Guetting Progression [hide]
Roulette strategies are all focused on managing your bets based on a careful plan. The goal, of course, is to try and maximize profits while minimizing losses. There are a number of strategies and betting systems you can use – from well-known Martingale to more obscure systems such as Tier et Tout and the Guetting Progression.
This article is an overview of the Guetting Progression betting in roulette and a full guide for anyone looking to understand and use the system. We will give you an example of a round and show you the best way to enjoy roulette online with the Guetting progressive system.
What Is the Guetting Progression?
The Guetting Progression is a positive progression betting strategy where bets increase with winning, and decrease after a loss. This means it's a sort of combination of a positive and a negative progression system, which puts it in a unique position among such strategies.
The system is not new, but it’s not commonly regarded as one of the most popular systems. In fact, it’s one of the lesser-known strategies for betting in gambling. But even though it’s not exactly famous, it’s considered highly reliable by players across the globe.
The strength of the Guetting system is not in a fast, effective return of losses, but rather in the patience it takes to slowly and gradually recuperate everything lost over several rounds. Because it's less aggressive than many similar strategies such as the Martingale, it’s way safer for players out there, especially those who are new to the whole shindig.
Another thing you should have in mind is that this system was not originally developed for roulette. The inventor, Charles Guetting, originally came up with the design while playing his favourite game Trente-et-Quarante, an old French card game that was popular in Italy and Monaco back in the day. Guetting was a mathematician and a gambling enthusiast who loved to play with numbers. His goal was to create a system that backs up the player and helps him protect the bankroll whilst recuperating lost funds gradually.
Even though the betting system was devised for a card game, it fits quite well with bets in roulette, which is now where it’s used predominantly. We'll also use roulette as an example, but you can theoretically apply it to many other types of casino games.
How the Guetting Progression Works
The positive betting system works great with even money bets such as Even/Odd, Red/Black, and Hi/Lo (1-18/19-36). Even though the system applies to most roulette variants, the best option is a European table where En Prison and La Partage rules apply (commonly referred to as French Roulette).
Now, the entire system of the Guetting Progression is split into four stages or levels.
The idea is to move up to the next level every time you win twice in a row. Every time you go up a level, you increase the stake based on the table below.
If you lose once, you stay on the same level and repeat the same bet with the same stake. If you lose twice in a row, you every back to the previous level and try to advance again.
The system works best with even-money bets with a roughly 50% chance to win and a 1:1 payout. In roulette, this means red, black, odd, even, and so on. You can try to adjust the strategy for different roulette bets, but we can't guarantee the results.
Anway, start buy splitting your bankroll into equal units. We recommend, say, 1% of your total bankroll, but that's really up to you.
Then, just increase the stake according to the table below and the rules we outlined above.
| Level | Unit |
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 – 4 – 6 |
| 3 | 8 – 12 – 16 |
| 4 | 20 – 30 – 40 |
Note that every level also has steps in which you increase the stake after every win. This is an advanced method if you want to segment the levels into smaller pieces. If not, just use the first number of every level.
An Example of a Roulette Round
This might sound like something a bit complicated, right? It’s not really complicated, but there are a few things you need to remember when you start playing roulette with Guetting Progression betting.
Here is an example of a hypothetical round of roulette where we wager on Red/Black using the Guetting Progression rules. For the sake of this article, we selected 1 unit to be worth $1.
- The first wager is $2 (2 units). The game is a win, so we repeat the stake on the following round.
- On the second round we wager $2 again and we lose. We repeat the stake.
- Our third round stake is $2 again. We win.
- Repeating the stake on the fourth round means the stake is again $2. It’s a win again.
- Because we had 2 consecutive wins, we have to increase the stake according to the rules.
- Our next stake is $3, because we wager 3 units. If we win two times in a row with this stake, we go up by 1 unit more, and wager $4 (4 units). This goes on until we reach the third level.
- If we are interrupted with a loss at any time, we keep the stake. In case of 2 losses in a row, we revert to level 1 where we bet 2 units (in this case $2).
As you can see, it’s not a complicated betting system at all, but it takes a bit of time to get used to it. With a bit of practice, figuring out how much to bet in the next round can become like second nature to you.
Pros & Cons
Is Guetting Progression actually reliable? And if so, why is it not as popular as one would expect?
To answer the question of reliability, yes. It is reliable, for the most part. One of the key things about this system is that it’s built to safeguard the players instead of exposing them to risks and premature losses that they cannot withstand.
Simply put, players often bet using systems that encourage the use of big bucks. Despite all of those systems having thousands of devoted users, they are still relying on big, increased stakes to recuperate lost funds. This is a dangerous game to play because you can end up with massive consecutive losses if you hit a losing streak.
On the other hand, the Guetting Progression is a slow burn of sorts, as it increases the stake inch by inch, instead of going all-in right away.
Sure, this might annoy some of you. It’s expected. But would you rather go slow and protect the money instead of running into something that you know must work out in 2 rounds? Because it might not work out in 2 rounds, and so you’d need a plan B.
All in all, this is a decent system that’s suitable for casual gamers and players who aren’t into the thrill of the chase. Like Tier et Tout, it’s not a very easy system but it’s definitely pro-players.
As an important side note, you should understand that roulette betting strategies such as this one do not increase your chances of winning. The probability of every bet is still 50/50. More importantly, the house edge is still 2.7%, and there's nothing you can ever do about that.
The system was instead designed as a form of money management of sorts. It can lead to solid incremental returns, but don't expect to become a millionaire automatically just by structuring your wagers like this.
Conclusion
We know you are probably still wondering if this system works and whether it could help you score better. While we cannot claim anything – this is, after all, roulette and so it’s unpredictable – you can certainly try and see for yourself.
As we said, there is no actual way to win 100% in roulette. It's fully a game of chance, after all.
However, the the Guetting roulette strategy is still en effective way of managing your spending with the goal of protecting yourself from big losses.
