mgale: generate Martingale progressions

M. J. Shannon mjs at s4mjs.UUCP
Sat Jan 5 11:45:18 AEST 1991


Submitted-by: mjs at s4mjs.uucp
Archive-name: mgale/part01

#!/bin/sh
# This is mgale, a shell archive (shar 3.32)
# made 01/05/1991 00:40 UTC by mjs at s4mjs
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#   1102 -rw-r--r-- README
#   1463 -rw-r--r-- mgale.c
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# ============= README ==============
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	echo "File already exists: skipping 'README'"
else
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sed 's/^X//' << 'SHAR_EOF' > README &&
Xmgale is a program to compute `sensible' Martingale betting
Xprogressions.  It permits specifying:
X
X	minimum bet	(-b)
X	bet increment	(-i)
X	maximum bet	(-m)
X	payoff odds	(-o)
X	stake		(-s)
X	minimum win	(-w)
X
Xall on the command line.  I use it when I play roulette to generate any
Xnumber of progressions tuned how I wish to play.  Most often, the
Xvariation I play by is generated by something like:
X
X	mgale -b15 -i15 -m300 -o11 -s1000 -w0
X
Xwhich defines a table with a $5 minimum and $100 maximum, where I will
Xplay 3 different numbers straight up with my stake of $1000, and I'll
Xaccept a win that will only cover the bets made in that sequence.
X
XFor more information on Martingale systems, consult any useful book on
Xgambling, particularly one that covers roulette.
X
XI don't recommend using such a system unless you have some method of
Xpicking winning numbers that does better than random (or if you find a
Xwheel that's unbalanced in such a way that sitting on a set of numbers
Xwill do the same).
X
XIt is interesting to see betting sequences with a negative minimum win.
X
XBet with their money, not yours!
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chmod 0644 README ||
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set `wc -c README`;Wc_c=$1
if test "$Wc_c" != "1102"; then
	echo original size 1102, current size $Wc_c
fi
fi
# ============= mgale.c ==============
if test X"$1" != X"-c" -a -f 'mgale.c'; then
	echo "File already exists: skipping 'mgale.c'"
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echo "x - extracting mgale.c (Text)"
sed 's/^X//' << 'SHAR_EOF' > mgale.c &&
X#include	<stdio.h>
X
Xint OPT_b; int OPT_i; int OPT_o; int OPT_m; int OPT_s; int OPT_w;
Xchar use_mess[] = "-b{et} -i{ncrement} -m{ax bet} -o{dds} -s{take} -w{in}";
X
Xint
Xmain(argc, argv)
Xint argc;
Xchar** argv;
X{
X	int betnum; int bet; int down = 0; int profit; int c;
X	extern char* optarg;
X
X	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "b:i:m:o:s:w:")) != EOF)
X	{
X		switch (c)
X		{
X		case 'b':	OPT_b = atoi(optarg); break;
X		case 'i':	OPT_i = atoi(optarg); break;
X		case 'm':	OPT_m = atoi(optarg); break;
X		case 'o':	OPT_o = atoi(optarg); break;
X		case 's':	OPT_s = atoi(optarg); break;
X		case 'w':	OPT_w = atoi(optarg); break;
X		default: case '?':
X			fprintf(stderr, "%s: Usage: %s %s\n",
X				argv[0], argv[0], use_mess);
X			return 2;
X		}
X	}
X	if (OPT_b <= 0) OPT_b = 1;
X	if (OPT_i <= 0) OPT_i = 1;
X	if (OPT_m <= 0) OPT_m = 100;
X	if (OPT_o <= 0) OPT_o = 11;
X	if (OPT_s <= 0) OPT_s = 100;
X
X	printf("Stake:       %d\n", OPT_s);
X	printf("Min bet:     %d\n", OPT_b);
X	printf("Bet incr:    %d\n", OPT_i);
X	printf("Bet pays:    %d\n", OPT_o);
X	printf("Max bet:     %d\n", OPT_m);
X	printf("Min profit:  %d\n\n", OPT_w);
X	printf("#    Bet  Down  Prof   Avg\n");
X	for (betnum = 1, bet = OPT_b, down = bet, c = 0;
X		bet <= OPT_m && down < OPT_s; ++betnum)
X	{
X		profit = (bet * (OPT_o + 1)) - down;
X		c += profit;
X		printf("%2d %5d %5d %5d %5d\n",
X			betnum, bet, down, profit, c / betnum);
X		while ((bet * (OPT_o + 1)) < (down + bet + OPT_w))
X			bet += OPT_i;
X		down += bet;
X	}
X	return 0;
X}
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$TOUCH -am 0104192191 mgale.c &&
chmod 0644 mgale.c ||
echo "restore of mgale.c failed"
set `wc -c mgale.c`;Wc_c=$1
if test "$Wc_c" != "1463"; then
	echo original size 1463, current size $Wc_c
fi
fi
exit 0
-- 
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