◆ House Rules
Read the wheel before you bet
This is a European wheel — one green zero, not two. That single pocket is the entire house edge: every payout is built as if the wheel had 36 pockets, the 37th is the casino's. It works out to 2.70% on every bet on the felt, half of what an American double-zero table takes.
◆ The Bets
How to play roulette
Pick a chip, place it on the layout, and spin. Anything the ball lands on that your bet covers, pays. Chips on a number's face bet that number straight up; chips on the lines and corners between numbers split the bet across neighbors — hover the layout and the betting spots light up, exactly like dropping a chip on the felt seam of a real table.
Straight
One number, face of the cell. Hits once in 37 spins.
PAYS 35:1Split
Two neighbors — chip on the line between them.
PAYS 17:1Street
A full row of three — chip on the row's outer edge.
PAYS 11:1Corner
Four numbers meeting at a cross — chip on the intersection.
PAYS 8:1Six Line
Two adjacent rows — six numbers on one chip.
PAYS 5:1Outside
Red/black, odd/even, high/low pay even money; dozens and columns pay 2:1.
PAYS 1:1 · 2:1◆ The Payouts
Every bet on the table
There is no smart bet and no sucker bet on a single-zero wheel — every wager hands the house the same 2.70%. What you're choosing is variance: how often you win versus how big it pays. The in-game coach runs these exact numbers live on whatever you've placed.
Single-zero payout table
| Bet | Covers | Pays | Hits | Chance | Win on $10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight up | 1 number | 35:1 | 1 in 37 | 2.7% | +$350 |
| Split | 2 numbers | 17:1 | 2 in 37 | 5.4% | +$170 |
| Street | 3 numbers | 11:1 | 3 in 37 | 8.1% | +$110 |
| Corner | 4 numbers | 8:1 | 4 in 37 | 10.8% | +$80 |
| Six line | 6 numbers | 5:1 | 6 in 37 | 16.2% | +$50 |
| Dozen | 12 numbers | 2:1 | 12 in 37 | 32.4% | +$20 |
| Column | 12 numbers | 2:1 | 12 in 37 | 32.4% | +$20 |
| Red / Black | 18 numbers | 1:1 | 18 in 37 | 48.6% | +$10 |
| Odd / Even | 18 numbers | 1:1 | 18 in 37 | 48.6% | +$10 |
| 1-18 / 19-36 | 18 numbers | 1:1 | 18 in 37 | 48.6% | +$10 |
| Zero | The house's pocket | 35:1 straight | 1 in 37 | 2.7% | outside bets lose |
The pattern: payout + 1 = 36 ÷ numbers covered, on a wheel with 37 pockets. That missing pocket is the whole house edge — identical 2.70% on every line of this table.
◆ Croupier's Notes
Seven habits of players who last
- Play single zero, always. Same game, same payouts — an American 00 wheel just doubles what the house takes.
- Outside bets buy time. Red/black hits 48.6% of the time. If you want a long session, live there.
- Inside bets buy stories. A straight number hits once in 37 spins — but it pays for the other 36.
- No system beats the wheel. Martingale, Fibonacci, D'Alembert — every progression loses to the same 2.70% eventually.
- The wheel has no memory. Five reds in a row makes black exactly as likely as it ever was. There are no due numbers.
- Watch the coach, not your gut. The odds bar above the table shows your exact win chance and average cost per spin for whatever you've placed.
- Set a stop-loss before the first spin. Bankroll discipline is the only edge a roulette player can actually have.
◆ The Story
A physicist's accident, a casino's fortune
Roulette — French for "little wheel" — began as a failure: Blaise Pascal's 17th-century attempt at a perpetual motion machine left behind a beautifully balanced wheel with no use. Paris gave it one. By 1796 the modern game was running in the Palais-Royal's gambling houses, double zero and all. The decisive twist came in 1843, when François and Louis Blanc dropped the second zero to undercut rival casinos — halving the house edge and creating the European wheel played here. The Blancs took their single-zero game to Monte Carlo and built the world's most famous casino on it. The game's mathematical purity — every spin independent, every bet's cost calculable to the cent — has made it the probability teacher's favorite example ever since.
◆ Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is this roulette game free?
Yes — free play, no real money. Your bankroll and stats save in your browser.
Is this European or American roulette?
European — a single zero. The house edge is 2.7%, half of American roulette's 5.26%.
Can I bet on multiple things at once?
Yes. Stack any combination of inside (straight, split, street, corner, six line) and outside (red/black, odd/even, dozens, columns) bets across the layout — the spots between numbers take split and corner chips, just like a real table.
What does a straight-up number pay?
35:1. Every payout on a single-zero table is set so a winning bet returns exactly 36 times the stake divided by the numbers it covers — which is why every bet carries the same 2.7% house edge.
Does the Martingale system actually work?
No. Doubling after each loss requires unlimited bankroll and no table limits — neither exists. A long losing streak will wipe you out before a win recovers it.
Are the spins truly random?
Yes. Each spin uses an independent random outcome. Past results have zero influence on the next — there are no "due" numbers.
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