Roulette Odds and Bet Types
Every roulette bet is priced by the same machine: payout odds set slightly below true odds, with the gap collected by the green pockets. Here is the complete table — every bet, its payout and its real probability on both wheels — plus what the edge actually costs you per 100 spins in SUI.
Spin the wheel →Inside bets: the full price list
Inside bets sit on the numbers themselves. A straight-up bet on one number pays 35:1; its true probability is 1 in 37 (2.70%) on a single-zero wheel and 1 in 38 (2.63%) on a double-zero wheel. A split across two adjacent numbers pays 17:1 and hits 5.41% of the time on single-zero, 5.26% on double-zero. A street covering a row of three pays 11:1 at 8.11% versus 7.89%. A corner on four numbers pays 8:1 at 10.81% versus 10.53%. A six line spanning two adjacent rows pays 5:1 at 16.22% versus 15.79%. Notice the pattern running through every row of that table: each payout is calibrated as if the wheel had exactly 36 pockets, but the ball actually has 37 or 38 places to land. Wizard of Odds publishes the same table with the per-bet edge worked out, and it is the reference worth bookmarking.
Outside bets: dozens, columns and even money
Outside bets trade payout size for hit rate. Dozens (1-12, 13-24, 25-36) and columns each cover twelve numbers, pay 2:1, and hit 32.43% of the time on a single-zero wheel, 31.58% on double-zero. The even-money bets — red/black, odd/even, high/low — cover eighteen numbers, pay 1:1, and win 48.65% of spins on single-zero, 47.37% on double-zero. That 'just under half' is the whole story of roulette in miniature: you are always a little short of the coin flip the payout implies, and the shortfall is exactly the green pockets. Outside bets are where long sessions live — frequent small wins, shallow drawdowns, steady action — and they carry precisely the same house edge as every inside bet, just delivered in smaller, more frequent doses.
Where the uniform edge comes from
The elegance of roulette is that almost every bet costs the same. Take the straight-up bet on a single-zero wheel: you win 35 units with probability 1/37 and lose 1 unit with probability 36/37. Expected value: 35/37 minus 36/37 equals minus 1/37, which is -2.70%. Run the same arithmetic on a split, a corner, a dozen or red/black and you land on exactly -1/37 every time — because every payout is scaled to a 36-number layout, the single extra pocket taxes every bet identically. Add a second zero and the same calculation becomes minus 2/38, or -5.26%, across the entire felt. The zeros are not just two more numbers you can bet on; they are the house's margin, distributed perfectly evenly over the layout. That is why single-zero roulette at 2.70% is strictly better than double-zero at 5.26% — same bets, same payouts, half the rent.
The five-number bet: the one bad deal on the felt
American wheels offer one bet that breaks the uniform-edge rule: the five-number bet, also called the basket, covering 0, 00, 1, 2 and 3. It pays 6:1 against a true probability of 5/38 (13.16%), which works out to a 7.89% house edge — half again worse than the 5.26% everything else on a double-zero wheel costs, as documented by Wizard of Odds. There is no compensating upside, no scenario where it is the right play; it is simply mispriced against the player. If you remember one specific fact from this page, make it this one: never place the five-number bet. If you genuinely want coverage on those numbers, a corner plus a straight-up gets you similar ground at the standard edge instead of a premium one.
What the edge costs in SUI per 100 spins
House edge stays abstract until you denominate it. Flat-bet 1 SUI per spin — Llamabet's minimum — for 100 spins and your expected loss is 2.70 SUI on a single-zero wheel and 5.26 SUI on a double-zero wheel; park those same bets on the five-number basket and it climbs to 7.89 SUI. Bet 5 SUI a spin and the expected costs scale linearly to 13.5, 26.3 and 39.5 SUI. Expected is the operative word: over any given 100 spins, variance dwarfs the edge, and you will often finish well up or well down of those numbers. But the expectation is the rent, it compounds relentlessly over volume, and it is why wheel choice matters more than any betting pattern ever will — the single-zero player pays roughly half the double-zero player's rent for the identical game.
The variance ladder
Rank the bets by volatility and you get a ladder. Bottom rung: even-money bets — near-coin-flip hit rates, small swings, the longest sessions per SUI of bankroll. Next: dozens and columns — one win in three, 2:1 payouts, noticeably swingier. Middle rungs: six lines and corners, with hit rates in the 10-16% range and payouts of 5:1 to 8:1. Top rungs: streets, splits and finally the straight-up — a 35:1 lottery ticket that, on average, misses about 36 spins for every hit, and will hand you droughts of 100+ spins often enough that you should plan for them. Every rung carries the same expected cost; what changes is the shape of the distribution. Climbing the ladder does not buy a better deal — it buys a chance at a big session in exchange for a much higher chance of a losing one.
Choosing bets by session goal
Pick bets the way you would pick a portfolio: by objective. Want maximum table time from a fixed bankroll? Stay on even money and dozens. Want a real shot at multiplying a small stake? Take straight-ups or splits, accept that most sessions will lose, and cap the buy-in before you start. Want a middle path? Anchor on even money and add one straight-up per spin — the classic grinder-plus-lottery-ticket mix. On Llamabet every spin is provably fair: the seed's hash is committed on Sui before the ball drops and revealed after, so the number was fixed before you bet and is verifiable once it lands. That kills any notion of hot wheels or due numbers — past spins carry zero information about the next one. Set a loss limit before the first spin and stop when you hit it. The edge never sleeps, but you can.
Frequently asked questions
What are the payouts and odds for each roulette bet?
Straight-up pays 35:1 (2.70% chance single-zero, 2.63% double-zero); split 17:1; street 11:1; corner 8:1; six line 5:1; dozens and columns 2:1 at about 32%; even-money bets 1:1 at just under 49%. Every bet carries the same house edge — 2.70% single-zero, 5.26% double-zero — except the American five-number bet.
What is the worst bet in roulette?
The five-number bet (0, 00, 1, 2, 3) on a double-zero wheel. It pays 6:1 against a 13.16% true probability, for a 7.89% house edge — while every other bet on the same wheel costs 5.26%. Skip it; a corner plus a straight-up covers similar numbers at the standard edge.
How much does roulette cost per 100 spins?
Flat-betting 1 SUI per spin, the expected loss over 100 spins is about 2.70 SUI on a single-zero wheel and 5.26 SUI on a double-zero wheel. Individual sessions swing far wider in both directions — those figures are the long-run average, not a guarantee.