Wheel
European Roulette
The single-zero wheel, and the version most casinos run.
European roulette uses 37 pockets: the numbers 1 to 36 plus one green zero. Every spin is independent, so the wheel has no memory and no pattern to read, but the payout structure is generous enough that a session can breathe.
It is the baseline wheel to compare everything against. If a table offers the same bets with an extra zero pocket, you are paying roughly double the house edge for the same game.
How to play, step by step
- 01Settle on a stake per spin and keep it inside the table minimum and maximum.
- 02Cover the table you want: a single number, a split between two, a street of three, or an outside bet such as red or the first dozen.
- 03Wait for the spin, collect if the ball lands on your number, then decide whether the next spin is still inside your stop-loss.
Common strategies
None of these change the house edge. They change how long your bankroll lasts and how violently it swings.
Flat stakes on outside bets
Same amount every spin on red, black, odd or even. Slower swings, longer sessions and less chance of a fast ruin than pressing inside numbers.
Covered inside spreads
Instead of one number, cover a cluster of splits and corners so a wider slice of the wheel pays. Smaller returns per hit, but more frequent ones.
Set a session stop
Roulette variance is patient and brutal. Decide the loss that ends the night before the first spin, and the win that is worth walking away with.
Odds & payouts
What each bet pays and how often it lands, based on a standard table with the rules described above.
| Bet | Pays | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Straight up (one number) | 35:1 | 1 in 37 |
| Split (two numbers) | 17:1 | 1 in 18.5 |
| Street (three numbers) | 11:1 | 1 in 12.3 |
| Corner (four numbers) | 8:1 | 1 in 9.25 |
| Dozen or column | 2:1 | 1 in 3.08 |
| Red / black / odd / even | 1:1 | 1 in 2.06 |
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