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A martingale is a class of betting strategies that originated from and were

popular in 18th-century France. The simplest 🌧️ of these strategies was designed for a

game in which the gambler wins the stake if a coin comes up 🌧️ heads and loses if it comes

up tails. The strategy had the gambler double the bet after every loss, so 🌧️ that the