Start with one unit on an even-money chance. Each loss adds one unit to the next bet, each win takes one away. The bet climbs slowly during a bad run and comes back down as wins arrive.
Its useful property: over a stretch where you win as many spins as you lose, you finish up by one unit per spin won. A run of losses still pushes the bets up, just far less brutally than the martingale.
What the tester shows
With 1,000 to start, a 5 base bet and 100 spins, a little over half of the sessions end in profit and about 1 in 10 runs out of money. Try it with a smaller base bet to see how the risk changes.
Test it on 2,000 sessions
Fixed layout: 14 units on 19-36, 5 on the 13-18 six line, 1 on zero.
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sessions end in profit
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sessions run out of money
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median session
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worst session
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best session
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sessions hit the table maximum
One session, spin by spin
Every session is played with the same random draw as the table above. Nothing here is an estimate.
D'Alembert strategy: questions
Why is it called D'Alembert?
It is named after the 18th-century French mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert, who believed that after a loss a win becomes more likely. That is not true, each spin is independent, but the progression stays popular for its slow pace.
Can the D'Alembert lose a lot?
Yes, during long losing phases the bet keeps climbing one unit at a time. It is slower than the martingale, not risk-free.