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Di different kind a roulette game: a overview

Compare di roulette variant dem by dem wheel, dem payout an ow fas di game run.

Short ansa

Judge a variant by tree numba: pocket, house edge pon even money, an spin a hour. European (37, 2.70%) a di reference; French rule dem bring it dung; evryting else push it up.

bes standard rule dem
French · 1.35%
reference
European · 2.70%
wus common one
Triple zero · 7.69%
variant pon yah
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Tree numba

Di pocketgearPocketOne a di 37 compartment wid numba pon di rotor. Nex name: slot, cup.Read di whole ting → dem decide di edge, cause di 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 → dem neva change. Rule 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 → (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 →, 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 →) can cut di edge inna half pon even-money betbet demEven-money betRed/black, odd/even, high/low. 18 numba, pay 1:1.Read di whole ting →. Spin a hour decide ow much di evenin cost. Evryting else bout a variant, di graphics, di presenter, di multiplier dem, ow much 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 → deh pon di wheel, a either jus fi look nice or a change to di payout table weh di help panel wi show yuh if yuh look.

variantpocketstraight up payedge pon even moneyRTP
French3735:11.35%98.65% / 97.30%
European3735:12.70%97.30%
American3835:15.26%94.74%
Triple zero3935:17.69%92.31%
Mini1311:17.69% (3.85% wid half-back)92.31%
Double ball3717:1 fi each ball5.33% (both ball)94.67%
Game show3729:1 base + multiplier2.70% pon outside; higher pon inside≈ 97.1–97.3%
Multi-wheel37 × n35:1 fi each wheel2.70% fi each wheel97.30%
Speed / auto3735:12.70%97.30%

Di En Prison rule inna rouletteDi multiplier dem inna Lightning Roulette

Different kine a roulette wheel

Single zero (37) a di European standard. Double zeroversionDouble zeroDi 00 pocket pon di American wheel. Because it deh deh, di house edge go up fram 2.70% to 5.26%.Read di whole ting → (38) add 2.56 point a house edgemathsHouse edgeDi part a evry stake weh di casino keep pon average: 2.70% inna European roulette.Read di whole ting →; triple zero (39) add anodda 2.43. Mini roulette (13) look likkle an friendly, but it carry a 7.69% edge cause di payout dem mek-believe seh it only have 12 pocket. Di rule work evryweh: edge = (house pocket) / (total pocket), as long as dem count di payout fram di pocket dem weh nuh belong to di house.

House edge pon even-money bet, by variant% a di stake
French (la partage)
1.35%
European
2.70%
American (0, 00)
5.26%
Mini (13 pocket)
7.69%
Triple zero
7.69%
% a di stake
03.857.69%
Same payout evryweh; only di numba a pocket change.

Mini roulette: di table an di wheelTriple zero roulette

Rule dem pon zero

La partage an en prison, weh yuh find pon French table, cut di edge inna half pon even-money bet. Dem a di only common rule weh work inna di playa favour, an di main ting fi look fah wen yuh a pick a table. Some American table offa “surrender”, weh a la partage pon di double-zero wheel: 2.63% pon even money instead a 5.26%.

Speed an payout

Speed an auto roulette change di spin a hour, an dat push up di 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 → fi di hour widout touch di odds. Game-show variant change di payout table itself: dem cut di straight-up payout fi pay fi di multiplier dem. Double-ball change ow di outside betbet demOutside betA bet pon di box dem roun di grid: dozen, column an even-money bet.Read di whole ting → dem work. Multi-wheel multiply yuh stake. Each one have im own page wid di maths.

Expected loss, $10 even-money bet fi one hour$ a hour
French, 50 spin/h
$6.76
European, 50 spin/h
$13.51
European speed, 100 spin/h
$27.03
American, 50 spin/h
$26.32
Triple zero, 50 spin/h
$38.46
$ a hour
019.23$38.46
Di French table at normal speed cost one sixth a wah di triple-zero table cost. Same layout, same chip.

Game-show roulette: Lightning Roulette an moreRoulette wid nuff wheel

Ow fi read di page dem

Evry variant page show di pocket, di edge, di payout weh different fram European, weh yuh likely fi find it, an di maths behind di edge. Di comparison bar dem up top a di whole decision fi most playa: find a single-zero table wid la partage an a speed weh yuh can afford.

Question dem

Which variant mi fi play?

French if yuh can find it, European if yuh cyaan. Stay weh fram double an triple zero wen a single-zero table deh deh.

Di “special” roulette game dem fix?

No. Dem publish dem payout table an dem RTPmoney mattaRTPReturn to playa: di part a di bet dem weh come back pon average. European roulette RTP: 97.30%, weh a 100% minus di 2.70% house edge.Read di whole ting →. Mos time dem jus cost more, fi true.

Di wheel order different fram one variant to di nex?

European an French share one order; American use anodda one. Mini an di novelty format dem have dem own.

Sumting fi laugh

Same game. Di price write pon di door.

Same game. Di price write pon di door.

Source dem

  1. Ethier, S. N. The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling. Springer, 2010. Chapta 13, roulette.
  2. UK Gambling Commission. Remote gambling and software technical standards. Di current edition.
wi check it 2026-09-28model: European wheel, single zeroow wi work it out ↗source dem ↗