Sabi Roulette · Beginner · 8 min

Wetin Roulette Dey Pay

Roulette payouts dey follow one rule: 36 divide by di numbers wey di bet cover, minus one.

Short answer

Payout = 36/n − 1. One number dey pay 35:1, two dey pay 17:1, eighteen dey pay 1:1. Di formula dey pretend sey 36 pockets dey; but na 37.

rule
36/n − 1
straight up
35:1
even money
1:1
edge, for all bets
2.70%

Chart of roulette payouts

Na only seven different payoutsmoniPayoutWetin bet wey win dey return, wey dem dey quote as “X to 1” on top di stake wey dem return.Read di whole tin → dey for European roulettetype of rouletteEuropean rouletteSingle-zero wheel, 37 pockets, house edge 2.70%. Na di main model for dis site.Read di whole tin →, one for each coverage wey fit happen; di table below put di roulette odds and payouts side by side. Learn di rule and you no go ever need di table; learn di table and di rule go clear you.

numbers wey e coverbete dey paywetin fair go bewetin e short
1straight up35:136:11/37
2split17:117.5:11/37
3street11:111.33:11/37
4corner, basket8:18.25:11/37
6six line5:15.17:11/37
12dozen, column2:12.08:11/37
18red, black, odd, even, high, or low1:11.06:11/37
Fair = 37/n − 1. Wetin e short na di same for every row: 2.70% of di stake.

European Roulette

Why di edge na di same everywhere

Fair payout for bet wey cover n out of 37 pocketsequipmentPocketOne of di 37 small boxes wey get number for di rotor. Dem also dey call am: slot, cup.Read di whole tin → go be (37 − n)/n to 1. Di casino dey pay (36 − n)/n to 1. Subtract dem and di difference na exactly 1/n unitmoniUnitDi base stake wey system or player dey work with. Dem dey describe progressions in units so dat dem go fit work for any table.Read di whole tin → for every win; multiply am by di probabilitymathsProbabilityDi chance of one outcome, from 0 to 1 or from 0% to 100%. One number: 1/37 = 2.70%.Read di whole tin → to win, n/37, and wetin e short for average na 1/37 of di stake for every bet. Na why no combination of bets fit run from di edge: you dey add negative numbers togeda.

Payout compare with coveragepayout, to 1
Straight up (1/37)
35:1
Split (2/37)
17:1
Street (3/37)
11:1
Corner (4/37)
8:1
Six line (6/37)
5:1
Dozen / column (12/37)
2:1
Even money (18/37)
1:1
payout, to 1
017.5035:1
Payout = 36/n − 1. Fair go be 37/n − 1. Di unit wey miss na di house edge.

“To” versus “for”

35 to 1 mean sey $1 chipmoniChipToken wey stand for one fixed amount, wey you put on top di layout to make bet. Dem also dey call am: check.Read di whole tin → wey win go bring $35 of winnings and you go still keep di $1. 35 for 1, phrase wey dey show for some American layoutsequipmentLayoutDi betting grid wey dem print for di table. Dem also dey call am: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole tin → and slot machines, mean sey di $1 dey inside di $35, so di real payout na 34 to 1. Almost everywhere, roulette dey use “to”. If dem quote roulette table payout with “for”, di house edgemathsHouse edgeDi part of each stake wey di casino dey keep for average: 2.70% for European roulette.Read di whole tin → for dat bet high pass how e look.

How much roulette dey pay? Examples wey we work out

Ten dollars for cornerbetCornerFour numbers wey share one corner for di layout, e dey pay 8:1.Read di whole tin → wey hit: 8 × $10 = $80 of winnings, $90 come back including di stake. Ten dollars for dozenbetDozen1–12, 13–24 or 25–36, e dey pay 2:1.Read di whole tin → wey hit: $20 of winnings, $30 come back. Ten dollars for neighboursbetNeighboursOne number and di two pockets for each side of am for di wheel, five straight-up chips.Read di whole tin → bet (five $2 chips) with one hit: dat chip dey pay 35 × $2 = $70, di oda four lose $8, net +$62. Ten dollars for voisins du zéroFR · sectorVoisins du zéro“Neighbours of zero”: di seventeen numbers from 22 to 25 for di wheel, wey you bet with nine chips.Read di whole tin → (nine chips, so $1.11 each for practice, wey dem round to di table steps) dey pay between +$10 and +$16.67, depending on which pocket hit, becos di bet dey put two chips for some pockets.

  • Straight upbetStraight upOne single number, e dey pay 35:1.Read di whole tin →, $10: +$350 if e win, $360 come back.
  • SplitbetSplitTwo numbers wey dey near each oda, e dey pay 17:1.Read di whole tin →, $10: +$170.
  • StreetbetStreetThree numbers for one row of di layout, e dey pay 11:1. For French: transversale.Read di whole tin →, $10: +$110.
  • Corner, $10: +$80.
  • Six linebetSix lineSix numbers for two rows wey dey near each oda, e dey pay 5:1. For French: sixain.Read di whole tin →, $10: +$50.
  • Dozen or columnbetColumnTwelve numbers for one column of di layout wey stand from up to down, e dey pay 2:1.Read di whole tin →, $10: +$20.
  • Even money, $10: +$10.

Neighbours Bet for RouletteVoisins du Zéro Bet for Roulette

Wetin roulette dey pay for plenty bets at once?

Dem dey settle each bet by imself and then add dem togeda. $5 for redbetRedEven-money bet on di 18 red numbers. For French: rouge.Read di whole tin →, $5 for blackbetBlackEven-money bet for di 18 black numbers. For French: noir.Read di whole tin → and $1 for 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 →: for any red or black number you win $5 and lose $5, net −$1 (di zero chip). For zero you lose $10 and win $35, net +$25. 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 → still na −2.70% of di $11 wey you stake, about −$0.30 for every spin, becos each part na −2.70% by imself.

How dem dey round for di table

For casino, dem dey pay roulette table payouts with chip values, so dem dey round odd stakes for call betstableCall betBet wey you announce give di dealer instead of to put am with your hand, usually bet on one sector of di wheel like voisins or tiers. Dem also dey call am “announced bet”.Read di whole tin →. Online tables dey pay reach di last cent. Where di rounding go against di player (for example, $0.333 chip wey dem pay as $0.33), di effect na small part of one percent of small part of your stake, and we put am here only becos pipo dey ask.

Expected Value for Call Bets

Why na 36

36 fit divide by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 36, so every standard roulette payout na whole number. Biribi, one Italian game wey come before roulette, get 70 numbers and e dey pay back 64 for 1 for one of dem; payout rule wey build on 64 dey divide clean for 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 numbers but no be for 3, 5 or 6, so plenty bets for need rounding. Two bets wey no common dey follow di same 36/n − 1 rule like di rest: di double column, wey cover 24 numbers and dey pay ½ to 1 ($10 wey win dey pay $5), and 9-number bet for 3 to 1, wey some electronic and card games dey offer. For single-zero wheel, both dey cost 2.70%, like everytin else.

Biribi, one game wey come before roulette: di banker dey draw from bag over di board.

Who Invent Roulette? Where Roulette Come From

Formula

payout = 36/n − 1
fair = 37/n − 1
EV for every unit = (n/37)(36/n − 1) − (37 − n)/37 = −1/37

Questions wey pipo dey ask

Straight up for zero dey pay less?

No. Zero na pocket like any oda one: 35 to 1.

Bet dey wey dey pay pass 35 to 1?

No, for standard European table. Game-show types dey add multipliers, and dem dey pay for am by cutting di base payout to 29 to 1.

Why di basket dey pay 8 to 1 and di American five-number bet dey pay 6 to 1?

Di European basketbetBasketFor single-zero wheel: 0, 1, 2, 3 with one chip, e dey pay 8:1. Dem also dey call am: first four, quatre premiers.Read di whole tin → dey cover 4 out of 37 and e follow di formula. Di American 0-00-1-2-3 dey cover 5 out of 38, and 36/5 − 1 na 6.2, wey dem round down to 6: edge of 7.89%, di worst standard bet for roulette.

Small laugh

36/n − 1. Na di one dey do all di work.

36/n − 1. Na di one dey do all di work.

Sources

  1. Ethier, S. N. The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling. Springer, 2010. Chapter 13, roulette.
  2. Epstein, R. A. The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic, 2nd ed. Academic Press, 2013.
  3. Bollman, M. Mathematics of the Big Four Casino Table Games: Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette. CRC Press, 2021. Chapter 2, roulette.
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