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Tap a number or an outside bet to place the chip you picked. Pays 35 to 1 on a single number, 2 to 1 on dozens and columns, evens on red, black, odd, even, 1-18 and 19-36. Play money only.
- Maths reviewed by Josh Miller
- Tested by Diana Westfield
The Labouchere calculator simulates the cancellation system with your own numbers. You start with a line, here 1-2-3-4, and bet the first plus the last. Win, and you cross both off. Lose, and you add the lost amount to the end. Clear the line and you’re 10 units up. The CasinoCalcs simulator above runs it over thousands of spins and shows how often lines get cleared and what happens in the sessions where they don’t.
Labouchere calculator: a line from start to finish
| Line | Bet | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 2 3 4 | 5 | Lose |
| 1 2 3 4 5 | 6 | Lose |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 7 | Win |
| 2 3 4 5 | 7 | Win |
| 3 4 | 7 | Win |
Three wins and two losses and the line is gone: +10 units. That’s the appeal, since each win clears two numbers and each loss only adds one. Run a string of losses, though, and the line grows to 10 or 12 numbers with bets of 20 units or more. The simulator’s “worst session” figure is where you see that.
Bankroll, limits and what really happens
Labouchere is a slower cousin of the martingale: the bets grow by addition rather than doubling. That stretches the bankroll further, but the shape of the results is the same. Lots of small wins, a few heavy losses, and an average that matches the house edge on everything staked. A table limit cuts the system short, which the simulator flags.
Compare it with the Fibonacci calculator, the reverse martingale calculator, or all systems at once on the betting systems simulator.
Crossing numbers off feels like progress. The house edge doesn’t notice. BeGambleAware.org has free support if that’s hard to stop.