A Guide to the 1-3-2-6 Betting System

Have you heard of the 1-3-2-6 betting system?

It’s a positive progression betting system that’s experts say is influenced by the Paroli technique.

It’s a simple system to learn, as you’ll soon find out in the next section.

You can use this betting system for just about any game, so long as you can make even-money bets.

That means you can use this system on:

And so on.

There are a few exceptions or caveats, of course – there always are – but we’ve outlined those and more in our guide below.

The 1-3-2-6 system is relatively straight-forward – especially if you have any experience using other betting or card-counting systems.

Here’s how this works:

• Place an even-money bet. For example, place a bet on black/red or even/odd in roulette. For the following steps, we’re going to say we made a $5 bet.
• If your first bet wins, you’ll now have $10. The next step is to make another unit-sized bet – in this example, $5 – to the money that’s already on the table. So, we’ll have $15 total on the table.

This is where the “3” comes from in the system – it’s 3x whatever your bet is.

• Say this bet wins, too – you’ll now have $30. The next step is a 2, which means we want to leave 2 units on the table, or in this case $10. So, remove $20 from your bet (leaving $10).
• We’re going to say this bet also wins. You’ll now have $20 on the table. But for the last step we want 6 units on the table. So, we need to add another $10 to make our total $30 ($5 x 6 units).

If you win this bet, you’ll have $60 on the table. You’ll want to remove this amount, and then on your next round you’ll start the cycle all over with the first step.

That’s all there is to it.

If you make $5 bets, follow this system, and are lucky enough to win 4 times in a row, you’ll have made $70. $60 of that will be profit, as you only made two $5 bets out of pocket (steps #1 and #2).

This is important to remember because whatever you decide your unit (bet sizing) will be, you’ll need to make sure you have the money to make it twice.

In other words, you don’t want your unit to be $100 if you only have a $150 bankroll. Because you’ll need $200 to get through steps #1 and #2.

Everything else will come out of your profits.

However, if you play a game like blackjack, you also need to keep in mind you’ll want money for situations where you’ll need to split or double down on your hand.

Our recommendation is to have enough money on hand to make these bets (if you want to), and to treat any winnings from these plays as a bonus – pull that extra money off the table and continue the system like normal.

This might seem obvious, but let’s point out the different outcomes so you know what to expect from each level of the 1-3-2-6 system.

The minimum goal is to get to step 3, as you’ll walk away with *some* profit. Going to step four is essentially a double or nothing move.

The one exception (so far) to this system is that not every game will breakeven if you lose on step 4. According to FortunePalace.co.uk, you may lose money on the 4^th bet if you choose to play baccarat due to the vig/fees for the banker bet. Losing on the 4^th round will cost you .3 units – or, using our example above, about $1.66.