The James Bond Roulette Strategy

The wheel is spinning, the croupier is announcing bets and numbers, people are shouting and flailing their arms, somewhere in the back glasses just shattered and your bankroll is getting slimmer and slimmer - roulette can be too much sometimes. If this sounds too close for comfort or if such a scenario played out in your head before and keeps you from trying out an absolute casino classic, then we suggest you take a look at our roulette strategy primer first. Afterwards, you can also read up on good stuff like the Martingale system and once you learned all about that you might be ready for another chapter in our guide to roulette strategy: the James Bond roulette strategy.

The James Bond Roulette Strategy

You heard of James Bond of course. The most famous spy in the world. The literal personification of an oxymoron. Endlessly appealing to readers' and viewers' fantasies, endlessly lucrative for Hollywood and now, hopefully, also seemingly endlessly inspiring for you whenever you sit down at a roulette table. At its core, the James Bond system relies on the same wager every time while never betting on a few selected numbers. Contrary to systems like the Fibonacci strategy or other known roulette system, your stake will stay the same no matter what. But is the name James Bond enough to keep you betting the same way throughout your roulette sessions? Let us take a look!

The James Bond system in action

Usually more keen on playing Baccarat than roulette or Poker, James Bond will still carry you from spin to spin, be it land-based casinos or online at a live table session. While roulette is and always will be a game of chance, this and other roulette systems aim to serve as a starting point for players new to the game and a guideline for both novice and intermediate players alike. How to get the most out of your bankroll, that is how to get the most bets out of your available funds while still enjoying yourself is a key aspect after all. And what could be more Bond than simply enjoying oneself throughout?

Starting with the James Bond system at roulette means dividing up your bankroll, or part of your bankroll, into 20 equal wagers. The James Bond system will have you wager on both numbers as well as segments. Now you will proceed to cover almost all possible outcomes with each spin of the roulette wheel. This means betting a fraction of your wager, or bankroll, on all possible odds, even numbers, segments and sections. With one exception: You do not bet on numbers 1 - 12. At all. If there is any lesson to be taken from this, then it's that James Bond does not bet on numbers 1 - 12. What's set in stone for an agent should be a solid guideline for you to follow, especially when you find yourself in a casino not knowing what to do!

The James Bond roulette strategy is usually applied to European roulette. With 37 numbers pockets o the wheel your wager should be split as follows:

• 14 units on the 19 - 36 bet (odds of 1 to 1)

• 5 units on 13-14-15-16-17-18 (line bet; odds of 5 to 1)

• 1 unit on 0 (inside bet; odds of 35 to 1)

So what would these splits mean? Let us work through every bet first, assuming £1 per unit. The greatest part of your stake are bet on the outside bet, paying less but the upside of betting like this means it's more likely to happen. On the other end of this we have the single number bet with the odds of 35 to 1. Which is why we only wager a small portion of our stake on this.

If any numbers on the group bet would come up you would be up £14 already, with the line bet and 0 bet losing out. Still, up £8 in total!

If the ball had landed on a 14, we would be winning £25. Subtract our losses and we still up £10!

A 0 would result in us winning £35. Even after subtracting our other wagers we would walk out of the casino with £16 in profit.

Following this table illustrates how Bond would help us out over the course of 8 spins. Even though we only won something 5 times, we are still up by £20. You will also note how we increased our wager every time we lost - in true Bond fashion we doubled down after losing to recoup our losses better. This strategy is similar to another roulette strategy like the Fibonacci system for example.

Advantages of the James Bond system

To make it short, the James Bond strategy shines by having you bet on a lot of outcomes. An entire line bet, a group bet and a single digit bet to increase your chances at leaving the roulette table happy. Should you maintain your initial wager over the course of your bankroll, then you should be breaking even - if not coming out ahead by a small margin - most of the time. Again, keep in mind that Roulette is a game of chance after all!

A disadvantage of this James Bond variant really starts to show once you apply the double-down aspect of other roulette systems to it.  A few unlucky spins of the roulette wheel later, and you are suddenly looking at a big downturn that could prove difficult to recoup from.

Another fact which we always emphasize at this stage is the house edge. In Roulette, no matter which casino you are in, no matter whether it's European roulette or American roulette (twice the house edge!), it will always be there and mess with your roulette games. As alluring a strategy consisting of waltzing right up to the roulette table like Bond, waving your eyebrows at everybody in the casino and following this roulette strategy may sound, we tend to recommend other strategies to players. Especially if you are new to roulette. Due to house edge, the random nature of roulette and the potential for big swings we suggest you take a look at for example the Martingale system.