Even if you’ve been playing roulette forever, there are still things to learn. There are bets, for example, that aren’t clearly marked on the roulette layout. Here are three you need to know.
Sep 09, 2013 Question: Some friends of mine bet on the same color at roulette – red or black – that's just hit, thinking this raises their odds of winning. I don't think previous results matter. Answer: You're correct. Apparent 'patterns' have no meaning. Roulette is a game of independ-ent trials. Probabilities associated with the bets are invariable. Same even money bet result in a row probability. How unlikely is it to see the same colour 2 or more times in a row? What's the probability of the results of 5 spins of the roulette wheel being red? The following chart highlights the probabilities of the same colour appearing over a certain number of spins of the roulette wheel.
The Courtesy Line
What is the probability of winning at roulette if you bet on the same color and double your bet each time you loose till you win? Is this an almost guaranteed way to win at this game? Let's say you bet $20 on red. You have a 50/50 chance at winning or loosing. Let's say you loose so you bet $40 the next time and loose again. You bet $80 the third time. Placing Roulette Bets. Making a bet is easy: just place your chip(s) on the number(s), color, or sets you want to bet on. For most bets it's fairly obvious—you can't miss the Red diamond for Red bets, and things like Even, 1-18, and 1st 12 are written out in plain English. Odds Of Same Color Roulette 29 Jun 2014. For example, hitting the same color for n times in a row on a single-zero roulette. Of 10 consecutive reds is higher than 7% (100 times bigger than the initial probability of the isolated case). If you were to spin the roulette wheel thousands of times, each column bet would payout around 30% of the time and each red/black bet would payout around 47% of the time. Betting both during one spin has about a 10% chance of overlapping wins for a profit of 1.4x the total bet. Aug 29, 2013 The Basket Bet. The “basket” bet lets you bet on five numbers with one chip. When you bet in the position pictured below, you’re betting on zero, double zero, 1, 2 and 3, all at the same time. The basket bet is what’s known in roulette parlance as a “seriously sucky bet.”.
It’s pretty straightforward to bet on zero and double zero, with one chip, by placing it on the line between the two numbers. It’s called a “split” bet.
But if you’re sitting at the end of the table not easily within reach of the zero and double zero spaces, did you know there’s a “courtesy line” bet that accomplishes the same thing? It’s the line between the “2nd 12” and “3rd 12” bets, as in the photo below.
No matter where you make the zero and double zero bet, it pays 17-to-1.
This courtesy line bet saves players from having to figure out how to bet the zero and double zero from the opposite end of the table, including having to ask the dealer to do it.
The Basket Bet
The “basket” bet lets you bet on five numbers with one chip. When you bet in the position pictured below, you’re betting on zero, double zero, 1, 2 and 3, all at the same time.
The basket bet is what’s known in roulette parlance as a “seriously sucky bet.” That’s because while the house edge in American roulette (European roulette has a zero, but no double zero) is 5.26%, the edge on a basket bet is 7.89%. You’ve been warned.
The basket bet pays 6-to-1. Oh, just run away, already.
It should be noted you can find European roulette tables around Vegas, where the house edge dips down to 2.7%. Obviously, finding those tables is worth the hunt.
Our friends at LasVegasAdvisor.com maintain a great list of European roulette tables in Vegas.
Street Bet Roulette
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The Avenue Bet
If betting three numbers, all in one row, is called a “street” bet, it makes sense six numbers (in two rows) is called an “avenue” bet. You can bet on six numbers at once by placing your chip strategically as illustrated below.
Avenue bets pay 5-to-1. Yeah, we hate math, too, but it’s important to know a little so you get the correct payout when you win.
Roulette Bets And Odds
If there’s a combination of numbers you’d like to bet in roulette, chances are there’s a way to easily make the bet. Casinos are super accommodating that way. Ahem.
Best Bets Roulette
Now that you’ve mastered these three weird roulette bets, feel free to brag about your expansive roulette knowledge to your friends and colleagues. Sure, they’ll be annoyed, but there’s a 5.26% chance that’s just jealousy talking.