Correct on the abreviations.

I'm pretty limited in the services I can choose, because I don't have a credit card.

I personally use Neteller, and have had great experience with them. All transactions have been pretty fast (sometimes a casino has payed, and it's been deposited to Neteller the same day).

I'd use an online 'banking' service over a credit card -you do get the fees.

I have heard from a few people Paypal is better than Neteller, however from what I've seen more casino's support (and prefer) Neteller.

As far the progression goes...(you know mathematically they don't provide an edge...just making sure).

Basically the problem with the D'Alembert system is you will slowly go up your betting ramp (bets get larger), causing greater fluctuation. Eventually, you'll hit a negative swing that you won't recover from.

Using a 55 unit BR (up to 10th bet), will often cause you to bust on all but short sessions. So instead I use a 100-200 units BR. Now my betting ramp is much larger, and can stand a much longer losing trend.

However the fact still remains that the higher bets cause to much of a fluctuation, and as a result you don't want to have to make them. This means you want to keep the bets lower down.

To do this, just drop down 2 bets instead of 1 on BJs, SPs and DDs (It also depends where I am on the betting ramp to if or who much I drop them). Also, I set an amount of units I want to get ahead by, then reset the bet size.

From bets 1-5, drop DD, SP, & BJ wins by 1 unit, drop single bets by 1

From bets 6-13, drop DD, SP, & BJ wins by 2 units,

From bets 6-12, drop single bets by 1

Over 13, drop DD, SP, and BJs by 3

Over 12 drop single sized bets by 2

Every time you get another 10 units in front, reset the bet size to 1 unit.


Basically this all maximises my chances of surviving a losing streak. That said, most of my targets are pretty small (to match bonus amount if using a bonus, or make $100-200 without a bonus). However, I do hit about 5 of these/day, for an average of about $200 profit each (when I can use bonuses), wins just by progressions are normally about $100. Remember these are US$, so the pay is very nice (I like to average $600US/day = 1kAU.

Basically I haven't really had use for land casino's since I started playing online. The benefits are just too good to ignore; the bonuses, and low risk make it easy money.

Bonuses are getting harder to come by (have to change ID, email, accounts, ways of depositing, IP addresses, etc.

Still, I find it much more profitable than in a land casino, at considerably lower risk. I've been doing this consistenly throughout this year, and don't understand the whining of many BHers (saying the glory days are over).

One thing you have to remember is it's much better to use a progression WITH the bonus (you at least have an edge for a while), that also gives you a much larger BR at no cost to you. If just using the progession, I'll keep my target pretty low.

$100 and $200 wins may not sound like much, but don't forget I get a few of these/day, and they are US$ :wink:
I've done longer hauls before (large target), some of these flopped, but a few went on to a large win.

It's nice money for my age, hell I'm 20 and just got a Porsche.