Roulette with Many Wheels
One bet, reach eight European wheels wey dey spin at di same time.
For multi-wheel roulette, each wheel dey settle your bet by imself with European odds, so di house edge for each wheel na 2.70%. To bet eight wheels na eight bets; expected loss go grow di same way.
How you go take play multi-wheel roulette
You go put one layoutequipmentLayoutDi betting grid wey dem print for di table. Dem also dey call am: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole tin → bet; dem go copy am to each wheel wey dey active. $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 → for redbetRedEven-money bet on di 18 red numbers. For French: rouge.Read di whole tin → across six wheels dey cost $6 and dem dey pay am by wheel: each wheel wey land red dey pay $1, each one wey land blackbetBlackEven-money bet for di 18 black numbers. For French: noir.Read di whole tin → or 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 → dey lose $1. Di wheels na separate RNG draws (or, once in a while, separate physical wheels).
Wetin dey change
VariancemathsVarianceOne measure of how wide di results dey spread around di expected value. E high for straight up, e low for even-money bets.Read di whole tin → for each round dey drop becos di results dey average across di wheels: six reds or six blacks dey rare, three or four dey common. TurnovermoniTurnoverDi total moni wey you bet for one session or one period, including winnings wey you bet again. Dem also dey call am: handle, action.Read di whole tin → for each round dey rise by di same factor. So expected lossmathsExpected lossExpected value times di total moni wey you bet; di average amount wey you go lose for one session or one period.Read di whole tin → for one hour dey multiply by di number of wheels for di same chip size. Player wey want six times di action for di same cost suppose divide di chip by six.
Where you go find am
For RNG lobbies, as novelty format. Few live studios don run multi-wheel tables with plenty physical wheels for di camera. E no common for casino floors becos of space, as you fit imagine.
Two rings, one ball: di Double Action
Di Double Action Roulette of TCS John Huxley, wey dem show for 2012 and wey dem deal for di M casino for Las Vegas, get two rings of numbers wey dey turn separately, so one 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 → dey give two results. Bet for one ring na normal roulette. Bet for both rings, red for di outer and red for di inner, na two spins inside one and e dey pay 3 to 1. E dey cost 5.33% for single-zero wheel and 10.25% for double-zero one, di price of two spins. DozenbetDozen1–12, 13–24 or 25–36, e dey pay 2:1.Read di whole tin → for both rings dey pay 8 to 1 for di same price. Di same number for both rings dey pay 1,200 to 1; for single-zero wheel di odds na 1,368 to 1, and di bet dey cost 12.27%. Bollman (2024) report sey di M pay 18 of dese 1,200 to 1 wins for di first month of di trial. Di idea old pass how e look: Epstein (2013) record one Double Roulette for Monte Carlo for 1936, two wheels wey share one centre with two balls, wey no last.
Three balls, three numbers: di Roulette Express
Di online Roulette Express of Gamesys dey drop three balls for one single-zero wheel, always inside three different pocketsequipmentPocketOne of di 37 small boxes wey get number for di rotor. Dem also dey call am: slot, cup.Read di whole tin →. Bet wey you spread across di three balls na normal roulette for 2.70%. Express bet need all di three. Since no number dey repeat, 7,770 possible sets of three dey, and di counts dey come from combinations: 816 sets na all red, 220 na all inside one columnbetColumnTwelve numbers for one column of di layout wey stand from up to down, e dey pay 2:1.Read di whole tin →. Three reds dey pay 8 to 1 and dey cost 5.48%; three inside one column dey pay 33 to 1 and dey cost 3.73%. One “No House EdgemathsHouse edgeDi part of each stake wey di casino dey keep for average: 2.70% for European roulette.Read di whole tin →” version dey pay di fair price and e dey take 10% of di net winnings of one session instead.
Who e fit
Players wey like smoother results and more tins wey dey happen for each round. Na roulette wey dem turn di variance down and turn di turnover up, wey be di opposite of wetin most system players want and exactly wetin casino like.
Questions wey pipo dey ask
Yes, dem no dey depend. Each one na separate draw. If dem dey connect, di certification go fail.
Usually no; dem dey copy di bet. Some versions dey allow you choose which wheels go dey active.
Small laugh
One chip, eight wheels, eight times di turnover.
Sources
- Wizard of Odds. “Double Action Roulette” and “Roulette Express.”
- Bollman, M. Basic Gambling Mathematics: The Numbers Behind the Neon, 2nd ed.
- Epstein, R. A. The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic, 2nd ed.