Comprehending Roulette Odds
When choosing where to make your bets when playing roulette, it helps to understand the odds. The European and American variants of roulette have different odds.
Definition of Odds
the probability that something will occur as opposed to not happening. The likelihood of a particular event occurring.
Comprehending Roulette Odds
To comprehend roulette chances, one must be aware of the several types of bets that may be made as well as the general layout of the roulette table.
Insider Gambles: This wager is placed on the outcome of either a single winning number or a set of winning numbers that are adjacent to one another on the layout of the roulette table.
Bets placed in any of the boxes surrounding the numbers are known as outside bets. These wagers are made on rows, clusters of numbers, colors, and odds or evens rather than on particular numbers.
A 2:1 (two to one) likelihood of something happening is an example of how the odds are sometimes stated as a ratio.
Odds for European and American roulette
Because the European version of roulette contains a single zero alone instead of the American version's double zero (00) and zero (0) pockets, the odds are greater in the European version of roulette.
Roulette Odds in an European (Single Zero) Game
A straight up bet (a bet placed on any single number) has odds of 36:1.
A split bet (placed on two numbers next to each other) has odds of 17.5:1.
A trio bet (placed on three numbers in an horizontal row) has odds of 11.33:1.
A corner bet (placed on four numbers together) has odds of 8.25:1.
A line bet (placed on six numbers in a row) has odds of 5.17:1.
A column bet (placed on twelve numbers in the same column) has odds of 2.08:1.
A dozen bet (placed on groups of twelve consecutive numbers) has odds of 2.08:1.
A low/high bet (placed on half the numbers in numerical order) has odds of 1.01:1.
A red/black bet (placed on either a red or a black) has odds of 1.01:1.
An odd/even bet (placed on either odds numbers or even numbers winning) has odds of 1.01:1.
Roulette Odds in an American (Single and Double Zero) Game
A straight up bet (a bet placed on any single number) has odds of 37:1.
A split bet (placed on two numbers next to each other) has odds of 18:1.
A trio bet (placed on three numbers in an horizontal row) has odds of 11.67:1.
A corner bet (placed on four numbers together) has odds of 8.5:1.
NOTE: The five bet does not exist in the European version of roulette as it includes both the 0 and the 00.
A five bet (placed on the following 5 numbers: 1, 2, 3, 0, 00) has odds of 6.66:1.
A line bet (placed on six numbers in a row) has odds of 5.33:1.
A column bet (placed on twelve numbers in the same column) has odds of 2.17:1.
A dozen bet (placed on groups of twelve consecutive numbers) has odds of 2.17:1.
A low/high bet (placed on half the numbers in numerical order) has odds of 1.05:1.
A red/black bet (placed on either a red or a black) has odds of 1.05:1.
An odd/even bet (placed on either odds numbers or even numbers winning) has odds of 1.05:1.