Anti-Martingale Strategy In Crash Gambling: Is it Any Good?
If there’s one thing we know how and love to do here at Crash Gambler, it’s testing crash gambling strategies. I do not just tell you about these strategies, I actually play-test them extensively with my strategy testing process.
On today’s menu, we have the Anti-Martingale or the Reverse Martingale strategy as it’s commonly called.
We’ll do the testing in our crash casino of choice, which is BC.Game and their astonishing Crash by BC Originals game!
In this article, we’ll show you exactly how you can set up, automate and play crash games with the Anti-Martingale strategy.
But that’s not all, here’s everything you can expect to learn today:
- We’ll first tell you everything you need to know about the reverse Martingale strategy
- Our journey will continue by telling you if and how you can apply this strategy to crash gambling
- We will then automate and play with the Anti-Martingale strategy for 1000+ rounds of crash
- At the end of it all, we’ll share our opinion and reveal if this is the strategy you should use
What is the Anti-Martingale Strategy?
The Anti-Martingale or Reverse Martingale strategy is an old and well-known betting strategy that aims to capitalize on winning streaks and minimize losses. As the name suggests, the Reverse Martingale strategy uses the opposite approach compared to the original Martingale strategy.
👉🏼 Instead of increasing your bets after losing, the Anti-Martingale strategy suggests that you should double your bets after each win and reduce them after each loss.
This strategy is based on the concept of “hot hands” or “winning streaks”. It’s based on the notion that if a player is winning, they have a higher likelihood of winning again. By increasing your bets after a win, you can take advantage of those sweet winning streaks and make larger profits.
When you hit a loss, this strategy suggests you decrease your bets to their base amounts to minimize losses.
A popular variation of this strategy suggests you double your bet after each win and cut it in half after each loss. This approach further reduces your exposure to big losses.
One of the main risks of this strategy is that a winning streak can abruptly end at any point. If you’ve been doubling your bets for quite a while and you suddenly lose, you’ll lose a significant amount.
👉🏼 Keep in mind that you might not have a winning streak at all. If you keep losing, you’ll just be losing your initial bet over and over again.
Can the Anti-Martingale Strategy be Used in Crash Gambling?
Yes, the Anti-Martingale strategy can be used in crash gambling.
To be fair, we wouldn’t be writing this hands-on report if this strategy wouldn’t apply to crash gambling. The truth is, the Anti-Martingale betting strategy can be applied to just about any form of gambling. You can see all other crash gambling strategies in our full overview of crash gambling strategies.
Using The Anti-Martingale Strategy in Crash
Let’s say you’re playing a crash game, and you’re planning to cash out at 2X. This gives you about a 50/50 chance of winning, much like flipping a coin. You decide to start with a bet of $1. If you win, you will double your next bet to $2. If you win again, you’ll increase your bet to $4, and so on. However, if you lose at any point, you’ll reduce your next bet to the initial amount of $1.
That is how you can apply the reverse Martingale strategy to crash gambling, it’s actually really simple. But doing this manually can get really boring, really fast.
To avoid the boring part of the equation, we’ll automate this strategy in BC.Game’s original crash game and keep the strategy running for at least 1000 rounds of crash.
Putting The Anti-Martingale Crash Strategy To The Test
We’ve done quite a lot of talking so far, it’s time we put this strategy to the test. We’re going to kick things off with a simple Anti-Martingale strategy, just like the one we described in the example above.
Experiment 1
For this first experiment, we’ll automate this strategy by using the crash gambling scripts in Crash by BC Originals, and we’ll use BC.Game’s JB currency, which is specifically designed for strategy testing at BC.Game casino.
Here’s the plan:
- We’ll place 1JB bets as our base bet amount
- We’ll cash out automatically at 2X, so we double our money with each win
- As the Anti-Martingale strategy suggests, we’ll double our bet amount on each win
- And we’ll return to our base bet amount upon a loss
And here are our script settings in the image below 👇
With the script in place, we observed its operation in the first 30 rounds, and then we left it running on its own for the remainder of the day. Here’s what happened!
Experiment 1 – Results:
We started out on our journey feeling optimistic, thinking we just might turn a small profit. Well, we couldn’t be more wrong.
After 392 rounds of crash, our results were a complete train wreck. We were losing 181 JB coins, and despite a few up-ticks from a few winning streaks, we had very little hope of turning an actual profit.
But we didn’t give up, oh no, we kept pushing. Well, the fact that we weren’t losing real money helped as well.
After 1005 rounds of the game, we called it quits. There was no hope left for us. We ended our journey with a 527 JB loss.
Even though we placed small 1 JB bets, we wagered 3196 JB in the 1005 rounds of crash, and we suffered quite a serious loss. Now imagine doing this with a higher bet amount and real money, It would be nerve-wracking.
👉🏼 Eventhough we cashed out at 2X, which according to BC.Game gave us a 49.5% chance of winning and the opportunity to double our money on a win, we weren’t even close to being profitable.
Despite the clear evidence that this strategy doesn’t work with high odds of winning, we weren’t ready to give up just yet. This brings us to our second experiment.
Experiment 2:
Due to the disappointment with our first experiment, we were eager to give it another go with a higher level of risk and return. We kept all of our settings exactly the same, but we upped our payout multiplier to 4X.
Here are our script settings for the second experiment 👇
Experiment 2 – Results:
Our second experiment started off with a bang! Things were looking good! Once we passed that 140th round of crash, we encountered a slight slump that made us lose 4 JB. But we didn’t think much of it, we could easily bounce back at this point.
However, that little slump just would not get away, nope. It dragged on till the very end, and once again, we failed to secure a profit with the Anti-Martingale strategy.
After 600 rounds and many hours of playing, we called it quits. In all fairness, we would have quit much earlier if we played with real money. With a loss of 89 JB, we decided that was it, this strategy wasn’t our cup of tea.
Does the Anti-Martingale Strategy Work in Crash Gambling?
We hate to be the ones that say: “it depends”, but in a game like crash, it really does entirely depend on your luck. Sure, the Anti or Reverse Martingale strategy does work in crash gambling. But it only works when luck is on your side.
Mathematically speaking, the house edge of crash games alone will make sure that, in the long run, you can’t beat the game. The house always wins.
However, as a way to secure some short-term profits, the Anti-Martingale strategy can work. But on the other hand, so can any other strategy, even irresponsible betting (just like Steve WillDoIt!). The truth is, no crash gambling strategy out there can help you secure consistent wins.
This brings us to the next question; should you use the Anti-Martingale strategy at all?
Should You Use The Anti-Martingale Strategy in Crash?
If you Google the “Anti-Martingale strategy”, you’ll find quite a few articles talking about this spin on the classic Martingale strategy in the world of stock and Forex trading.
An article from Will Kenton over at Investopedia describes this strategy well by saying it’s a play on the classic Wall Street mentality of letting the runners run and cutting the losers early on.
But we’re not trading stocks here, and we’re not making informed decisions based on data or news, we’re gambling. And it’s this luck-based aspect that takes away the very little hope we had for this strategy.
This strategy might work for traders in a market that is showing promising growth and no sign of stopping. But when you’re crash gambling, you never know when that winning streak is going to end.
This brings us to the three main negatives of the Anti-Martingale strategy:
- By doubling your bets upon every win, you risk losing it all when you eventually lose.
- To keep this strategy running, you’ll need an astonishingly high bankroll.
- Make sure you check the maximum bet limits before trying this strategy.
The majority of gamblers that use this strategy eventually “blow up” their account by placing ridiculously high bets that can go south at any given moment.
As we just said, you also need to be mindful of the maximum bet limits of the game when doing this. If you max out the game limit, you’re unable to continue playing with this strategy.
So, should you use the Anti-Martingale strategy? Probably not.
Sure, this strategy might be profitable in the short term. But the small losses alone will make sure you eventually empty out your bankroll and lose it all (bankroll management is a real struggle with the reverse martingale). The same conclusion can be found in Daniel Oehm’s in-depth research on Martingale strategies.
If you happen to win big with the Anti-Martingale strategy, grab your money and run with it because it’s not going to last long.
Pros and Cons of the Anti-Martingale Strategy
If you’ve read everything up to this point, you probably know there are going to be a lot more cons than pros to this strategy. However, to make things a bit more clear, we’re serving you with a compact list of pros and cons of this strategy.
Here’s what we like about the Reverse Martingale strategy:
✅ It teaches novice crash gamblers about betting automation and strategic thinking
✅ There is some potential for serious short-term profits (with big risk)
And here’s what we don’t like:
❌ The strategy simply does not work in the long-term
❌ Short-term profits give you false hope
❌ You need a large bankroll to keep this strategy going
❌ External factors such as betting limits may impact the strategy
Final Thoughts
Is the Anti-Martingale strategy something you should write home about? Nope, most certainly not. But it is fun to experiment with it? Sure, we had a blast! But it’s certainly not for the fainthearted.
The Reverse Martingale strategy is a real rollercoaster of a strategy, one moment you’re up, the next your deep in the red.
If you want to experience this kind of thrill or try numerous other crash gambling strategies, we recommend you do so with BC.Game’s outstanding original crash game.
We’ll see you there, gamble responsibly and have fun!
Frequently Asked Questions
No, the Anti-Martingale strategy is not a strategy we would recommend for crash gambling. This strategy is better in areas where you can influence the outcome of your bets with your knowledge, such as stock or crypto trading.
With luck-based casino games such as crash, you should avoid using the Anti-Martingale betting strategy.
No amount of improvements can help you turn the Anti-Martingale strategy into a profit machine. However, you can play around with the cash-out multipliers and bet amounts to mitigate your risk levels and increase your chances of turning a short-term profit.
If you do so, make sure you tell us all about your experiments so we can try them as well!
Yes, you can turn a short-term profit with the Anti-Martingale strategy, but this strategy is not profitable in the long term. This has been proven many times before, and it’s something that is widely accepted.
