Glossary · variant
American roulette
Wheel with 0 and 00, 38 pockets, house edge 5.26%. Not the default model on this site.
In context
You will meet it in Las Vegas and on many RNG tables labeled “American”. Every payoutmoneyPayoutWhat a winning bet returns, quoted as “X to 1” on top of the returned stake.Read full → is the same as on a European wheel, so the extra pocketequipmentPocketOne of the 37 numbered compartments on the rotor. Also: slot, cup.Read full → is pure cost.
Did you know
The double zerovariantDouble zeroThe 00 pocket of the American wheel. Its presence raises the house edge from 2.70% to 5.26%.Read full → is the older design: the Paris wheels of the 1790s had both 0 and 00. Europe dropped one in 1843; America kept both.