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🎲 Betting Strategy Simulations: What Happens to Your Money Over Time? When people hear about a “winning trading strategy” or a “high-probability setup,” they often imagine that turning a small account into a fortune is just a matter of repeating it over and over. But reality — and math — tell a very different story. In this article, I’ve simulated four classic strategies used in betting, trading, and risk-taking: 💸 All-in Strategy 💵 Fixed Bet Strategy 🔁 Martingale Strategy 📈 Kelly Criterion Strategy We’ll see how each behaves over hundreds of rounds with thousands of independent players — who goes bankrupt, who gets rich, and why. All simulation code is open-source here: GitHub – handysofts/betting-strategy-simulations 🧪 How We Ran the Experiments 👤 Number of players: 1000 🔁 Rounds per player: 300 💵 Initial balance: $100 🎲 Game: 50/50 coin flip If heads: +100% (double your bet) If tails: −60% (lose 60% of your bet) For each simu...