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How much of a betting spread should you use? This depends on many factors—the rules of the game, the number of decks in play, the penetration (shuffle point), the size of your bankroll, and what you can actually get away with in that particular casino, to name a few. This concept is so important that we will discuss it in depth in several later chapters, but the general rule of thumb is to bet very little when the house has the edge, and to bet more when you do. The bigger the difference between your low bet and your high bet, the greater your advantage over the house, and the more money you can expect to make. Without enough of a difference between your low and high bets, you may not get the edge at all because your relatively few big bets must cover the cost of all those bets you place when the house has the edge. For now, the chart below will provide a guide for the most common games.
Simplified Red Seven Betting (Units to Bet)

Running Count 1 Deck 2 Decks Shoe (4 to 8 Decks)
Negative 1 1 1 (orO)
0 2 2 2
+2 4 2 2
+4 4 3 2
+6 4 4 3
+8 4 6 4
+12 4 6 8
+ 16 4 6 8

Note that the suggested bets are in units, not dollars—in the next chapter you will find guidelines on how to size your bets according to your bankroll. The above guidelines are not to be taken as strict betting advice, and should only be used as a general rule for casual players. Serious gamblers will need to use more precise betting strategies, according to their advantage, table conditions, the need to camouflage, and so on.

In many one-deck games, a 1 to 4 spread according to the count is about as much as you can practically bet without getting booted out for card counting; in some casinos, even that spread will get you backed off the table in short order. In many shoe games, a 1 to 8 spread would barely get you over the break-even point, which is why the 0-unit bet is suggested in shoe games at negative counts. It's basically impossible to only play at positive counts in shoe games, but it's often wise to leave the table if the running count does not start moving quickly in the positive direction.

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