Types of Roulette · Side bets · 10 min

Side Bets with Dice and Draw

Side bets wey add second random device join di wheel: dice, cards, numbers wey dem draw, ring for inside, extra balls. Di device dey add prizes; di price still na count of results against payouts.

Short answer

Dem dey settle dis bets with di spin plus anoda tin. Roul 8 and Lucky Colour Chips dey roll three dice and dem cost 5.46%. Lucky Ball dey draw four numbers and e cost 4.05% to 6.08% according to colour. Blazing 7s dey draw three numbers and e cost 10.07%, and Richer Spin, second ring wey dey turn inside di wheel, cost 12.47%. Spread-Bet dey add two rings of numbers togeda and e cost 8.69% to 12.34% for single-zero wheel; Lucky Symbols, reel of seven symbols, cost pass 10% for every line wey dem record.

Roul 8
5.46%
Lucky Ball
4.05% go reach 6.08%
Blazing 7s
10.07%
Richer Spin
12.47%

Dice and cards for di side

Roul 8, wey dem dey play for Brussels, dey throw three dice wey get 8 for one face each: 888 for 1 when 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 → land for 8 and all di three dice show 8. At 5.46% for single-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 → wheel, e be one of di side betsbetSide betExtra bet wey you fit choose wey dem join to di main game, usually on streak, bonus event or jackpot. E dey almost always cost pass di standard bets.Read di whole tin → wey cost least for record. Jackpot StreetsbetStreetThree numbers for one row of di layout, e dey pay 11:1. For French: transversale.Read di whole tin → dey cut di payoutmoniPayoutWetin bet wey win dey return, wey dem dey quote as “X to 1” on top di stake wey dem return.Read di whole tin → of street from 11 to 1 go 5 to 1, then e dey pay 17 to 1 if one six show for two dice and 90 to 1 if two show: 5.18%, against 2.70% for plain street. Flush Roulette, from Stephen Au-Yeung, dey draw two suits every spin with suit dice or cards, and e dey pay straight upbetStraight upOne single number, e dey pay 35:1.Read di whole tin → 17, 50 or 100 to 1 as no one, one or both match your own. Di average payout wey win na 34 9/16 to 1, small short of 35, so di edge na 3.89%; to pay 51 and 101 to 1 go bring am back to 2.70%.

Suit dice and cards dey draw two suits every spin, like for Flush Roulette.

Roul 8: three dice and one lucky number

Roul 8, for di Grand Casino for Brussels, dey add three dice, each one blank except one face wey show 8 (some accounts tok sey na ∞, 8 wey lie down). Di bet dey pay “for 1” if di ball land for 8, if di dice show 8s, or both. Di top prize of 888 for 1 need di ball for 8 and all three dice for 8: chance of 1 in 7,992, wey worth 11 cents of every dollar wey you stake. Nine times out of ten, di bet no dey return anytin. Di edge na 5.46% for single-zero wheel and 6.51% for double-zero wheel, e low for side bet.

balldice wey show 8e dey pay (for 1)
for 83888
for 8288
for 818
for 804
for oda place388
for oda place22
for oda place0 or 1notin
Pay table from Bollman (2021); we calculate di edges again for here.

Lucky Colour Chips: dice for your colour

Lucky Colour ChipsmoniChipToken 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 →, for di Macau Casino Complex for Cork, Ireland, for 2022, na straight-up side bet for up to six players, each person with im own chip colour. When your number win, dem go roll three dice, each one get di six chip colours for im faces. If all three show your colour, e pay 300 to 1; all three for one oda colour, or two for your own, 70 to 1; two wey be di same oda colour 40 to 1; three different colours 22 to 1. Every win dey pay at least 22 to 1, but still di bet cost 5.46% for single-zero wheel, two times plain straight up.

All three dice show di chip colour of one player, and dat one dey pay 300 to 1.

Lucky Ball: four numbers wey dem draw

Lucky Ball na electronic single-zero game. Afta betting close, dem go draw four numbers anyhow, one each for redbetRedEven-money bet on di 18 red numbers. For French: rouge.Read di whole tin →, green, blue and yellow, and dem go pick one of di four colours for bonus. Bet on one colour dey win when di spin land for di number of dat colour, 1 time in 37, and e dey pay di bonus rate if na dat colour dem pick. For colour wey dey pay A to 1, or B to 1 with di bonus, di edge na (144 − 3A − B)/148; di exercises wey dey below show where e come from. Di pay tablemoniPay tableDi list of wetin each bet or each result dey pay. For machines and side bets, na there dem dey set di house edge.Read di whole tin → wey dey most modest, red, na di one wey cheap pass.

coloure dey paywith di bonushouse edge
red6 to 1120 to 14.05%
green12 to 1100 to 15.41%
blue20 to 175 to 16.08%
yellow25 to 160 to 16.08%
Pay table from Bollman (2021); na we calculate di edges. Plain straight up for di same wheel cost 2.70%.

Newer Lucky Ball

Di rules wey Interblock file for Washington state for 2024 describe anoda bet wey get di same name. You go pick one lucky number. Anyhow, for average once in 5 to 30 spins depending on di pay table, di ball wey dey play go become di lucky ball. Di bet dey pay small prize, from 2 to 1 reach 11 to 1, anytime di lucky ball come, and big one, from 40 to 1 reach 575 to 1, if e land for your number; na only di bigger prize dem dey pay. Di casino dey choose one of fifteen pay tables, wey dey return from 80.00% to 91.35% of wetin you stake: edge of 8.65% to 20.00%, two to five times di old red line.

Blazing 7s: dem draw three sevens

Blazing 7s, from Scientific Games, dey win when di ball land for 7, 17 or 27. Then dem go draw three numbers from di 38 wey dey di wheel, no repeat, and di prize depend on how many of di three na 7, 17 or 27: 1,000 to 1 for all three, 100 to 1 for two, 17 to 1 for one, 7 to 1 for no one. Di bet cost 10.07%. If dem allow repeat for di draw, di same prizes for cost only 4.48%: seven wey dem don draw no fit come out again, and dis one make di big prizes rare pass.

sevens inside di three wey dem drawways (out of 8,436)e dey pay
311,000 to 1
2105100 to 1
11,78517 to 1
06,5457 to 1
Di draw dey happen only afta di ball land for 7, 17 or 27, 3 spins in 38. If you count di outcomes, you go get di edges wey we tok, and dem match di figures wey dem publish.

Richer Spin: wheel inside di wheel

Richer Spin, from TCS John Huxley, dem show am for di Global Gaming Expo for 2021 and dem dey deal am for di El Cortez for Las Vegas by 2023. Ring for inside wey get 38 stops dey turn di oda way from di numbers and e dey stop when di ball stop. For di El Cortez, e get 1 gold stop, 9 silver, 4 blue, 4 purple and 20 blank. Di bet na on one number. If di ball land dia, di stop for inside go set di prize: 299 to 1 for gold, 99 to 1 for silver, 7 to 1 for blue or purple, notin for blank. Separate bets on blue or purple dey pay 7 to 1 whatever di number be.

ball for your number, stop for insidechancee dey pay
gold1 in 1,444299 to 1
silver9 in 1,44499 to 1
blue or purple8 in 1,4447 to 1
blank20 in 1,444e lose
ball for oda place37 in 38e lose
Double-zero layout for di El Cortez. Our count of all 1,444 pairs give 12.47% for di number bet and 15.79% for blue or purple.
Di ball rest for top of di only gold stop of di ring for inside, wey dey pay 299 to 1.

Four balls, one number: di Lightning Launch

Lightning Launch Roulette (Scientific Games, 2018) na video game wey get four seats and four virtual balls for double-zero wheel, one ball for each player. Di $1 Bonus bet dey go on one number and dem dey settle am for all four balls: 5 for 1 if one ball land dia, 75 for 1 for two, 1,000 for 1 for three and 10,000 for 1 for four. About one Bonus bet in ten dey win sometin, almost always di 5 for 1, wey be 4 to 1 for normal terms, against 35 to 1 for di same number with one ball. Di edge na 14.29%.

balls for your numberprobabilitye dey paye go break even for
19.72%5 for 110.3 for 1
20.39%75 for 1254 for 1
30.0071%1,000 for 114,089 for 1
40.000048%10,000 for 12,085,136 for 1
Each ball dey land for your number with probability 1/38. Di last column na di payout wey go make dat line alone return im share of di stake.

Spread-Bet: dem add two rings togeda

Spread-Bet Roulette, from Cammegh, di British company wey dey make wheels, dey show two rings of numbers for di display of di table, each one get every number of di wheel once. Dem dey turn opposite direction and dem dey stop when di dealer close betting; Cammegh tok sey no random number generator dey inside. Dem dey add di two numbers wey dem show, and e go give total from 0 to 72, with 00 wey dem count as 0. Seven bets for di layoutequipmentLayoutDi betting grid wey dem print for di table. Dem also dey call am: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole tin → each cover one range of totals. Like for two dice, di middle totals na di ones wey dey come pass: for single-zero wheel, total of 36 fit come 37 ways, 0 and 72 one way each. Di casino dey pick one of four pay tables for single-zero wheel or one of five for double-zero wheel; New Jersey approve all nine for 2017. For single-zero wheel every bet cost 8.69% to 12.34%, three to four and half times di main game.

totalways (out of 1,369)e dey payhouse edge
011,200 to 112.27%
1–117715 to 110.01%
12–1811210 to 110.01%
19–396181 to 19.72%
40–503083 to 110.01%
51–702504 to 18.69%
71–723400 to 112.13%
Di first of di four single-zero pay tables for New Jersey rules (N.J.A.C. 13:69F-5.2, 2017); one table wey dem publish give di same one. Na we count di ways and di edges. For double-zero wheel, di bets for di five tables wey dem approve run from 8.31% to 16.69%. One table wey dem publish print di first double-zero table with di ranges 40–50 and 51–71, wey for give di player edge of 92% for di second one; New Jersey rules get 40–57 and 58–71.

Lucky Symbols: reel for di display

Lucky Symbols, anoda Cammegh side bet, dey add seven symbol boxes join di layout. For each spin, slot-machine reel for di display of di table go stop for one symbol, and dem go pay di bets wey dey on top am; di game literature tok sey na di speed of di ball and di wheel dey set di symbol. Di casino dey choose both di chances and di payouts, and Cammegh dey sell di bet with tool to tune dem. One pay table wey dem record for di Casino at the Empire for London for 2014, and for Montecasino for South Africa, run from even money for Prosperity, wey dey come almost half of di time, reach 80 to 1 for Dragon and Tiger. Every line cost pass 10%, two times di 5.26% of di double-zero wheel wey dey beside am.

symbolchancee dey payhouse edge
Prosperity44.92%1 to 110.16%
Lantern, Yin Yang21.90% for each one3 to 112.40%
Coins, Fish4.54% for each one18 to 113.72%
Dragon, Tiger1.10% for each one80 to 111.01%
Chances and edges wey dem publish. Di maker no dey publish di chances and casino fit change dem, so nobody fit check dem from di rules.

Wetin dis bets show

One way to price all of dem: list di results, multiply each payout by im chance, add dem togeda.

  • Second random device, like wheel for inside or dice, dey add prizes but e no dey add fairness: di price still na di count of results against di payouts.
  • Di same bet fit carry plenty pay tables with different prices. For Lucky Ball, red na di line wey cheap pass.
  • To draw without repeat dey change di odds: Blazing 7s cost two times wetin e for cost if dem allow repeat.

Questions wey pipo dey ask

Which one for dis bets cheap pass?

Flush Roulette, at 3.89%, then Lucky Ball on red, at 4.05%. Both of dem still cost pass plain bet for di same wheel.

Pipo still dey play dem?

Richer Spin na TCS John Huxley product wey dey now, and newer Lucky Ball dey inside di 2024 rules wey Interblock get for Washington state. Spread-Bet and Lucky Symbols na Cammegh products wey dey now. Di oda ones, pipo see dem for one or two casinos each, so check well before you travel for one.

Where di figures come from?

Di rules and pay tables come from Bollman (2021) and reports wey dem publish. Na from dose tables we calculate every edge for dis page.

Play with Maths

Try dem by yourself first. Each solution dey folded; open am when you ready.

  1. Lucky Ball bet on one colour dey pay A to 1 if dem spin di number wey dem draw for dat colour, or B to 1 if dem also pick di colour for di bonus, wey dey happen one time for four. Show sey di edge na (144 − 3A − B)/148, and price redbetRedEven-money bet on di 18 red numbers. For French: rouge.Read di whole tin →, wey dey pay 6 and 120 to 1.

    Show di solution

    Answer Red dey cost 6/148 = 4.05%.

    Di number of di colour dey come out once for 37 spins. When e come, three times for four di bet dey pay A and once for four e dey pay B, average of (3A + B)/4. Di oda 36 spins out of 37 dey lose di stake.

    So 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 → na (1/37) × (3A + B)/4 − 36/37 = (3A + B − 144)/148.

    Red: 3 × 6 + 120 = 138, so −6/148 = 4.05%. Green, 12 and 100: 136, 5.41%. Blue, 20 and 75, and yellow, 25 and 60: both 135, 6.08%. Di bet go break even only when 3A + B reach 144.

Small laugh

Dice, cards or second ball: di price still na arithmetic.

Dice, cards or second ball: di price still na arithmetic.

Sources

  1. Bollman, M. Mathematics of the Big Four Casino Table Games: Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette. CRC Press, 2021. Chapter 2, wey tok about roulette.
  2. Interblock. “Roulette Game & Special Bets: Description”, version 1.2.1. Dem file am with di Washington State Gambling Commission, 2024.
  3. Wizard of Odds. “Neighborhoods”, “Richer Spin”, “Back2Back”, “Blazing 7s”, “Straights and 8’s” and “Lucky Colour Chips”. Roulette side bets; dem update am 3 August 2026.
  4. TCS John Huxley. “Richer Spin Roulette.” Di product page and di rules sheet, 2023.
  5. Wizard of Odds. “Spread-Bet Roulette” and “Lucky Symbols Roulette”. Rules and pay tables; dem update am 3 August 2026.
  6. New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. N.J.A.C. 13:69F-5.1 to 5.4, “Spread-Bet Roulette”. Di rules and pay tables, February 2017.
  7. Cammegh. “Spread-Bet Roulette” and “Lucky Symbols”. Di product pages.
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