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Side bet wid dice an draw

Side bet weh add a second random device pon top a di wheel: dice, card, numba weh dem draw, an inner ring, extra ball. Di device add prize; di price still a count a di result dem gainst di payout dem.

Short ansa

Di spin settle dese bet togedda wid sumting else. Roul 8 an Lucky Colour Chips roll tree dice an cost 5.46%. Lucky Ball draw four numba an cost 4.05% to 6.08% by colour. Blazing 7s draw tree numba an cost 10.07%, an Richer Spin, a second ring weh turn inside di wheel, cost 12.47%. Spread-Bet add up two ring a numba an cost 8.69% to 12.34% pon a single-zero wheel; Lucky Symbols, a reel wid seven symbol, cost more dan 10% pon evry line weh smaddy record.

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

Dice an card pon di side

Roul 8, weh dem play inna Brussels, toss tree dice weh each one have a 8 pon one face: 888 fi 1 wen di 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 → land pon 8 an all tree dice show 8. At 5.46% pon a 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 → wheel, it a one a di cheapest side betbet demSide betA extra bet weh yuh nuh haffi mek, weh hook on to di main game, usually pon a run, a bonus ting or a jackpot. Almos always it cost more dan di standard bet dem.Read di whole ting → pon record. Jackpot Streetsbet demStreetTree numba inna a row pon di betting layout, pay 11:1. Inna French: transversale.Read di whole ting → cut a street 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 → fram 11 to 1 dung to 5 to 1, den pay 17 to 1 wid one six pon two dice an 90 to 1 wid two: 5.18%, gainst 2.70% fi di plain street. Flush Roulette, by Stephen Au-Yeung, draw two suit a spin wid suit dice or card, an pay a straight upbet demStraight upOne single numba, pay 35:1.Read di whole ting → 17, 50 or 100 to 1 wen none, one or both match fi yuh. Di average winnin payout a 34 9/16 to 1, jus short a 35, suh di edge a 3.89%; if dem pay 51 an 101 to 1, it woulda go back to 2.70%.

Suit dice an card draw two suit a spin, like inna Flush Roulette.

Roul 8: tree dice an a lucky numba

Roul 8, at di Grand Casino inna Brussels, add tree dice, each one blank excep fi one face weh show a 8 (a ∞, a 8 lie dung pon im side, inna some account). Di bet pay “fi 1” wen di ball land pon 8, wen di dice show 8, or both. Di 888 fi 1 top prize need di ball pon 8 an all tree dice pon 8: a chance a 1 outta 7,992, weh worth 11 cent outta evry dollar yuh stake. Nine time outta ten di bet give back nutten. Di edge a 5.46% pon a single-zero wheel an 6.51% pon a double-zero wheel, low fi a side bet.

balldice weh show 8pay (fi 1)
pon 83888
pon 8288
pon 818
pon 804
somewhe else388
somewhe else22
somewhe else0 or 1nutten
Pay table fram Bollman (2021); wi work out di edge dem again yah suh.

Lucky Colour Chips: dice inna yuh colour

Lucky Colour Chipsmoney 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 →, at di Macau Casino Complex inna Cork, Ireland, inna 2022, a one straight-up side bet fi up to six playa, an each one have dem own chip colour. Wen yuh numba win, dem roll tree dice, an each dice have di six chip colour pon im face dem. All tree inna yuh colour pay 300 to 1; all tree inna one nex colour, or two inna fi yuh, 70 to 1; two weh match inna anodda colour 40 to 1; tree different colour 22 to 1. Evry win pay at leas 22 to 1, an still di bet cost 5.46% pon a single-zero wheel, two time wah a plain straight up cost.

All tree dice show one playa chip colour, an dat pay 300 to 1.

Lucky Ball: four numba weh dem draw

Lucky Ball a one electronic single-zero game. Afta di bettin close, dem draw four numba at random, one each fi redbet demRedEven-money bet pon di 18 red numba. Inna French: rouge.Read di whole ting →, green, blue an yellow, an dem pick one a di four colour fi a bonus. A bet pon a colour win wen di spin land pon dat colour numba, 1 time outta 37, an it pay di bonus rate if a dat colour dem did pick. Fi a colour weh pay A to 1, or B to 1 wid di bonus, di edge a (144 − 3A − B)/148; di exercise dem dung below show weh dat come fram. Di most modest pay tablemoney mattaPay tableDi list a wah evry bet or result pay. Pon machine an side bet, a deh so dem set di house edge.Read di whole ting →, red, a di cheapest.

colourpaywid 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 fram Bollman (2021); a wi work out di edge dem. A plain straight up pon di same wheel cost 2.70%.

A newa Lucky Ball

Interblock rule dem fi Washington state, weh dem file inna 2024, describe a different bet unda di same name. Yuh pick a lucky numba. At random, pon average one time inna 5 to 30 spin dependin pon di pay table, di ball weh inna play turn di lucky ball. Di bet pay a likkle prize, fram 2 to 1 up to 11 to 1, anytime di lucky ball come, an a big one, fram 40 to 1 up to 575 to 1, if it land pon yuh numba; dem pay only di bigga prize. Di casino choose one outta fifteen pay table, weh give back fram 80.00% to 91.35% a wah yuh stake: a edge a 8.65% to 20.00%, two to five time di ole red line.

Blazing 7s: dem draw tree seven

Blazing 7s, fram Scientific Games, win wen di ball land pon 7, 17 or 27. Den dem draw tree numba fram di 38 pon di wheel, widout repeat, an di prize depend pon ow much a di tree a 7, 17 or 27: 1,000 to 1 fi all tree, 100 to 1 fi two, 17 to 1 fi one, 7 to 1 fi none. Di bet cost 10.07%. If dem did allow repeat inna di draw, di same prize dem woulda cost only 4.48%: a seven weh dem draw aready cyaan draw again, an dat mek di big prize dem more rare.

seven inna di tree weh dem drawway (outta 8,436)pay
311,000 to 1
2105100 to 1
11,78517 to 1
06,5457 to 1
Di draw happen only afta di ball land pon 7, 17 or 27, 3 spin outta 38. Wen yuh count di outcome dem, yuh get di edge dem weh wi state, an dem match di figure dem weh publish.

Richer Spin: a wheel inside di wheel

Richer Spin, fram TCS John Huxley, did show at di Global Gaming Expo inna 2021, an by 2023 dem did a deal it at di El Cortez inna Las Vegas. A inner ring wid 38 stop turn di odda way fram di numba dem an stop wen di ball stop. At di El Cortez it did have 1 gold stop, 9 silver, 4 blue, 4 purple an 20 blank. Di bet deh pon one numba. If di ball land deh, di inner stop set di prize: 299 to 1 pon gold, 99 to 1 pon silver, 7 to 1 pon blue or purple, nutten pon a blank. Separate bet pon blue or purple pay 7 to 1 no matta wah di numba.

ball pon yuh numba, inner stopchancepay
gold1 outta 1,444299 to 1
silver9 outta 1,44499 to 1
blue or purple8 outta 1,4447 to 1
blank20 outta 1,444lose
ball somewhe else37 outta 38lose
Double-zero layout at di El Cortez. Wen wi count all 1,444 pair, wi get 12.47% fi di numba bet an 15.79% fi blue or purple.
Di ball res ova di inner ring one gold stop, weh pay 299 to 1.

Four ball, one numba: Lightning Launch

Lightning Launch Roulette (Scientific Games, 2018) a one video game wid four seat an four virtual ball pon a double-zero wheel, one ball fi each playa. Di $1 Bonus bet go pon one numba an it settle pon all four ball: 5 fi 1 if one ball land deh, 75 fi 1 fi two, 1,000 fi 1 fi tree an 10,000 fi 1 fi four. Bout one Bonus bet outta ten win sumting, nearly always di 5 fi 1, weh a 4 to 1 inna di ordinary way, gainst 35 to 1 fi di same numba pon one ball. Di edge a 14.29%.

ball pon yuh numbaprobabilitypaywoulda break even at
19.72%5 fi 110.3 fi 1
20.39%75 fi 1254 fi 1
30.0071%1,000 fi 114,089 fi 1
40.000048%10,000 fi 12,085,136 fi 1
Each ball land pon yuh numba wid probability 1/38. Di las column a di payout weh woulda mek dat line by imself give back im share a di stake.

Spread-Bet: two ring add up

Spread-Bet Roulette, fram di British wheel maker Cammegh, show two ring a numba pon di table display, an each one hold evry numba a di wheel one time. Dem turn inna opposite direction an stop wen di dealer close di bettin; Cammegh seh nuh random numba generator involve. Dem add di two numba weh dem show, an dat give a total fram 0 to 72, wid 00 count as 0. Seven bet pon di layoutgearBetting layoutDi bettin grid weh print pon di table. Nex name: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole ting → each cover a range a total. Like wid two dice, di middle total dem a di commonest: pon a single-zero wheel, yuh can mek a total a 36 inna 37 way, an 0 an 72 one way each. Di casino pick one outta four pay table fi a single-zero wheel or one outta five fi a double-zero wheel; New Jersey approve all nine inna 2017. Pon a single-zero wheel evry bet cost 8.69% to 12.34%, tree to four an a half time di main game.

totalway (outta 1,369)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 fus a di four single-zero pay table inna New Jersey rule dem (N.J.A.C. 13:69F-5.2, 2017); a table weh publish give di same one. A wi count di way dem an di edge dem. Pon a double-zero wheel, di bet dem inna di five table weh dem approve run fram 8.31% to 16.69%. A table weh publish print di fus double-zero table wid di range 40–50 an 51–71, weh woulda give di playa a edge a 92% pon di second one; New Jersey rule dem have 40–57 an 58–71.

Lucky Symbols: a reel pon di display

Lucky Symbols, anodda Cammegh side bet, add seven symbol box to di layout. Pon each spin, a slot-machine reel pon di table display stop pon one symbol, an dem pay di bet dem pon it; di game literature seh a di speed a di ball an di wheel set di symbol. Di casino choose both di chance dem an di payout dem, an Cammegh sell di bet wid a tool fi tune dem. A pay table weh dem record at di Casino at the Empire inna London inna 2014, an at Montecasino inna South Africa, did run fram even money pon Prosperity, weh come up nearly half a di time, to 80 to 1 pon Dragon an Tiger. Evry line did cost more dan 10%, two time di 5.26% a di double-zero wheel beside it.

symbolchancepayhouse edge
Prosperity44.92%1 to 110.16%
Lantern, Yin Yang21.90% each3 to 112.40%
Coins, Fish4.54% each18 to 113.72%
Dragon, Tiger1.10% each80 to 111.01%
Chance dem an edge dem weh publish. Di maker nuh publish di chance dem an a casino can change dem, suh nobaddy cyaan check dem fram di rule dem.

Wah dese bet show

One way fi price all a dem: list di result dem, multiply each payout by im chance, add up.

  • A second random device, a inner wheel or dice, add prize but nuh add nuh fairness: di price still a di count a di result dem gainst di payout dem.
  • Di same bet can carry nuff pay table at different price. Pon Lucky Ball, red a di cheapest line.
  • Wen dem draw widout repeat, it change di odds: Blazing 7s cost two time wah it woulda cost if dem allow repeat.

Question dem

Which one a dese a di cheapest?

Flush Roulette, at 3.89%, den Lucky Ball pon red, at 4.05%. Both a dem still cost more dan a plain bet pon di same wheel.

Dem still a play dem?

Richer Spin a one current TCS John Huxley product, an a newa Lucky Ball deh inna Interblock 2024 rule dem fi Washington state. Spread-Bet an Lucky Symbols a current Cammegh product. Smaddy see di odda dem at one or two casino each, suh check bifo yuh travel fi one.

Weh di figure dem come fram?

Di rule dem an di pay table dem come fram Bollman (2021) an report weh publish. Wi calculate evry edge pon dis page fram dem table deh.

Fun wid maths

Try dem yuhself fus. Evry ansa fold up; open it wen yuh ready.

  1. A Lucky Ball bet pon a colour pay A to 1 if di numba weh dem draw fi dat colour spin, or B to 1 if dem did pick di colour fi di bonus too, an dat happen one time outta four. Show seh di edge a (144 − 3A − B)/148, an price redbet demRedEven-money bet pon di 18 red numba. Inna French: rouge.Read di whole ting →, weh pay 6 an 120 to 1.

    Show di ansa

    Ansa Red cost 6/148 = 4.05%.

    Di colour numba come up one time outta 37 spin. Wen it come, tree time outta four di bet pay A an one time outta four it pay B, an average a (3A + B)/4. Di odda 36 spin outta 37 lose di stake.

    Suh di expected valuemathsExpected valueDi average result pon evry bet inna di long run. −1/37 a di stake fi evry standard European bet.Read di whole ting → a (1/37) × (3A + B)/4 − 36/37 = (3A + B − 144)/148.

    Red: 3 × 6 + 120 = 138, suh −6/148 = 4.05%. Green, 12 an 100: 136, 5.41%. Blue, 20 an 75, an yellow, 25 an 60: both a dem 135, 6.08%. Di bet woulda break even only wen 3A + B reach 144.

Sumting fi laugh

Dice, card or a second ball: di price still a arithmetic.

Dice, card or a second ball: di price still a arithmetic.

Source dem

  1. Bollman, M. Mathematics of the Big Four Casino Table Games: Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette. CRC Press, 2021. Chapta 2, roulette.
  2. Interblock. “Roulette Game & Special Bets: Description”, version 1.2.1. File wid di Washington State Gambling Commission, 2024.
  3. Wizard of Odds. “Neighborhoods”, “Richer Spin”, “Back2Back”, “Blazing 7s”, “Straights and 8’s” an “Lucky Colour Chips”. Roulette side bet; update 3 August 2026.
  4. TCS John Huxley. “Richer Spin Roulette.” Product page an rule sheet, 2023.
  5. Wizard of Odds. “Spread-Bet Roulette” an “Lucky Symbols Roulette”. Rule dem an pay table dem; update 3 August 2026.
  6. New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. N.J.A.C. 13:69F-5.1 to 5.4, “Spread-Bet Roulette”. Rule dem an pay table dem, February 2017.
  7. Cammegh. “Spread-Bet Roulette” an “Lucky Symbols”. Product page dem.
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