French Roulette
The wheel of French roulette consists of 37 numbers from 0 to 36. The next
table contains the indexes of every natural bet.
| Bet |
Win |
Probability |
Player edge |
| Even Odd |
1 |
18/37 |
48.65% |
-1/37 |
-2.703% |
| Red Black |
1 |
18/37 |
48.65% |
-1/37 |
-2.703% |
| High Low |
1 |
18/37 |
48.65% |
-1/37 |
-2.703% |
| Dozen |
2 |
12/37 |
32.43% |
-1/37 |
-2.703% |
| Column |
2 |
12/37 |
32.43% |
-1/37 |
-2.703% |
| Six-Line |
5 |
06/37 |
16.22% |
-1/37 |
-2.703% |
| Corner |
8 |
04/37 |
10.81% |
-1/37 |
-2.703% |
| Street |
11 |
03/37 |
08.11% |
-1/37 |
-2.703% |
| Split |
17 |
02/37 |
05.41% |
-1/37 |
-2.703% |
| Straight |
35 |
01/37 |
02.70% |
-1/37 |
-2.703% |
You can see that a player loses about 2.703% of his money on any bet. It is
clear that any composite bet has the same expected result. Let's see, for example,
the following popular call bets:
| |
Voisins de Zero |
Tier |
Orphelins |
Zero Spiel |
| Bet size, chips |
9 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
| Covered numbers |
17 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
| Win probability |
45.95% |
32.43% |
24.32% |
18.92% |
| Average win |
111.76% |
200.00% |
300.00% |
414.29% |
| Player edge |
-2.703% |
-2.703% |
-2.703% |
-2.703% |
Some casinos have the next attractive rule. Once the wheel stops on zero the
players lose only half on any even money bet. It increases the player edge to
-1/74 (-1.35%), but still casino has the advantage.
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