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Di rule dem a roulette

Di rule dem fi European rouletteversionEuropean rouletteSingle-zero wheel, 37 pocket, house edge a 2.70%. Di main model pon dis site.Read di whole ting → fit pon one page: 37 pocket, fix payout, an dem settle di bet dem afta evry spin.

Short ansa

Yuh bet pon weh di ball wi land. Evry bet pay like seh 36 pocket deh; di 37th one, zero, a di house edge.

pocket
37
top payout
35:1
house edge
2.70%
bet fi evry spin
no limit

Wah di game a bout

Dem spin a ballgearBallDi likkle ball weh di dealer fling roun di track di opposite way to di rotor. Modern ball mek outta ivorine or Teflon, 18–21 mm.Read di whole ting → roun a wheel wid 37 pocketgearPocketOne a di 37 compartment wid numba pon di rotor. Nex name: slot, cup.Read di whole ting → weh have numba, 0 to 36. Bifo it drop, yuh put chipmoney mattaChipA token weh stand fi a fix amount, weh yuh put pon di betting layout fi mek a bet. Nex name: check.Read di whole ting → pon a print layoutgearBetting layoutDi bettin grid weh print pon di table. Nex name: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole ting → fi guess weh it wi land: one numba, a group a numba, a colour, odd or even, high or low. Evryting weh none a yuh chip nuh cover lose wen di ball settle. No dealer hand nuh deh fi beat, an no decision fi mek afta dem shoot di ball. Roulette a pure bet pon one random ting, ova an ova.

Di basic roulette rule dem unda yah a fi di European single-zeropon di wheelZeroDi one green pocket weh no even-money, dozen or column bet nuh cover; a weh di house edge come fram. Nex name: single zero, 0.Read di whole ting → game. Di American wheel add a 00 pocket an di French game add two rule bout zero; both a dem have dem own page.

American roulette: di wheel an di rule dem

Fi put dung bet

Chip go pon di layout fram di time dem done pay di las roun till di dealer call “nuh more bethow di table runNuh more betDi dealer call (or di prompt pon di screen) weh close di bettin. Nobaddy cyaan put dung, move or tek up chip again.Read di whole ting →”, mostly wen di ball have tree or four lap lef. Inside betbet demInside betAny bet weh yuh put pon or between di numba dem pon di grid: straight up, split, street, corner, six line.Read di whole ting → siddung pon or between di numba dem inna di grid; outside betbet demOutside betA bet pon di box dem roun di grid: dozen, column an even-money bet.Read di whole ting → siddung inna di box dem roun it. Yuh can put dung as much bet as yuh waan inna one roun, even bet weh overlap or go gainst one anodda.

Evry table put up a minimum an a maximum, an both a dem a part a di roulette table rule dem. Most table check di minimum separate: yuh total pon inside bet haffi reach it, an evry outside bet haffi reach it by itself. Suh a $5 table tek five $1 chip pon five different numba, but nuh one $1 chip pon redbet demRedEven-money bet pon di 18 red numba. Inna French: rouge.Read di whole ting →.

family a betweh di chip gominimum count fi
Insidepon or between numbadi total a yuh inside chip dem
Outsidedozen, column, even-money boxevry bet separate
Call / announceyuh tell di dealer, an di dealer put it dungdi total a di call

Di bet dem an wah dem pay

Evry payoutmoney mattaPayoutWah a bet weh win gi yuh back, weh dem quote as “X to 1” on top a di stake weh come back.Read di whole ting → come fram one formula: 36 divide by di numba a pocket yuh cover, minus one. Cover one numba an win 35 to 1. Cover two an win 17 to 1. Cover eighteen an win 1 to 1. Di formula mek believe seh di wheel have 36 pocket. It have 37, an dat one pocket weh nobaddy pay fah a di whole house edgemathsHouse edgeDi part a evry stake weh di casino keep pon average: 2.70% inna European roulette.Read di whole ting →.

betcoverp(win)payσ fi evry $1
Straight up1/372.70%35:15.84
Split2/375.41%17:14.09
Street3/378.11%11:13.28
Corner4/3710.81%8:12.84
Six line6/3716.22%5:12.23
Dozen12/3732.43%2:11.39
Column12/3732.43%2:11.39
Even money18/3748.65%1:11.00
EV a −$0.027 fi evry $1 pon evry row.

Fi settle di spin

Wen di ball settle, di dealer call di numba an di colour, put a marker weh dem call di dollygearDollyDi marker weh di dealer put pon di numba weh win pon di betting layout while dem a settle di bet dem.Read di whole ting → pon di winnin numba, an clear di table inna a fix order: fus dem sweep di losin chip dem, den pay di outside bet dem, den di inside bet dem, an di one dem nearest di dealer las. Dem put di winnins nex to yuh original chip. Di original chip stay pon di layout an wi ride again unless yuh pick it up.

While di dolly deh pon di table, nobaddy cyaan put dung or move nutten. Di dealer lift it only wen evry bet pay, an dat a di sign seh di nex roun open.

  • “Nuh more bet” a final. A chip weh land afta di call come back to yuh, dem nuh pay it, even if it woulda win.
  • A chip weh siddung so-so between two bet get settle di way di dealer read it. Ask di dealer fi confirm a tricky placement bifo di spin.
  • Winnin chip weh yuh lef pon di table a one bet pon di nex spin. Pick dem up if a nuh dat yuh mean.

Zero

Fi inside bet, zero a numba like any odda one: a straight upbet demStraight upOne single numba, pay 35:1.Read di whole ting → pon 0 pay 35 to 1, a splitbet demSplitTwo numba weh deh side by side, pay 17:1.Read di whole ting → 0–1 pay 17 to 1, an di four-numba basketbet demBasketPon a single-zero wheel: 0, 1, 2, 3 wid one chip, pay 8:1. Nex name: fus four, quatre premiers.Read di whole ting → 0-1-2-3 pay 8 to 1. Fi outside bet it a loss. Red, blackbet demBlackEven-money bet pon di 18 black numba. Inna French: noir.Read di whole ting →, odd, even, high, low, dozenbet demDozen1–12, 13–24 or 25–36, pay 2:1.Read di whole ting → an columnbet demColumnTwelve numba inna one column weh go up an dung pon di betting layout, pay 2:1.Read di whole ting → all lef it out. Pon a plain European table yuh lose di whole stake wen zero play. Pon a French table di la partagerule demLa partageFrench rule: wen zero hit, half a di even-money stake come back. It cut di house edge pon dem bet deh inna half, to 1.35%.Read di whole ting → rule gi back half a a even-money stake, or en prisonrule demEn prisonFrench rule: wen zero hit, dem hold a even-money bet fi di nex spin instead a yuh lose it. It cut di house edge pon dem bet deh inna half.Read di whole ting → hold it fi one more spin.

Ow often evry bet win% a di spin dem
Straight up (1)
2.70%
Split (2)
5.41%
Street (3)
8.11%
Corner (4)
10.81%
Six line (6)
16.22%
Dozen / column (12)
32.43%
Even money (18)
48.65%
% a di spin dem
024.3248.65%
Evry bet a di numba it cover divide by 37. Di payout drop as di coverage go up, suh di expected value come out di same −2.70% pon evry row.

Di En Prison rule inna rouletteFrench roulette

Wah di rule dem a roulette nuh seh

Di roulette game rule dem nuh seh nutten bout sequence, run, hot numbamyth demHot numbaA numba weh come up more dan expected lately. Pon a fair wheel it nuh predict nutten.Read di whole ting → or system, cause dem nuh need fi. Dem settle evry spin by itself an di wheel nuh carry no memory fram one to di nex. Di result board at a live table a courtesy, nuh a clue.

Roulette result: ow fi read di boardIndependent spin inna roulette

A short example roun

Yuh put $5 pon red, $5 pon di second dozen an $1 straight up pon 17. Di ball land pon 17 (black, second dozen). Red lose: −$5. Di dozen pay 2 to 1: +$10. Di straight up pay 35 to 1: +$35. Net fi di roun: +$40, an $11 a chip still deh pon di layout fi di nex spin unless yuh lift dem.

If di ball did land pon 0, yuh woulda lose all tree bet, $11. If it did land pon 5 (red, fus dozen), yuh woulda win $5 pon red an lose $6 pon di odda two, net −$1.

Ball pon 17: di dolly mark di straight up, red lose, di dozen win.

Question dem

Mi can bet pon more dan one ting at one time?

Yes. Any mix allow, even bet weh overlap. Dem settle evry one by itself.

Zero a odd or even?

Inna maths it even; at di table, neida. Odd an even bet both lose pon zero.

Mi haffi siddung?

No. At a busy real table, playa weh a stan up bet ova di shoulda a di one dem weh siddung, wid permission. Online di question nuh come up.

Wah if di ball jump outta di wheel?

Di spin nuh count an dem play it again. It happen, but nuh often, pon old track or hard launch.

Sumting fi laugh

Di whole rule book fit pon a card. Di res a jus fi cope.

Di whole rule book fit pon a card. Di res a jus fi cope.

Source dem

  1. Ethier, S. N. The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling. Springer, 2010. Chapta 13, roulette.
  2. Epstein, R. A. The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic, 2nd ed. Academic Press, 2013.
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