Winning with best roulette bets

Understanding the best roulette bets is important in enjoying your game. While some roulette bets are statistically better than others, they may not yield the most rewards money-wise. Conversely, some bets give higher payouts but are less probable to win on the next spin. Thus, depending on personal preferences, one person’s best roulette bets is another person’s worst.

The trade off lies with the probability of the number or number group to win on any given spin. Making a straight bet (single number bet) is always the best roulette bet in terms of single payout. A single number bet gives the highest payout at 35 to 1, however the chances that the number will come up on the spin is only 1 out of 37 on an American roulette table (1 out of 36 for a European table).
 

The presence of the double zero in American roulette increases the house edge for the casino. You always have better odds at playing with a European roulette table as against the American version. Therefore, try to always go for European roulette as much as possible.

Other high payout roulette bets include splits (two adjacent numbers), which pays 17 to 1; trio or street (three numbers in a row), which has a payout of 11 to 1; and corner bets (four adjacent numbers forming a square box) at 8 to 1. These inside bets have better odds and may be considered best roulette bets.

When it comes to best roulette bets in terms of higher percentage of winning, the outside bets have it. Betting on a column or a dozen group gives you 12 out of 38 chances of winning at a payout of only 2 to 1. Other outside bets – odd-even, red-black, first-last 18 only returns your bet at 1 to 1.