Side Bets on Streaks
Side bets wey dem dey settle over two or more spins: run of prime numbers, of one colour, of new colours or of greens, di same number two times, football game. Dem dey price each one from im own pay table.
Streak bet dey win only when plenty spins one afta di oda go im way, so most of di time e dey lose sharp sharp and e need big prizes to cover am. Prime Time dey cost 7.22%, and Roulette Rage 17.00% for im minimum pay table. Touchdown Roulette dey cost 9.00%, Rainbow 11.37%, Back2Back 16.83%, Straights and 8’s 5.47% reach 8.61%, and 2G’$ of Caesars 22.16%, eight times wetin e cost when e first dey pay 350 to 1.
Di streak bets: Prime Time and Roulette Rage
Prime Time dey pay by how many prime numbersmathsPrime numberWhole number wey pass 1 wey only 1 and imself fit divide exactly: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 and so on.Read di whole tin → land one afta di oda (eleven of di 36 numbers na prime): 1 to 1 for one, e go rise reach 299 to 1 for seven. Im edge na 7.22%. Roulette Rage, wey dem approve for UK casinos and for Mississippi, dey pay for run of one colour, wey dem dey count from di spin afta di colour change. Im minimum 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 dem approve dey run from 5 to 1 for four one afta di oda reach 2,000 to 1 for fourteen, and e dey cost 17.00%. One alternative wey dem approve dey pay 6, 10, 20 and 30 to 1 for runs of four reach seven, and e dey bring di edge down to 4.61%. Na for short runs 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 → dey: table wey dey generous for long runs and stingy for short ones na 17% bet with 2,000-to-1 headline.
Rainbow: run of new colours
Di Rainbow bet of INAG replace im Riverboat Roulette for 2015. Each row of three for di layoutequipmentLayoutDi betting grid wey dem print for di table. Dem also dey call am: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole tin → dey get second colour, wey dem show as ring round di number: blue 1–3, pink 4–6, purple 10–12, teal 13–15, lime 19–21, orange 22–24, yellow 28–30 and brown 31–33, with di oda four rows for white. Di bet na sey three or more different colours go land one afta di oda before white number, 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 → or colour wey repeat. Fourteen pocketsequipmentPocketOne of di 37 small boxes wey get number for di rotor. Dem also dey call am: slot, cup.Read di whole tin → dey end run sharp sharp, and every new colour dey leave fewer ways to continue: by di eighth colour, only 3 pockets out of 38 go continue am. Dem dey collect di stakes first and di pay table na “for 1”.
Touchdown Roulette: football game inside four spins
Interblock install di first Touchdown Roulette for di Borgata for Atlantic City for June 2013, as side betbetSide 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 → for electronic double-zero game. Di bet dey lose sharp sharp unless di next spin na 0 or 00, wey dey happen 2 spins out of 38. Then football game go start. You go take di redbetRedEven-money bet on di 18 red numbers. For French: rouge.Read di whole tin → team or di blackbetBlackEven-money bet for di 18 black numbers. For French: noir.Read di whole tin → one, and each of di next four spins dey move di football from di middle of di field go di end of di colour wey land. Normal roulette dey continue for dat time, and dem no dey take new Touchdown bets until di game finish.
Where di ball dey stop
Afta four plays, 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 → depend on where di football dey. Touchdown need 50 net yards for your colour: four plays of 15 yards, three 15s and one 5 or 10, or two 15s and two 10s. Dat na 2,511 chances out of 2,085,136, about 1 game out of 830. Some spots no fit happen at all: no four plays fit leave di football for 6-yard line. Game wey end for di middle of di field dey pay both teams 5 to 1, and dem dey pay di team wey finish behind even money, so every bet wey reach di game dey win sometin, 16.29 unitsmoniUnitDi 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 unit for average. E no reach. With 36 instant losses out of 38, di bet dey cost 9.00%. One European version dey start di game for 0 or for number wey repeat di spin before am, so e too dey lose sharp sharp about 35 spins out of 37. By our count of every game for single-zero wheel, e dey cost about 4.8%, half of di double-zero price.
2G’$: from 2.77% reach 22.16%
Caesars Entertainment dey sell 2G’$ as “Roulette’s Best Bet”: green for two spins one afta di oda. E first show for 2020 for di Gold Coast, wey no dey di Strip, and e dey pay 350 to 1 for double-zero tables. Two greens one afta di oda for 38 pockets na chance of 1 in 361, so for 350 to 1 e cost 2.77%, e cheap pass any oda bet for di table. For 2025, for di Las Vegas casinos of Caesars, e dey pay 280 to 1, wey dey cost 22.16%, and 130 to 1 for triple-zero tables, 22.49%. Di name still na di same; di price go up eight times.
2G’$: one bet, plenty prices
Di rules of Nevada for 2G’$ dey show how casino dey pick im price. Dem dey settle di bet over one or two spins: if di first one no be green, e go lose sharp sharp, and if e be green, di next spin go decide. Di rules approve nine pay tables for double-zero wheels, from 270 to 1 reach 350 to 1 by steps of 10, and thirteen for single-zero wheels, from 1,050 to 1 reach 1,350 to 1 by steps of 25. For single-zero wheel, two greens one afta di oda dey come one time for 1,369 bets, so even di best table, 1,350 to 1, dey keep 1.31%, half of di 2.70% of di main bets, while di worst dey keep 23.23%. Each step of 25 dey move di edge by 1.83 points, and each step of 10 for double-zero wheel by 2.77. Di bet dey look di same for di layout for every price; na only di sign for di table dey tell you which one you dey play.
Back2Back: di same number two times
Back2Back, wey pipo see for di Atlantis for Reno for 2019, na bet sey di next two spins go both land for your number. E dey pay 1,200 to 1. For double-zero wheel, di chance na 1 in 38 × 38 = 1,444, so di bet dey cost 16.83%. Di plain layout dey do better. Put $1 for di number, and if e win, allow di $36 ride for di next spin. Two hits one afta di oda go then bring back $1,296, payout of 1,295 to 1, and di whole run dey cost 10.25%, di price of two normal spins. Di side bet dey sell di same tin for less. 2G’$, wey dey bet on two greens one afta di oda, dey work di same way.
Straights and 8’s: e dey use three spins
Straights and 8’s, from Aces Up Gaming, dem deal am for Colorado casinos from 2017. Dem dey settle am over di next three spins and e dey pay only di best result: 8, 18 and 28 for any order; three numbers wey follow each oda for any order; three numbers wey end with 8 with one repeat; or, from di first two spins alone, two numbers wey follow each oda, two wey end with 8, or two wey dey two apart. 0 or 00 for any of di first two spins dey lose. Four pay tables dey, for single- and double-zero wheels.
Wetin di working dey show
We price each bet for dis page di same way: list di results, multiply each one by im chance, add dem.
- Bet wey dey lose sharp sharp most of di time need very big prizes to break even. Touchdown dey pay sometin for every game wey e reach and e still dey cost 9%.
- When di top prize na di only prize, like for 2G’$, to cut am dey move di price far: from 350 to 280 to 1 multiply di cost by eight.
- Before you buy run of wins as side bet, price di one wey you fit make by yourself: to allow straight upbetStraight upOne single number, e dey pay 35:1.Read di whole tin → ride dey beat Back2Back.
- Check whether pay table tok “to 1” or “for 1” before you compare am with anoda one.
Questions wey pipo dey ask
Roulette Rage for im alternative pay table, for 4.61%, then Straights and 8’s for im best pay table, for 5.47%. Both still dey cost pass plain bet for di same wheel.
Dem dey offer 2G’$ for di Las Vegas casinos of Caesars for 2025. Touchdown and Rainbow na from di 2010s and e don hard to find dem now. Pipo see Back2Back and Straights and 8’s between 2017 and 2019 for one or two casinos each.
Di pay tables na from Bollman (2021), reports wey dem publish and, for 2G’$, one 2025 report. We calculate every edge for dis page from dose tables.
Play with Maths
Try dem by yourself first. Each solution dey folded; open am when you ready.
Prime Time dey pay based on how many prime numbersmathsPrime numberWhole number wey pass 1 wey only 1 and imself fit divide exactly: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 and so on.Read di whole tin → come out one afta di oda for double-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: 1 to 1 for one, then 3, 6, 10, 20 and 50 to 1, and 299 to 1 for seven. Im edge na 7.22%. Wetin di top prize suppose be make di bet cost 5.26%, like di rest of di layoutequipmentLayoutDi betting grid wey dem print for di table. Dem also dey call am: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole tin →?
Show di solution
Answer About 414 to 1. Fair bet go need about 723 to 1.
Eleven out of di 38 pocketsequipmentPocketOne of di 37 small boxes wey get number for di rotor. Dem also dey call am: slot, cup.Read di whole tin → na prime, so seven one afta di oda get chance of (11/38)⁷, about 1 for 5,871. Every extra 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 di top prize dey add 1/5,871 of one unit to 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 → of di bet.
To move from 7.22% go 5.26%, di bet need about 1.96 cents more for each dollar: 0.0196 × 5,871 ≈ 115 units, so 299 + 115 = 414 to 1. To reach fair gamemathsFair gameGame where no side get edge: every bet get expected value of zero.Read di whole tin → e need 7.22 cents: about 424 more, 723 to 1.
Prize wey rare like dis no dey carry much weight. Di edge of long-shot bet dey inside im small prizes wey dey come often.
Anoda Prime Time table dey pay 1, 3, 6 and 10 to 1 for one reach four primes, then e stop for five primes with 50 to 1. E cheap pass di table wey dey up or e cost pass am?
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Answer E almost be di same: 7.13% against 7.22%.
Di first four prizes no change, so na only di top of di table matter. Di usual table dey pay 20 to 1 for exactly five primes, 50 for exactly six and 299 for seven. If you weigh dem by dia chances, dose three prizes worth about 0.1007 units for each bet.
Di oda table dey pay 50 to 1 as soon as five primes come out, chance (11/38)⁵, about 0.20%. Dat one worth about 0.1016 units. Di difference no reach one tenth of one cent for each dollar: di big prizes no be where dem decide di cost of di bet.
For Touchdown Roulette, each of di four spins dey move di football 0, 3, 5, 10 or 15 yards, go one end or di oda, starting from midfield. Why di game no fit ever end for any of di two 6-yard lines?
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Answer E go need net move of 44 yards, and no four moves dey add up to 44.
To finish 6 yards from goal line, di football must end 44 yards from where e start.
Three moves of 15 yards make 45, one too many, and no move worth 1 yard back. Two 15s go leave 14 yards for di oda two moves, and no two of 0, 3, 5 and 10 make 14. One 15 go leave 29 for three moves wey no pass 10, and dat one need 10 + 10 + 9. Without 15, di most wey four moves fit make na 40. Moves backward only dey make di sums small.
Di same reasoning dey show sey e no fit finish for di 1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 16 and 21-yard lines.
Di 2G’$ bet of Caesars dey pay 280 to 1 if green come out for two spins one afta di oda for double-zero wheel. Wetin fair 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 → go be, and how much 280 to 1 dey cost?
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Answer Fair one go be 360 to 1. For 280 to 1, di bet dey cost 22.16%.
Green na 2 pockets for 38, so two greens one afta di oda get chance of 2/38 × 2/38 = 1/361. Di true oddsmathsTrue oddsDi payout wey go make bet fair: di outcomes wey lose divided by di ones wey win. Straight up on 37 pockets get true odds of 36 to 1.Read di whole tin → na 360 to 1.
For 280 to 1, di bet dey return 281 units, stake inside, once for 361 tries: 281/361 = 0.778 of wetin you stake, loss of 22.16%.
For triple-zero wheel, green na 3 pockets for 39, so di chance na 1/169 and di true odds na 168 to 1. Di bet dey pay 130 to 1 for there: 131/169, loss of 22.49%.
One Touchdown Roulette game dey go on. Di four spins na 36 redbetRedEven-money bet on di 18 red numbers. For French: rouge.Read di whole tin →, 4 blackbetBlackEven-money bet for di 18 black numbers. For French: noir.Read di whole tin →, 26 black and 23 red. Where di football go finish, and wetin dem go pay?
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Answer Twelve yards inside di half of Black, 38 yards from di goal wey Red dey attack. Dem go pay Red 25 to 1, and Black, wey finish behind, even money.
Red 36 dey inside 31–36: 15 yards go di red end. Black 4 dey inside 1–10: 3 yards back go black. Black 26 dey inside 21–30: 10 more go black. Red 23 dey also inside 21–30: 10 go red.
Net for Red: 15 − 3 − 10 + 10 = 12 yards from midfield. Di football dey 50 − 12 = 38 yards from di goal wey Red dey attack, inside di band of 31 to 40, wey dey pay 25 to 1. Black finish behind and dem pay am even money, so both bets wey reach di game win sometin.
Red for need 38 more yards for touchdown, and four plays no dey often make 50: about one game for 830 for each team.
Back2Back dey pay 1,200 to 1 if your number come out for both of di next two spins. For single-zero wheel, how much e go cost? How much you go collect if you let straight-up win ride for di same two hits?
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Answer Di side betbetSide 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 → go cost 12.27%. To let am ride dey pay 1,295 to 1 and e dey cost 5.33%.
Two spins for 37 pockets dey give 37 × 37 = 1,369 pairs wey get equal chance, and one of dem na your number two times. For 1,200 to 1, $1 wey win dey bring back $1,201, so di bet dey return 1,201/1,369 = 87.73% of di stake: edge of 12.27%.
To let am ride: $1 on di number dey bring back $36 if e win, and di $36 for di next spin dey bring back $1,296 if e win again. Dat na 1,295 to 1 for di same two hits, and e dey return 1,296/1,369 = 94.67%: edge of 5.33%, di price of two normal spins.
For both cases, you go lose $1 unless both spins hit. Di side bet just dey pay less when dem hit.
Small laugh
Every game wey e reach dey pay sometin. Most games no dey ever reach.
Sources
- Bollman, M. Mathematics of the Big Four Casino Table Games: Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette.
- Nevada Gaming Control Board. “2G’$ Rules and Paytable.”
- Interblock USA. “Interblock Installs First Touchdown Roulette Product at Borgata.”
- VitalVegas. “Caesars Entertainment Rolls Out ‘Roulette’s Best Bet’.” Report about di 2G’$ side bet.
- Wizard of Odds. “Touchdown Roulette.”
- Wizard of Odds. “Neighborhoods”, “Richer Spin”, “Back2Back”, “Blazing 7s”, “Straights and 8’s” and “Lucky Colour Chips”.