Re: Roulette odds

To maximize the odds of winning at roulette, place all the money you
will ever
bet on roulette on one spin - your choice of red or black. Anything else
goes to pay for the free drinks and bright lights.

On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:

> Eli Arndt schrieb:
> > Hello all,
>
> > By the way, are there any gamblers on the list who can
> > answer a question about roulette?  What is the
> > coloo/number combo with the highest odds?  I need to know
> > this for a current gaming project and haven't been able
> > to track it down.
>
> I am not quite sure whether I understand your query correctly, nor am
I
> an expert on Roulette. AFAIK, you get the best odds (and the lowest
> reward) by any of the binary bets: red/black, even/odd, low/high
> numbers. This yields an 18/37 (or 18/38 if the roulette has two
zeroes)
> chance of doubling your bet, because the zero is not part of any of
the
> sets on which you can bet. Note that the average return is 36/37 (or
> 36/38), which is less than one, so the bank profits in the long term.
>
> Greetings
> Karl Heinz