Bets for Roulette · Even-money bet · passe/manque · 7 min

High / Low Bet for Roulette

1–18 (low, manque) or 19–36 (high, passe), na im be dis bet.

Short answer

E dey pay 1:1, probabilitymathsProbabilityDi chance of one outcome, from 0 to 1 or from 0% to 100%. One number: 1/37 = 2.70%.Read di whole tin → 48.65%.

e cover
18 / 37
probability
48.65%
e dey pay
1:1
SD for every $1
1.00
For di table · 18 numbers
For di wheel
0321519421225173462713361130823105241633120143192218297281235326

Where to put am

Di “1–18” and “19–36” boxes for di two ends of di outside row. For French layoutequipmentLayoutDi betting grid wey dem print for di table. Dem also dey call am: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole tin → dem dey read manque (“e miss”: di ballequipmentBallDi small ball wey dem dey throw for di track against di rotor. Modern balls na ivorine or Teflon, 18–21 mm.Read di whole tin → no pass 18) and passe (“e pass”: e pass). Each one must reach di table minimum.

Where di ball dey go for high% of di spins
dis bet win
48.65%
anoda number
48.65%
zero
2.70%
% of di spins
024.3248.65%

Table Limits for RouletteFrench Roulette

Roulette odds and payout for 1–18 and 19–36

Di same as redbetRedEven-money bet on di 18 red numbers. For French: rouge.Read di whole tin →/blackbetBlackEven-money bet for di 18 black numbers. For French: noir.Read di whole tin → and odd/even: fair odds 1.056 to 1, di table dey pay 1, edge 2.70%, or 1.35% with la partageruleLa partageFrench rule: when zero come out, dem go return half of even-money stake. E dey cut di house edge for dose bets into half, to 1.35%.Read di whole tin →.

$10 × 100 spinshigh
probability for each spin48.65%
expected wins for 100 spins48.6
expected result−$27.03
standard deviation$100
p(no win for 100 spins)0.000000%
di longest normal losing run7 spins
Di same expected loss as every oda bet. Na di spread you dey choose.

La Partage Rule for Roulette

For di wheel

High and low numbers dey follow each oda round di rim almost perfectly, so dis bet no dey cover any sectorwheelSectorPockets wey follow each oda for one arc of di wheel, no be group for di layout.Read di whole tin →; na pure group for di layout. If you look di order from zerowheelZeroDi one green pocket wey no even-money, dozen or column bet dey cover; na im be di source of di house edge. Dem also dey call am: single zero, 0.Read di whole tin →: 32 (high), 15 (low), 19 (high), 4 (low), 21 (high), 2 (low) and so on.

High and low numbers dey follow each oda almost perfectly round di rim, so di bet no dey cover any sector.

Payout of roulette 19–36 for 37 spins

At $10 every spin, bet on 19–36 dey win 18 times for 37 average spins (+$180), e dey lose to di eighteen low numbers (−$180) and e dey lose to zero one time (−$10): −$10 for $370 wey you stake. For double-zero wheel, di two zeros dey cost $20 for $380, 5.26%. Zero small pass 1, but e still dey lose for di low bet: di box tok 1–18.

Combinations

High plus di third dozenbetDozen1–12, 13–24 or 25–36, e dey pay 2:1.Read di whole tin → dey share all di twelve numbers of 25–36, so e be weighted bet on 19–36 with di top dozen wey dem cover two times. Low plus red dey share nine numbers. No one of dis combinations dey change di expected valuemathsExpected valueDi average result for each bet for di long run. −1/37 of di stake for every standard European bet.Read di whole tin →; each part na 2.70% by imself.

Wetin dey inside each half

Each half get nine red and nine black numbers, and nine odd and nine even. Di red numbers na 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16 and 18 for di low half and 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34 and 36 for di high half. Low na di first dozen and half of di second; high na di oda half of di second and di third. No smaller bet dey cover 1–18 cheaper: dozen dey pay 2 to 1 for twelve numbers, six linebetSix lineSix numbers for two rows wey dey near each oda, e dey pay 5:1. For French: sixain.Read di whole tin → dey pay 5 to 1 for six, and each one dey cost di same 2.70%.

French rules

With la partage, half of manque or passe bet go come back when zero land, and di cost go fall to 1.35%. With en prisonruleEn prisonFrench rule: when zero come out, dem go hold even-money bet for di next spin instead make e lose. E dey cut di house edge for dose bets into half.Read di whole tin →, dem go hold di bet for one more spin instead: if e win, dem go return am without winnings, and if e lose, dem go take am.

Questions wey pipo dey ask

Why dem dey call low “manque”?

Di ball fall short, e “miss” to pass 18. Passe mean sey e pass.

Roulette 19–36 payout dey more likely late for di session?

No. Every spin na 18/37 for any of di two halves.

Small laugh

1–18 or 19–36. Di same bet as red, different box.

1–18 or 19–36. Di same bet as red, different box.

Sources

  1. Ethier, S. N. The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling. Springer, 2010. Chapter 13, roulette.
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