How much cash C would I need to have probability P of succeeding? Let's say I'm betting on a 37 number roulette wheel (18 red 18 black and one green 0)?' Is it possible to generalize this? I want to win W dollars at which point I will quit. To take an extreme example if you had $1000 you could reasonably expect to be up $1 at some point. 'Obviously in roulette betting on in the long run you are going to lose your money but at some point chances are you'll be in profit. This question was posted in mathematical newsgroups (, , ): 'Winning and Quitting on Red/Black in Roulette'. To Be Ahead and Leave the Casino as a Winner By Ion Saliu, Founder of Roulette Mathematics Probability, Odds to Win at Roulette in N Number of Spins ~ Roulette: Odds, Number of Spins to Quit as Winner, Payouts
