The Odds in Online Roulette
The word Roulette literally means – small wheel. Quite simple and completely dependent on chance, online Roulette will never bring you instant riches. Still, online Roulette is a popular casino game as it provides plenty of entertainment and endless excitement.
The players choose to place bets on a number, a range of numbers, the color red or black, and on whether the number is odd or even. A croupier spins the wheel and then spins a small ball into the wheel in the opposite direction, around a tilted circular track on the wheel. As the wheel loses its speed, the ball too comes to a halt and rests in one of the colored and numbered pockets. In online Roulette, software powers this process.
With so many options to bet on, the probability of winning is bleak. The house, of course has advantage. In the case of online Roulette, it has an edge of 5.26%. This edge is less for the European version of online Roulette.
Here is a sample of odds at online Roulette.
Bet |
Payout |
Odds |
Expected Value on a bet of $1 |
0 |
35 to 1 |
37 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
00 |
35 to 1 |
37 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Straight Up |
35 to 1 |
37 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Row 00 |
17 to 1 |
18 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Split |
17 to 1 |
18 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Trio |
11 to 1 |
11.667 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Street |
11 to 1 |
11.667 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Corner |
8 to 1 |
8.5 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Five Number Bet |
6 to 1 |
6.6 to 1 |
-$0.079 |
Six Line |
5 to 1 |
5.3 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
1st column |
2 to 1 |
12.16 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
2nd column |
2 to 1 |
12.16 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
3rd column |
2 to 1 |
12.16 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
1st dozen |
2 to 1 |
12.16 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
2nd dozen |
2 to 1 |
12.16 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
3rd dozen |
2 to 1 |
12.16 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Odd |
1 to 1 |
1.111 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Even |
1 to 1 |
1.111 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Red |
1 to 1 |
1.111 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Black |
1 to 1 |
1.111 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
1-18 |
1 to 1 |
1.111 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
19-36 |
1 to 1 |
1.111 to 1 |
-$0.053 |
Eating the odds is difficult, but the rare win makes up for the chance you take at online Roulette.








