Roulette odds and payouts table for every wheel: true odds of each bet
Here are the roulette odds and payouts for every bet on the layout, on all three wheels, with the chance of each bet coming in and the share of each stake the wheel keeps. Every figure is worked out from the pockets themselves, and the maths is on the page so you can check it.
House edge, European wheelon every bet; 5.26% on an American wheel, 1.35% on even money with La Partage
How roulette odds work
A roulette wheel picks one number out of 37 (European and French wheels) or 38 (American wheels, which add a double zero). Every pocket is equally likely, so a bet's chance is the pockets it covers divided by the pockets on the wheel. Red covers 18, so it wins 48.65% of the time on a European wheel; a single number wins 2.70%.
The payouts are where the casino earns its living. Each is set as if the wheel had 36 pockets: one number pays 35 to 1, two numbers 17 to 1, three 11 to 1, and so on. The zero is the 37th pocket, so every bet wins a little less often than its payout assumes. That gap is the house edge, 2.70% on a single-zero wheel whichever bet you choose, and 5.26% on the double-zero wheel.
So the roulette wheel odds matter more than the choice of bet. Moving from an American wheel to a European one roughly halves the price of every spin; moving from red to a single number changes only how often you win and how much each win pays.
Roulette odds and payouts table
This is a complete roulette odds and payout chart: every bet on the layout, what it pays, how likely it is on each wheel and the average share of each stake the wheel keeps.
| Bet | Numbers | Pays | Chance, European | Chance, American | Edge, European | Edge, French | Edge, American |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight up | 1 | 35 to 1 | 1 in 37 · 2.70% | 1 in 38 · 2.63% | 2.70% | 2.70% | 5.26% |
| Split | 2 | 17 to 1 | 1 in 18.50 · 5.41% | 1 in 19 · 5.26% | 2.70% | 2.70% | 5.26% |
| Street | 3 | 11 to 1 | 1 in 12.33 · 8.11% | 1 in 12.67 · 7.89% | 2.70% | 2.70% | 5.26% |
| Corner | 4 | 8 to 1 | 1 in 9.25 · 10.81% | 1 in 9.50 · 10.53% | 2.70% | 2.70% | 5.26% |
| Six line | 6 | 5 to 1 | 1 in 6.17 · 16.22% | 1 in 6.33 · 15.79% | 2.70% | 2.70% | 5.26% |
| Dozen or column | 12 | 2 to 1 | 1 in 3.08 · 32.43% | 1 in 3.17 · 31.58% | 2.70% | 2.70% | 5.26% |
| Red, black, odd, even, high or low | 18 | 1 to 1 | 1 in 2.06 · 48.65% | 1 in 2.11 · 47.37% | 2.70% | 1.35% | 5.26% |
| Top line (0, 00, 1, 2, 3) | 5 | 6 to 1 | — | 1 in 7.60 · 13.16% | — | — | 7.89% |
The edge columns barely move, because the zero taxes every bet by the same proportion. The French column differs only on even money, where La Partage returns half the stake on zero, and the American top line costs 7.89%, since its 6 to 1 payout assumes 35 pockets rather than 36.
Inside and outside bets: payouts against the true odds
Inside bets sit on the numbered grid and cover one to six numbers: they pay a lot, rarely. Outside bets sit on the boxes around it and cover twelve or eighteen: they pay little, often. Each table sets the payout beside the true odds against, the payout that would make the bet perfectly fair.
Inside bets
| Bet | True odds against | Pays | £10 win returns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Straight up | 36 to 1 | 35 to 1 | £360.00 |
| Split | 35 to 2 | 17 to 1 | £180.00 |
| Street | 34 to 3 | 11 to 1 | £120.00 |
| Corner | 33 to 4 | 8 to 1 | £90.00 |
| Six line | 31 to 6 | 5 to 1 | £60.00 |
A split is two neighbouring numbers, a street a row of three, a corner a block of four and a six line two adjacent rows. A trio on 0, 1, 2 or 0, 2, 3 pays 11 to 1 like any three-number bet, and zero can be backed straight up at 35 to 1: it is just another pocket.
Outside bets
| Bet | True odds against | Pays | £10 win returns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dozen or column | 25 to 12 | 2 to 1 | £30.00 |
| Red, black, odd, even, high or low | 19 to 18 | 1 to 1 | £20.00 |
Red, black, odd, even, high (19 to 36) and low (1 to 18) each cover 18 numbers, and zero belongs to none of them, so on a European wheel they win 48.65% of spins, not 50%. Dozens and columns cover twelve numbers each and pay 2 to 1; again, zero sits outside them all.
Announced bets on the wheel: voisins, tiers, orphelins and jeu zéro
French and many European tables accept call bets named after stretches of the wheel. Each is a fixed set of ordinary chips, so we counted the return of every chip in each of the 37 pockets.
| Bet | Chips | Numbers covered | Chance of a hit | Net result on a hit | House edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voisins du zéroneighbours of zero | 9 | 17 of 37 | 45.95% | +9 to +15 chips | 2.70% |
| Tiers du cylindrethird of the wheel | 6 | 12 of 37 | 32.43% | +12 chips | 2.70% |
| Orphelinsorphans | 5 | 8 of 37 | 21.62% | +13 to +31 chips | 2.70% |
| Jeu zérozero game | 4 | 7 of 37 | 18.92% | +14 to +32 chips | 2.70% |
- Voisins du zéro: 2 chips on the 0-2-3 trio, 2 on the 25-26-28-29 corner, 1 each on the splits 4/7, 12/15, 18/21, 19/22 and 32/35.
- Tiers du cylindre: 1 chip on each of the splits 5/8, 10/11, 13/16, 23/24, 27/30 and 33/36.
- Orphelins: 1 chip straight up on 1, and 1 each on the splits 6/9, 14/17, 17/20 and 31/34.
- Jeu zéro: 1 chip each on the splits 0/3, 12/15 and 32/35, and 1 straight up on 26.
Take voisins du zéro. Its 9 chips cover 17 numbers. Over the 37 pockets, the two trio chips return 12 each on three pockets, the two corner chips 9 each on four, and the five split chips 18 each on two pockets apiece: 324 chips back against 333 staked, so the bet keeps 9 in every 333, exactly 1 in 37.
The same count gives 2.70% for tiers, 2.70% for orphelins and 2.70% for jeu zéro. It cannot come out any other way: each chip keeps 1/37 of itself, so a bundle keeps 1/37 of the bundle. These bets follow the single-zero wheel's order of numbers, so the simulator offers them on European and French wheels only.
European vs American vs French roulette wheel odds
The three wheels share one layout and one set of payouts. What differs is the number of zeros and, on French tables, what a zero does to even-money bets.
- European: 37 pockets, one zero. Every bet keeps 2.70%.
- American: 38 pockets, 0 and 00. Every bet keeps 5.26%, except the top line at 7.89%.
- French: the European wheel with La Partage or En Prison on even-money bets, which cuts their edge to 1.35%. Other bets keep 2.70%.
La Partage returns half of an even-money stake when zero lands. The bet still wins 18 pockets in 37, but on the 37th it loses only half, so the average loss per spin halves: 18/37 × 1 − 18/37 × 1 − 1/37 × ½ = −1/74, an edge of 1.35%.
En Prison holds the stake instead: if the next spin wins, the stake comes back; if it loses, the stake goes. Call a held stake's value V. When a second zero keeps it held, V = 18/37 + V/37, so V = ½ and the edge matches La Partage at 1.35%. Where a second zero loses the held stake, V = 18/37 and the edge is 1.39%. Both beat a plain European table, and the roulette wheel odds on an American table, at 5.26%, are worse than either.
How to calculate roulette payouts
Every standard payout follows one rule: divide 36 by the numbers covered and subtract one. Two numbers pay 36 ÷ 2 − 1 = 17 to 1; twelve pay 36 ÷ 12 − 1 = 2 to 1. A winning bet returns the stake as well, so a £10 corner that wins pays £80 and gives back £90 in total.
The £10 corner wins 4 times in 37 on average, returning £90.00 each time, so the average return per spin is 4/37 × £90.00 = £9.73. The £0.27 shortfall is the 2.70% edge in pounds, and the same sum gives 2.70% for any European bet. The roulette odds calculator does it for any bet and number of spins, and our house edge guide applies the method to every casino game.
The odds of streaks
Each spin is independent, so the chance of a run is the single-spin chance multiplied by itself. Red twice in a row on a European wheel is 18/37 × 18/37 = 23.67%; the table extends that, counted from the next spin.
| Run | European wheel | American wheel |
|---|---|---|
| 2 in a row | 1 in 4.23 · 23.667% | 1 in 4.46 · 22.438% |
| 3 in a row | 1 in 8.69 · 11.514% | 1 in 9.41 · 10.628% |
| 5 in a row | 1 in 36.70 · 2.725% | 1 in 41.93 · 2.385% |
| 8 in a row | 1 in 319 · 0.314% | 1 in 395 · 0.253% |
| 10 in a row | 1 in 1,347 · 0.074% | 1 in 1,758 · 0.057% |
Those are the odds before a run begins. Once red has come up five times, the chance of a sixth is still 48.65%; the wheel cannot remember. Believing black is now "due" is the gambler's fallacy.
Across a whole session, runs are far more common. We worked out the chance of at least one run of one colour (red or black, broken by a zero) somewhere in 100 spins of a European wheel: a run of 6 or more happens in 75.7% of sessions, 8 or more in 26.7% and 10 or more in 6.8%. Over 37 spins, the chance that zero never appears at all is 36.3%, so a missing number is no sign that it is about to arrive.
Why betting systems don't change the house edge
The Martingale doubles the stake after every loss on an even-money bet, so the first win recovers all losses plus the first stake. It usually works, which is why it feels safe. With a £5 start on a European wheel and a £500 limit, the stakes run £5, £10, £20 up to £320: 7 bets before the next double breaks the limit.
- The series ends £5 up in 99.06% of cases: every outcome except 7 losses in a row.
- All 7 lose with a chance of (19/37)7 = 0.94%, about 1 in 106, and the series then loses £635.
- On average a series stakes £37.97 and returns £36.94, a loss of £1.03.
Divide the average loss by the average staked and you get 2.70%: the house edge, exactly. On an American wheel the plan loses 5.26% of everything staked. Fibonacci, d'Alembert and every other staking plan fail the same way: they rearrange the stakes, never the odds.
RNG and live wheels: the same maths
A digital game uses a random number generator to pick one of 37 or 38 results with equal chance; a live game streams a physical wheel. If the wheel type and payouts match, so do the odds and the edge. Games under a Gambling Commission licence must be tested for fairness and their rules published, so the wheel type should be in the game information.
What can differ is pace. A digital game can settle many more spins an hour than a croupier, and since the cost is the edge multiplied by everything staked, faster play at the same edge costs more per hour.
Roulette simulator: watch the edge appear
No money is involved. Pick a wheel and a bet, then simulate rounds in batches. The simulator counts how often the bet came in against its true chance and tracks the share of stakes returned, which wanders at first and settles towards 100% minus the edge. The first 1,000 rounds of red on a European wheel are shown already.
Roulette odds simulator
Draws come from your browser's random number generator.
1,000 rounds on the European wheel. Highlighted numbers are hits for this bet.
Follow a single number for 100 rounds and the share returned can land anywhere from nothing to over 200%. Over tens of thousands it closes in on 97.30%, or 94.74% on the American wheel.
For the same breakdown on other tables, see blackjack odds, baccarat odds or every game on the casino odds home page. Roulette has a fixed price, affordable only with money you can spare; if spins start to feel like a way to win back losses, our responsible gambling page has free, confidential help.
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Roulette odds: questions people ask
What are the roulette odds of hitting a single number?
On a European or French wheel a single number wins once in 37 spins on average (2.70%) and pays 35 to 1. On an American wheel the chance falls to 1 in 38 (2.63%) for the same payout.
What is the house edge in roulette and how does it affect my odds?
It is the share of each stake the wheel keeps on average: 2.70% with one zero, 5.26% with two. It does not change how often a bet wins; it is the gap between that chance and the payout, the price of every spin.
Do American and European roulette wheels offer different odds?
Yes. The American wheel has 38 pockets (0 and 00), the European 37. The payouts are identical, so every American bet wins slightly less often and the edge nearly doubles, from 2.70% to 5.26%.
Which roulette bet has the best odds of winning?
The even-money bets (red or black, odd or even, high or low) win most often: 48.65% of spins on a European wheel. The best value is the same bet on a French table with La Partage or En Prison, where the edge is 1.35%.
Which roulette bet has the worst odds?
By price, the American top line on 0, 00, 1, 2 and 3, at 7.89%. By chance of winning, a straight-up number, though its edge is the same as every other bet on its wheel.
Does the payout for a winning bet reflect its true odds?
No, and that is the house edge. Payouts are set as if the wheel had 36 pockets. A single number is 36 to 1 against on a European wheel but pays 35 to 1; that one unit is where the 2.70% comes from.
Why do La Partage and En Prison improve player odds?
Both soften the zero for even-money bets. La Partage hands back half the stake; En Prison holds it for one more spin and returns it if that spin wins. A zero then costs half as much, so the edge halves from 2.70% to 1.35%.
Do announced bets like voisins du zéro have better odds?
No. Voisins, tiers, orphelins and jeu zéro are bundles of ordinary splits, trios, corners and straight bets, so each keeps 2.70% on a single-zero wheel. They change which pockets pay, not the price.
Are the roulette odds different after a long run of one colour?
No. The wheel has no memory: after five reds in a row, the next spin is still 48.65% red on a European wheel. A run was unlikely before it started; once it has happened, it says nothing about the next spin.
What are the odds of the same colour coming up ten times in a row?
From a given spin, red ten times running on a European wheel is 1 in 1,347. A long run somewhere in a session is far more likely: some run of 8 or more of one colour turns up in about 27% of 100-spin sessions.
Can betting systems like the Martingale change the odds?
No. A system changes the stakes, never the chance or payout of a spin. With a £5 start and a £500 limit, the Martingale wins £5 in 99.1% of series and loses £635 in the rest, which averages out to 2.70% of everything staked.
How are the odds in online RNG roulette different from a live dealer game?
They are not, if the wheel and rules match. A random number generator picks each of the 37 or 38 pockets with the same chance as a real ball, and a live studio wheel is a real wheel on camera. Check the wheel type and whether La Partage applies.
How does the UK Gambling Commission make sure roulette is fair?
Licensed operators must offer games that meet the Commission's technical standards for fairness and randomness, tested by approved test houses, and must make the rules and return of each game available, so the wheel type and payouts should be in the game information.
How much does a roulette session cost on average?
Multiply everything you stake by the edge. Forty spins at £5 is £200 staked: £5.40 on average on a European wheel, £10.52 on an American one. The roulette odds calculator does this for any bet.
Where can I get help if roulette stops being fun?
Our responsible gambling page lists free, confidential UK support, including the National Gambling Helpline, and the warning signs worth watching for.