When you start playing roulette, you need to know that the probability is almost completely up to chance, your ball doesn't remember how many times it hit a certain number and it usually doesn't care. Each spin is an all-new spin and the other spins literally have no bearing to the new spins. Even if you had 20 spins of black, you still have a 50% chance of hitting black on the next spin. However, even in this situation the colors will eventually be about even after a period of time.
When you are playing the game you have an equal chance of getting any number of spins, if you have 20,000 spins, you can get 10,000 red and 10,000 black at any given time. You can expect to have a run of four, six and even up to 12 occurrences of one color in a row. Many people like to figure out how many times you see the red (such as 8) followed by how many times they will see a black, to see if there are any patterns that can be discovered. However, Roulette is a game of chance and the chances are that there are no set patterns for playing roulette. Because no matter what pattern you do discover, you will still discover that every new spin brings the possibility of a new 50% chance of red or black with every spin.
However there are some probabilities that can help you to play more successfully:
| Bets |
Payout Odds |
Probability |
| Red |
1 to 1 |
46.37% |
| Black |
1 to 1 |
46.37% |
| Even |
1 to 1 |
46.37% |
| Odd |
1 to 1 |
46.37% |
| 1 to 18 |
1 to 1 |
46.37% |
| 19 to 36 |
1 to 1 |
46.37% |
| 1 to 12 |
2 to 1 |
31.58% |
| 13 to 24 |
2 to 1 |
31.58% |
| 25 to 36 |
2 to 1 |
31.58% |
| Any one number |
35 to 1 |
2.63% |
| Two number combo |
17 to 1 |
5.26% |
| Three number combo |
11 to 1 |
7.89% |
| Four number combo |
8 to 1 |
10.53% |
| Six number combo |
5 to 1 |
15.79% |
| 0, 00, 1, 2, 3 combo |
6 to 1 |
13.16% |
You must remember that if you want to gamble you must keep track of how many times you win as well as how many times you lose. If you do have a great winning run, you will have to use the law of averages and quit while you are ahead. If you are losing, quit, no need sending more money after money that is already gone. The best thing to do is to come up with a great system that you can use.
An example of the probability of this game is that with the casino advantage of 5.26% and having a double zero wheel will make the player a loser almost every time. However this is usually not true, since Roulette is a game based on luck then every player has a chance to win.
