{"id":33545,"date":"2022-10-08T17:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T22:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=33545"},"modified":"2022-11-18T04:59:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T10:59:21","slug":"reverse-labouchere-norman-leigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/reverse-labouchere-norman-leigh\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Paul Wilson On: Norman Leigh And The Reverse Labouchere System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
My main profession these days is as a filmmaker\nand while I remain fully committed to beating scams, collecting cons and\nprotecting the public, I am always working on funding that next movie,\ndocumentary or series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One story that I would love to tell has been\nfilmed before but in my opinion remains an untapped source for a brilliantly\nfunny, suspenseful adventure featuring a gang of English middle-class misfits\nbreaking the bank of an iconic European casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is what they did, how they did it, and why\nit hasn\u2019t happened since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my version of this story, Norman Leigh would\nbe straight out of an Ealing comedy casting book – a mixture of Alistair Sims,\nSir John Mills and Bill Nighy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An English gentleman with a plan to beat casinos\non the continent with a seemingly ingenious twist on an old betting strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To realize this plan, Norman placed an ad in the\nnewspaper that attracted the interest of a dozen characters who could each be\nfound in a usual suspects line-up of 1960s English society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This included an undercover policeman who believed\nthe scheme might be some kind of con or a fraud against the gambling\nestablishment but soon discovered that Norman\u2019s idea was perfectly legal and\nseemingly, a sure-fire way to beat the casinos at their own game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was so convinced that he took a leave of\nabsence and joined Norman\u2019s team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game was roulette<\/a>, and the system was the \u201cReverse Labouchere.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n First, let\u2019s start with the Labouchere system<\/a> that is relatively simple to understand but do bear with me as it can seem more complicated than it actually is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This type of system is designed for (almost)\n50\/50 type bets like red\/black on the roulette table.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s Pronounced \u201cLa-Boo-Share\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n