Mr Magic - thanks for your comments - glad to see at least one person understands what I am saying!

EI - I thought I had covered that point - it does not matter if you get a good dividend on the 3rd or 4th bet - in the long run this will even out (yes it will "kill" the even stakes system ON THAT DAY but the next day when you get a good div on one of your 1st bets and a poor div on the 3rd or 4th bet then the even stakes system will be better - it is all the same IN THE LONG RUN). If your long term average for your 18 unit bets is $1.83 then the fact you get a $5 div one day is balanced by all the 1.20 and 1.30 divs which bring your average back to the 1.83. As per my post there is no difference between the $1.80-$1.90 sequence of dividends and the $1.00-$5.00 sequence, they both average the same amount.