10JILI Roulette Odds: What Every Bet Pays and Why the House Wins
Roulette odds are set by the pocket count: single zero has 37 pockets and a 2.70% house edge on every bet, double zero has 38 and 5.26%.
Key facts and contents
- 10JILI Blackjack Insurance
- Blackjack insurance is a side bet, up to half your stake, offered when the dealer shows an ace.
- 10JILI Fan Tan
- Fan tan hides a heap of beads under a bowl, counts it off in fours, and the remainder, 1 to 4, decides the bet.
- 10JILI Super 6 Baccarat
- Super 6 baccarat drops the 5% banker commission and instead pays banker wins at 1:2 when banker wins with a total of 6.
Roulette odds look complicated because a layout has a dozen kinds of bet, but one rule sits under all of them. This page gives you the payout for each bet, the chance it wins, and the sum that shows where the house edge comes from. It is part of the 10JILI table games cluster set, so you can check any live wheel against these figures.
Roulette payouts by bet type
Every standard bet pays 36 divided by the number of pockets it covers, minus 1, to 1. That is why a bet on one number pays 35:1 and a bet on 18 numbers pays 1:1. The table below uses a single-zero wheel with 37 pockets.
| Bet | Pockets covered | Payout | Chance of winning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Straight up | 1 | 35:1 | 2.70% |
| Split | 2 | 17:1 | 5.41% |
| Street | 3 | 11:1 | 8.11% |
| Corner | 4 | 8:1 | 10.81% |
| Six line | 6 | 5:1 | 16.22% |
| Dozen or column | 12 | 2:1 | 32.43% |
| Red or black, odd or even, high or low | 18 | 1:1 | 48.65% |
Each chance is the pockets covered divided by 37. Covering more pockets wins more often and pays less, but the trade is priced the same way for every bet.
Roulette odds and the house edge, worked out
The edge is the gap between what a win pays and what it would need to pay to be fair. Take a PHP100 straight-up bet on a single-zero wheel. It wins once in 37 spins and pays 35 times the stake; the other 36 spins lose the stake.
- Average result of 37 spins: one win of PHP3,500 and 36 losses of PHP100, or PHP3,500 minus PHP3,600.
- That is a loss of PHP100 over 37 spins, or PHP2.70 per spin.
- As a share of the stake, the loss is 1 divided by 37, which is 2.70%.
Run the same sum for any bet covering n pockets. It wins n times in 37 and pays 36 divided by n, minus 1, which leaves the same loss of 1 in 37. A double-zero wheel has 38 pockets and pays the same 35:1, so the loss is 2 in 38, which is 5.26%. Play PHP1,000 through a single-zero wheel and the average cost is about PHP27; through a double-zero wheel, about PHP53.
Single zero or double zero: read the wheel first
The extra pocket is the whole difference, so check it before you stake. Open the table’s rules or info screen and look for the wheel description, and count the zeros on the layout.
| Wheel | Pockets | Straight-up payout | House edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single zero | 37 | 35:1 | 2.70% |
| Double zero | 38 | 35:1 | 5.26% |
The house edge and the long-run return are two sides of one number. A 2.70% edge is a return of 97.30%, and the RTP meaning page explains why that figure describes a long run, not a single evening.
Roulette strategy: what it can and cannot change
A roulette strategy can change how fast you spend a bankroll, but it cannot change the price of a spin. Each spin is independent, so a red run tells you nothing about the next result. The most common system, doubling after every loss, shows the limit clearly.
- Start at 1 unit on red and double after each loss.
- Six losses in a row on a single-zero wheel has a chance of (19 divided by 37) to the sixth power, which is 1.83%.
- Those six losses cost 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 = 63 units, and the seventh bet would be 64 units.
Table limits stop the doubling long before a long run finishes, and a winning session leaves the edge in place on every spin. The sensible use of a strategy is to set a stake size and a stopping point in advance. The blackjack insurance page runs the same test on a card side bet, and the fan tan odds page does it for a counting game.
Finding roulette at 10JILI
Roulette runs as a live table under the Live Casino section, which lists EVO, SE, SA, TP, DG, MT, ON and Lucky99 Live.
- Open Live Casino and pick a supplier tile.
- Choose a wheel and open its rules or info screen.
- Read the wheel type, the payouts and the stake limits.
- Count the zeros on the layout before your first chip.
Variants with random multipliers or extra features change the paytable, so the screen, not this page, is your final word on what a live wheel pays.
FAQ
What are the odds of hitting a single number in roulette?
One in 37 on a single-zero wheel, or 2.70%, and one in 38 on a double-zero wheel, or 2.63%. A straight-up win pays 35:1 on both, which is why the double-zero wheel costs you more.
Does any roulette strategy beat the house edge?
No. Each spin is independent and every standard bet carries the same edge, so a betting pattern changes how your stakes are spread, not what they cost on average.
Which wheel is better, single zero or double zero?
Single zero, because its house edge is 2.70% against 5.26%. Open the table's rules screen and count the pockets or read the wheel description before you stake.
Do live roulette variants pay the same as standard roulette?
Not always. Variants that add random multipliers or extra features change the paytable, so read the table's rules screen for the payouts it actually posts.