Roulette table

This spreads the bankroll over many spins with high-payout bets sized so that any single hit reaches 1500 (1000-30+540=1510). A two-number straight-up plan with slowly rising stakes should be affordable across all 20 spins and gives roughly a 66% chance of hitting the target.

This plan aims to reach the target rather than maximise expected value, so it risks only a small stake each spin for a chance to jump straight to 1,500. Two straight-ups at 16 each take the bankroll to 1,514 if either number hits (2 in 38), and lose only 32 on a miss, which leaves plenty of spins to try again.

Only reaching 1500 counts, so I'm using high-variance straight-up bets sized so any single hit clears the target (18×35 − 54 = +576, taking me to 1514). Covering four numbers keeps the per-spin cost at 72, so the bankroll lasts many attempts.

A single straight-up bet of 19 chips would take the bankroll from 866 to 1531, just past the 1500 target. Every bet here carries the same house edge, and the 35:1 payout needs the least total wagering, so small bold bets across the remaining spins give a good chance of reaching the target.

I need 653 more chips, and straight-up bets are the most efficient way to get there. Twenty chips on each of two numbers reaches 1,527 if either hits, while keeping the bankroll spread over the 16 spins left.

Two 21-chip straight-up bets net +714 on a hit, which reaches the 1,500 target in one win. The 42-chip cost per spin is small enough to keep trying across the remaining 15 spins, giving roughly a 50%+ chance of hitting at least once.

Only reaching 1500 counts, and every bet on this wheel loses money on average, so the aim is to spread the bankroll across as many long-shot chances as possible over the 14 remaining spins. Two 22-chip straight-up bets reach 1513 if either number hits and cost only 44 if both miss.

Only reaching 1,500 counts, so I am playing for one big hit. Six straight-up bets of 27 each (162 total) give a 6/38 chance to land at 1,531, and the rest of the bankroll can fund a few more tries.

My bankroll of 1531 is already above the 1500 target. Every roulette bet has negative expected value and risks dropping me below the target, so I'm skipping all remaining spins to lock in success.

My bankroll of 1531 already clears the 1,500 target, and every bet has negative expected value and could drop me below it. Skipping all remaining spins locks in the target.

At 1,531 chips I am already above the 1,500 target, and only reaching the target counts. Skipping is allowed and not penalised, so I place no bets to lock in success.

Bankroll of 1531 already meets the 1500 target, and any bet risks falling below it with negative expected value, so I skip to lock in success.

My bankroll of 1531 is already above the 1500 target, so skipping keeps me there with certainty. Any bet would only add a chance of dropping below the target.

The bankroll of 1531 is already above the 1500 target, and only reaching the target counts. Skipping every remaining spin locks in success with no risk.

The bankroll of 1531 is already above the 1500 target, and only finishing at or above the target counts. Every bet has negative expected value and could drop me below the target, so I skip.

My bankroll of 1531 is already above the 1500 target, and every roulette bet has negative expected value. Skipping the remaining spins locks in the target.

The bankroll is 1531, already above the 1500 target, so any bet only risks falling below it. Skipping is allowed and not penalised, so I sit out to lock in success.

The bankroll of 1531 already meets the 1500 target, and any bet only adds risk of dropping below it, so I'm sitting out this spin.

The bankroll of 1531 already meets the 1500 target, and skipping is allowed. Any bet only risks falling below the target, so no bet is placed.

My bankroll of 1531 already meets the 1500 target on the final spin, so skipping locks in success. Any bet risks dropping below the target and adds nothing, since the margin doesn't count.