Roulette Payouts and Odds: Every Bet, Every Wheel (+ Cheat Sheet)

A straight-up bet on a single roulette number pays 35:1. Even-money bets like red or black pay 1:1. All roulette payouts sit between those two, and they follow one rule: the fewer numbers your bet covers, the more it pays.

This page is the full reference — every bet, its payout, its real win probability on both European and American wheels, and the house-edge math that connects them. Bookmark the chart, skim the cheat sheet, and you'll never have to guess what a bet pays again.

Key Takeaways

• Payouts are identical on every standard roulette table worldwide — a straight-up bet pays 35:1 whether you're online or in Monte Carlo.

• What changes between games is the wheel, not the payouts. A double zero cuts your win probability on every bet without paying you more.

• On a European wheel, every standard bet carries the same 2.70% house edge. On an American wheel, it's 5.26% — except one bet that's even worse.

• "Best" bets aren't about lucky numbers. They're about hit frequency, volatility, and choosing the right wheel — single-zero tables are easy to spot among the online roulette games at Shuffle.

Roulette Payout Chart: All Bets at a Glance

The basket bet exists only on American wheels — and as you'll see below, it's the one bet in roulette worth actively avoiding.

How Roulette Payouts Work

A payout of 35:1 means 35 units of profit for every unit staked, plus your stake back. Bet $10 on a single number and hit, and you collect $360 total: $350 in winnings plus your original $10.

Here's the part most guides skip: every standard roulette payout comes from a single formula.

Payout = (36 − n) ÷ n, where n is how many numbers your bet covers.

One number: (36 − 1) ÷ 1 = 35:1. Two numbers: (36 − 2) ÷ 2 = 17:1. A dozen: (36 − 12) ÷ 12 = 2:1. Eighteen numbers: 1:1. Every row of the chart above is that one calculation.

Notice what the formula uses: 36. Not 37, and not 38. Payouts are set as if the zeros don't exist — but the ball can still land on them. That gap between the payout math and the actual wheel is the house edge.

Roulette Odds by Wheel: European vs. American

A European wheel has 37 pockets (0 plus 1–36). A straight-up bet wins 1 time in 37 but pays as if the odds were 1 in 36. That shortfall works out to a house edge of 2.70% — and because the same formula prices every bet, every standard bet on a European wheel carries exactly the same 2.70% edge. There are no secretly better or worse bets on a single-zero wheel; there are only different volatilities.

An American wheel adds a double zero for 38 pockets, while payouts stay frozen at the 36-based formula. Your win probability drops on every single bet — check the chart's two right-hand columns — and the edge nearly doubles to 5.26%. Same payouts, worse odds: that's the entire difference, and it's why the wheel you pick matters more than any bet you place.

The layout differs too. On an American roulette wheel, the 0 and 00 sit directly opposite each other and the number sequence around the rim is different from the European order — a detail that matters for wheel-based called bets, though it changes nothing about the math.

Two exceptions bookend the range:

The worst bet in roulette is the American basket (0, 00, 1, 2, 3). It pays 6:1, but five numbers "should" pay (36 − 5) ÷ 5 = 6.2:1. That rounding-down pushes its house edge to 7.89% — half again worse than everything else on the table.

The best standard odds come from French rules. La Partage returns half your even-money stake when zero hits, cutting the edge on red/black, odd/even, and high/low to 1.35%. If you mainly play even-money bets and a French table is available, that rule is worth more than any strategy ever devised.

What Are the Best Roulette Bets?

On a single-zero wheel, no bet has a mathematical advantage over another — the 2.70% edge is uniform. So "best" comes down to what you're optimizing for:

Best for hit frequency: even-money bets (red/black, odd/even, high/low) win 48.65% of the time on a European wheel. Long losing runs still happen, but they're the steadiest ride in the game.

Best pure odds in roulette: even-money bets on a French table with La Partage, at a 1.35% edge. Nothing else in standard roulette comes close.

Best payout ceiling: the straight-up bet's 35:1. It's not "worse" than an outside bet on a European wheel — it just concentrates the same math into rare, large wins instead of frequent small ones.

The one to skip: the American basket bet, for the reasons above.

If you're choosing a table with this in mind, single-zero European and French games are clearly labeled among the roulette games at Shuffle, alongside the American and live options.

Roulette Cheat Sheet

A cheat sheet here means a reference card, not a way to beat the wheel — no such thing exists. Screenshot this section and you have the whole game:

Three rules of thumb that cover 95% of decisions:

• One zero good, two zeros bad. Single-zero wheels (2.70% edge) always beat double-zero wheels (5.26%).

• Payout = (36 − n) ÷ n. If you forget what a bet pays, count its numbers and do the math.

• Fewer numbers = bigger swings, not better value. On a single-zero wheel every bet costs the same over time; pick the volatility you can live with.

Called Bets: Voisins, Tiers, and Orphelins

European tables sometimes offer "called" (or announced) bets that cover physical sections of the wheel rather than columns of the layout:

• Voisins du Zéro — the 17 numbers around zero, placed as 9 chips across splits, corners, and a trio.

• Tiers du Cylindre — the 12 numbers opposite zero, placed as 6 split bets.

• Orphelins — the 8 "orphan" numbers in the two remaining slices, placed as 5 chips.

Their payouts depend on which component chip hits, but every underlying bet is a standard split, corner, or straight — so the house edge remains the usual 2.70%. Called bets change the shape of your coverage, not its cost. They're mainly useful if you want to bet on a physical region of the wheel rather than a stripe of the betting grid.

Payouts Are Only Half the Picture

Knowing what bets pay tells you the price of the game; it doesn't tell you how to play it. If you're new to the table itself, start with the beginner's guide to playing roulette. And if you're wondering whether bet sizing or sequencing can tilt these numbers in your favor, the honest answer — with the math — is in our breakdown of do roulette systems work.

For a live example of the single-zero math in practice, Shuffle's Original crypto roulette runs a European wheel at the standard 2.70% edge, with every spin independently verifiable.

FAQ

How much do you win if you hit a single number in roulette?

A straight-up bet pays 35:1, so a $10 bet returns $360 in total — $350 profit plus your $10 stake. The payout is the same on every standard table, European or American.

What is the payout for green 0 or 00?

A straight-up bet on 0 (or 00 on American wheels) pays 35:1, exactly like any other number. Zeros aren't special to bet on — they're only special because most other bets lose when they hit.

What are the odds of hitting red or black?

On a European wheel, 18 of 37 pockets are red, so red wins 48.65% of the time — and the same for black. On an American wheel it's 18 of 38, or 47.37%. The green zeros are why neither color is a true 50/50.

Why don't roulette payouts match the true odds?

Because payouts are calculated from 36 numbers while the wheel holds 37 or 38. A single number pays 35:1, but its true odds are 36:1 against on a European wheel. That built-in shortfall is the house edge — 2.70% with one zero, 5.26% with two.

What is the worst bet in roulette?

The American basket bet on 0, 00, 1, 2, and 3. Its 6:1 payout underpays the five numbers it covers, giving it a 7.89% house edge — the only standard roulette bet worse than the rest of the table it sits on.

Are roulette payouts different online?

No. The payout ratios are standardized everywhere — 35:1 for a number, 1:1 for even money. What varies between games is the wheel type and table rules, which change your odds of winning, not what winning pays.

Roulette's math never changes, and that's the point of knowing it: every number on this page is a fixed cost, not a puzzle to solve. Play it as entertainment with a known price, set your limits before you spin, and the chart above will do the rest.

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