American Roulette Table Layout

• American roulette is one of the most popular roulette variations out there. The major difference lies on the wheel, which features a double zero, alongside the standard single zero found in European and French roulette. Unfortunately, the double zero pushes the odds further in the casino’s favor and increases the house edge to 5.26%.
• On the European roulette table, you will notice there is an extra section that is not on the American roulette table at all. It looks like this: This section of the European roulette table offers a number of extra bets based on where the numbers are located on the European roulette wheel.
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• The American and the European roulette table layouts are practically the same, the main difference is that the European table has one zero position (0) and the American table has two zero positions (0, 00). The other major difference is the sequence of the numbers on the roulette wheel. They are totally different.

Roulette table types

First let’s get an idea of the roulette table variations. The differences between the different types of tables are not huge, so I will avoid confusing you with details.

Check out the table and its layout Before you place any bets, take a close look at the American roulette table layout. You’ll see black and red numbers labelled 1 to 36, plus the green zero.

European roulette table

The European roulette table has only one zero (0) and offers better payouts than the American roulette, which has two zeroes (0, 00).

American roulette table

Picture Of American Roulette Table Layout

As you can see the American roulette table is like the European with the main difference being the additional double zero (00). Although American roulette has one extra number (double zero), the payouts are the same as in the European version. This means that the player who plays American has a bigger disadvantage (-5,4%) versus the European game (-2,7%) because he plays against more numbers/possibilities and his probability of win is a bit lower.

French roulette table

In the image above you can see that the French roulette table has a different layout for the bets. Maybe the biggest difference is that the place for the dozen bets is the lower left and right parts of the table (see: P12, M12, D12). P12 is the bet for the first dozen numbers (1-12). M12 is the bet for the second dozen numbers (13-24) and D12 is the bet for the third dozen numbers (25-36).

Payout wise the French roulette is the same as the European roulette, since it only has one zero and 37 numbers in total. In some casinos French roulette can be even more advantageous for the player than the European type. Some French roulette games offer one of the two following rules, which partially protect the player when “zero” (0) comes:

American Roulette Table Layout Diagram

• La Partage rule: The player loses only half his bet when he has bet Red, Black, High, Low, Odd or Even (Even Chance Bets) and zero (0) has come.
• En prison rule: The player bet stays intact when he has bet Red, Black, High, Low, Odd or Even (Even Chance Bets) and zero (0) has come. The outcome of the next spin will decide if the player wins or loses the bet.

Due to these rules, some French roulette games offer only -1,4% disadvantage when the players bets on Red, Black, High, Low, Odd or Even; these bets are also called Even or Simple Chance betsbecause the pay out as much as you have bet and have nearly 50% chance of winning.

Best and Worse Roulette Bets

The truth is that in general almost all bets in the roulette table are equal in terms of Average Expectation or simply put Risk/Reward ratio. Keep in mind however these small differentiations:

• Single zero roulette is less disadvantageous for the player than European roulette: -2,7% versus -5,4%
• French roulette with special rules can be better than European, if the player bets Red, Black, High, Low, Odd or Even: -1,4% versus 2,7%.

There is however one worst wager one can make in roulette. This bet is exclusive to American roulette and is called “Top line bet“. That is betting on 0, 00, 1, 2, 3. For this wager the player disadvantage in American roulette explodes from -5,6% to an unplayable -7,9%. This is because the casino pays you 6 times your money instead of 6,2 times your money, which is already bad enough with -5,6% disadvantage. Basically you wager 5 numbers for the price of six.

Bets and payouts

• • Single number.
    Probability 1/37 (European or French) or 1/38 (American). Pays 36 times your money.
  • Split / 2 numbers / any two adjacent numbers in the table layout, like 5-6 or 5-8.
    Probability 2/37 (European or French) or 2/38 (American). Pays 18 times your money.
  • Street / 3 numbers any 3 numbers on the same horizontal line in the table, like 10 -11-12.
    Probability 3/37 (European or French) or 3/38 (American). Pays 12 times your money.
  • Corner or Carre / 4 numbers, any 4 adjacent numbers in the table layout, like 1 – 2 – 4 – 5.
    Probability 4/37 (European or French) or 4/38 (American). Pays 9 times your money.
  • Double-street / 6 numbers / any 6 numbers in 2 adjacent streets, like 10 – 11 – 12 – 13 -14 -15.
    Probability 6/37 (European or French) or 6/38 (American). Pays 6 times your money.
  • Dozen / 12 numbers / any of the 3 dozens, 1-12 or 13-24 or 25-36.
    Probability 12/37 (European or French) or 12/38 (American). Pays 3 times your money.
  • Column / 12 numbers/ any of the 3 columns in the roulette table layout.

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Probability 12/37 (European or French) or 12/38 (American). Pays 3 times your money.

• Low / 18 numbers / Numbers: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18.
  Probability 18/37 (European or French*) or 18/38 (American). Pays 2 times your money.
• High / 18 numbers Numbers: 19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36. Probability 18/37 (European or French*) or 18/38 (American). Pays 2 times your money.
• Red / 18 numbers / all the numbers with Red color: 1-3-5-7-9-12-14-16-18-19-21-23-25-27-30-32-34-36.
  Probability 18/37 (European or French*) or 18/38 (American). Pays 2 times your money.
• Black / 18 numbers / all the Black numbers: 2-4-6-8-10-11-13-15-17-20-22-24-26-28-29-31-33-35.
  Probability 18/37 (European or French*) or 18/38 (American). Pays 2 times your money.
• Odd / 18 numbers / all the Odd numbers: 1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-17-19-21-23-25-27-29-31-33-35.
  Probability 18/37 (European or French*) or 18/38 (American). Pays 2 times your money.
• Even numbers / 18 numbers / all the even numbers: 2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-18-20-22-24-26-28-30-32-34-36.
  Probability 18/37 (European or French*) or 18/38 (American). Pays 2 times your money.

American Roulette Table Layout Diagram

*With La Partage or En Prison rule, French roulette offers slightly better odds.

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Bets are placed on the roulette table before the croupier spins the wheel. Look at the roulette table. The American and European tables are the same except for the one very important difference of the 00 on the American table.

By convention, some bets at roulette are called inside bets and some are called outside. This terminology has some affect on the bets as we will see, but none on the outcome of the spin, or on the payout to the winners.

In both European and American roulette there are eight possible bets. See the charts below. The only difference is in the fifth bet. Click for information on history, how to play, wheel layouts and roulette terminology.