Hey, friends! Jack the Conqueror here, back to bring you some really cool and useful insights in the world of Roulette games and I am not just saying that! I will put my money where my mouth is and I will prove to you that they have been lying to you over and over again how outside bets can put money in your pocket in no time with the right strategy. Nothing further from the truth, take it from me! Let’s begin!

Call Bets Divide the Roulette into Sectors

Call or announced bets are wagers placed on certain sectors of the roulette wheel, which means covering adjacent numbers with only one bet. The next thing you should know is that every sector has different bets placed in certain positions on the table layout, such as straight-up which pays 35 to 1, splits – 17 to 1 and corners – 8 to 1. Let me elaborate a little on the subject, it’s really easier than it sounds.

Take Voisins du Zero (neighbours of zero) for example. The bet needs 9 units which are placed in 7 positions on the table layout, as follows: 2 chips or units on 0/2/3 street (pays 11 to 1), 2 chips on corner 25/26/28/29 (pays 8 to 1) and 4/7, 12/15, 18/21, 19/22, 32/35 split one chip (pays 17 to 1). Let’s draw the line and see what this adds up to: 9 chips or units, which can be by value of 1, of 5 or whatever denomination you wish to play with. Say for example you want to play Voisins by £5, that will require a total bet of £45. The Mathematics Department of the University of Alabama have made an interesting experiment regarding the roulette odds for the American 00 version of the game. But when it comes to European and French Roulette, the house edge is lower, thus your chances of winning are higher. And if you place a bet on Voisins, the odds of you hitting a win stand at a whopping 45.9%, simply because you cover 17 out of the 36 numbers on the roulette wheel. Not bad, I would say. And the highest payout is 0/2/3, since you have two units or chips placed there, which will be multiplied by 11, as it covers 3 numbers. So, if you do the Math for a Voisins by 5, you will come up with a win of 5 * 2 * 11, which equals to 110. I would say that is a pretty good win, with pretty good odds.

The next sector is called Orphelins (orphans) – because the numbers are split on both sides of the wheel and the odds of winning are at 21.6%. It requires 5 units, covering 8 numbers and the highest payout is for number 1 – 35 to 1, plus 1 chip placed on the winning number, so 36 to 1. The last main sector is called Tiers du Cylindre (thirds of the wheel) aka Serie 5/8 and it covers 12 numbers with 6 chips. As you have probably guessed, all bets are placed in split positions, the highest payout being 17 to 1 and the odds of winning are 32.4%. So, now that you know, would you really waste your time making progressive wagers on red/black or whatever even odds wagers, when you can win as much as 36 to 1 with call bets? I didn’t think so, either!

So, as you can see, there are many ways of tilting the odds in your favour in online, but also in land-based casinos, as an article by the newscientist.com reported. My advice to you: always do the Math yourself and don’t get fooled by the tons of get-rich quick strategies out there. Simply follow this simple rule: divide and conquer, with the help of racetrack bets.