Category · 1.35% at the best line
ROULETTE: THE WHEEL DECIDES, NOT THE BET
Every bet on a single zero wheel costs exactly the same. Straight up, red, column, split. Two point seven percent, all of them, and the number of pockets is the only thing that changes it.
This is the most misunderstood table in the building. Players hunt systems, betting patterns and hot numbers, and the arithmetic does not notice any of it. Thirty seven pockets paying thirty six to one produces the same edge on every wager the layout accepts.
What does change the number is the wheel. Add a double zero and the cost nearly doubles. Add a third and it triples. Apply la partage, which returns half an even money stake when the ball lands on zero, and it halves.
So there is exactly one decision worth making at a roulette table and it happens before the first spin: which wheel you sit at.
Every line, priced
| Bet or rule | Edge | Per hour | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| French wheel, la partage, even money betsPLAY THIS ONE | 1.35% | C$6.08 | Half the stake comes back when the ball lands on zero. The cheapest spin in the building. |
| Single zero wheel, any bet | 2.7% | C$12.15 | Straight up, split, street, column, red. Thirty seven pockets paying thirty six to one arithmetic. The edge is identical on every one of them. |
| Lightning style multiplier roulette | 2.7% | C$12.15 | Straight up pays less, then a multiplier is struck on a handful of numbers. The published return lands near a single zero wheel and the variance is nothing like it. |
| Double zero wheel, any bet | 5.26% | C$23.67 | One extra pocket. It nearly doubles the cost of the same spin. |
| Triple zero wheel | 7.69% | C$34.61 | Built for floors where the wheel is a photo opportunity rather than a bet. |
| Double zero wheel, the five number bet | 7.89% | C$35.50 | Zero, double zero, one, two, three. The only bet on an American wheel priced worse than the rest. |
Per hour is the edge multiplied by 45 decisions and a C$10 stake. It is a long-run rate rather than a prediction about an evening. Every figure above is a property of the rules and applies at any table running them.
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La partage is the best line in the building
A French wheel returning half of an even money stake on zero prices those bets at 1.35 percent, which is the cheapest spin available in a Canadian casino lobby and cheaper than most blackjack tables once rule variations are applied.
It only applies to even money bets. Straight up wagers on the same wheel remain at 2.7 percent, so the rule is a discount on one half of the layout rather than on the table.
En prison is the related rule and it works out to roughly the same figure by a different route: the stake is held for one spin rather than half returned immediately.
Multiplier wheels and what they actually cost
Lightning style games strike random multipliers on a handful of numbers and pay straight up bets less than the standard thirty five to one to fund them. The published return lands close to a single zero wheel.
Close on return, nothing like it on variance. Most spins pay less than the classic game and the difference arrives all at once, occasionally, on a number you were not on.
That is a preference rather than a mistake. It is worth knowing you are choosing it rather than getting it by accident.
Asked about roulette wheels
Which roulette wheel has the best odds?
A French wheel with la partage on even money bets, at 1.35 percent. A single zero wheel is next at 2.7. Double zero is 5.26 and worth avoiding wherever a single zero table exists.
Do roulette systems work?
No system changes the edge, because every bet on a given wheel carries the identical edge. Systems change the shape of the variance and nothing else.
Is online roulette rigged?
Certified games are tested against the published pocket layout. The house advantage is the pocket count, which is visible on the table rather than hidden in the software.