French roulette
Di European wheel wid la partage or en prison: 1.35% pon even money.

Same 37 pocketgearPocketOne a di 37 compartment wid numba pon di rotor. Nex name: slot, cup.Read di whole ting → an same payout as European rouletteversionEuropean rouletteSingle-zero wheel, 37 pocket, house edge a 2.70%. Di main model pon dis site.Read di whole ting →. Wen zero come, even-money betbet demEven-money betRed/black, odd/even, high/low. 18 numba, pay 1:1.Read di whole ting → only lose half (la partage) or get a second spin (en prison). Odda bet nuh change an stay at 2.70%.
Di French roulette rule dem weh matta
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 →: half a di even-money stake come back pon 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 →. 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 →: di stake lock up fi di nex spin an come back if dat spin win. La partage give EV = −1/74 pon redbet demRedEven-money bet pon di 18 red numba. Inna French: rouge.Read di whole ting →, blackbet demBlackEven-money bet pon di 18 black numba. Inna French: noir.Read di whole ting →, odd, even, high an low, an en prison give di same wen a second zero keep di 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 → inna prison; wen a second zero lose it, en prison cost a likkle more, 1.39%. Dozenbet demDozen1–12, 13–24 or 25–36, pay 2:1.Read di whole ting →, columnbet demColumnTwelve numba inna one column weh go up an dung pon di betting layout, pay 2:1.Read di whole ting → an 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 → nuh cover an stay at 2.70%. Di two rule have dem own full page inna di Learn section.
Layout an language
French table print manque/passe, pair/impair, rouge/noir, an di dozen dem as P12, M12, D12. Di layoutgearBetting layoutDi bettin grid weh print pon di table. Nex name: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole ting → have two end, wid di dealer inna di middle an a long rake; dem print di outside betbet demOutside betA bet pon di box dem roun di grid: dozen, column an even-money bet.Read di whole ting → dem pon both side suh playa at either end can reach dem. Call betpon di tableCall betA bet yuh tell di dealer, yuh nuh put it dung wid yuh han, usually a bet pon a sector a di wheel like voisins or tiers. Nex name: “announce bet”.Read di whole ting → (voisins, tiers, orphelinsFrench · sectorOrphelins“Orphan dem”: di eight numba weh voisins an tiers lef ova: 17, 34, 6 an 1, 20, 14, 31, 9.Read di whole ting →) a standard, an yuh call dem out to di dealer, weh repeat di call bifo im put it dung.
Di Orphelins bet inna rouletteExpected value a di call bet dem
Di maths
Pon red: (18/37)(+1) + (18/37)(−1) + (1/37)(−½) = −1/74 ≈ −1.35%. Smaddy weh bet $10 pon red fi 100 spin fi expec fi lose $13.51 instead a $27.03. A di lowest house edgemathsHouse edgeDi part a evry stake weh di casino keep pon average: 2.70% inna European roulette.Read di whole ting → a any standard roulette bet anyweh, an di only one weh come fram a rule an not fram a 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 →.
Weh yuh find it
French an Monaco casino, nuff European casino floor, an live table weh label “French RouletteversionFrench rouletteSingle-zero wheel wid la partage or en prison, weh bring di even-money house edge dung to 1.35%.Read di whole ting →”. Check di info panel: sometime dem put di label pon a plain European table wid French-language graphics an no partage. Online, French table often have a likkle higher minimum dan di European one dem; dat a di operator a charge fi di rule.
Wah it mean fi strategy
Evry even-money progressionstrategy demProgressionAny rule weh change di stake based pon di result dem weh pass. Negative progression raise it afta loss, positive progression afta win.Read di whole ting → pon dis site cut im expected lossmathsExpected lossExpected value times all di money yuh bet; di average amount yuh lose ova a session or a period (di loss yuh fi expec pon average).Read di whole ting → inna half pon a French table. Not one a dem tun profitable. If yuh plan fi bet red fi a whole evenin, di table rule worth more dan di system, di stake size an di stop rule put togedda.
Question dem
One a di two rule, an sometime di playa choose pon zero. Di value a di same.
It cost di operator half a di even-money edge. Weh competition mek dem, dem keep it.
Pon each even-money bet by itself, even di big one dem inna a progression.
Sumting fi laugh

Same wheel. One rule. Half di price.
Source dem
- Ethier, S. N. The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling.
- Wykes, A. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Gambling.
- Bollman, M. Mathematics of the Big Four Casino Table Games: Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette.