | 0 |
| 12 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1023 | 1 |
| 13 | Red | 30 (29 + 1) | Black | -30 | 993 | 31 |
| 14 | Red | 31 (1 + 30) | Black | -31 | 962 | 62 |
| 15 | Red | 61 (30 + 31) | Red | 61 | 1023 | 1 |
| 16 | Red | 92 (31 + 61) | Black | -92 | 931 | 93 |
| 17 | Red | 153 (61 + 91) | Red | 153 | 1084 | 0 |
| 18 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1085 | 0 |
| 19 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1084 | 1 |
| 20 | Red | 2 (1 + 1) | Red | 2 | 1086 | 0 |
| 21 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1085 | 1 |
| 22 | Red | 3 (2 + 1) | Black | -3 | 1082 | 4 |
| 23 | Red | 4 (3 + 1) | Black | -4 | 1078 | 8 |
| 24 | Red | 7 (3 + 4) | Red | 7 | 1085 | 1 |
| 25 | Red | 11 (4 + 7) | Black | -11 | 1074 | 12 |
| 26 | Red | 18 (7 + 11) | Red | 18 | 1092 | 0 |
| 27 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1093 | 0 |
| 28 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1092 | 1 |
| 29 | Red | 2 (1 + 1) | Red | 2 | 1094 | 0 |
| 30 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1095 | 0 |
The method of Whittacker appeared remarkably effective on this example. It will be noticed that it is enough to some successive successes to compensate for the current series of losses. Contrary to the frequent failures, even intersected with success, tend to make assemble the settings rather quickly.
Martingale of Whittacker: the pours and counter them
Frequent, same failures if they are not directly consecutive, will make assemble the list of the settings and the losses. One indeed at least needs success of continuation to purge the sum of the losses in progress. One of the other disadvantages of this martingale is not to be able to evaluate its potential of profits easily.
Even with a number of failures higher than the number of successes, this method makes it possible to arise with a largely positive balance. The losses are purged rather quickly without the current setting too strongly increasing.