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Why does Roulette have the most house edge?


vijaypondini

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I’m assuming because this is the place where if you play on roulette, you play big. For this is probably a way to make more money off of the users, and if called out a way to make a point that the house edge is higher as an excuse.

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@vijaypondini first of all , please try to post in the appropiate section so that mods dont have to move your posts.

You say that all games other than roulette have a 1% house edge, and that is not true, in the home page you can see the house edge for each of the games.

The house edge of roulette is not unique to Stake, its the same in all irl casinos that use the single "0" roulette, because its a mathematical consequence of how the table is designed.....

If you bet for example at RED colour, there are 18 red numbers and 18 black numbers, and you are paid 2X of your bet amount, BUT there is 1/37 chance that the "0" will hit, and 1/37 is 2.7%, its the house edge.

 

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Well roulette is one of the most interesting games and it has a house edge of 1% because i guess stake has decided to do so and in real life it feels the same as 1% is. 

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As @maverick528 pointed out, the answer is easy:  Math.

However, there is one option Stake could offer to reduce the house edge at least on even money bets, it's call the en prison rule.  The idea is that when you lose an even bet, e.g. black or red, even or odd, 1-18 or 19-36 if a 0 is rolled then your bet is not lost, it's trapped for the next spin and if it "wins" you win your money back.  This reduces the house edge on those bets to closer to 1%.  I suggested it when they were looking for idea for Roulette, but no luck.

Keep in mind, even at 2.7% Stake's Roulette is as good as the best RL casinos, and better than almost any RL casino you are going to find in the USA.

For more on en prison rule:  https://www.realmoneyaction.com/roulette/the-en-prison-and-la-partage-roulette-bets-explained/

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7 hours ago, maverick528 said:

@vijaypondini first of all , please try to post in the appropiate section so that mods dont have to move your posts.

You say that all games other than roulette have a 1% house edge, and that is not true, in the home page you can see the house edge for each of the games.

The house edge of roulette is not unique to Stake, its the same in all irl casinos that use the single "0" roulette, because its a mathematical consequence of how the table is designed.....

If you bet for example at RED colour, there are 18 red numbers and 18 black numbers, and you are paid 2X of your bet amount, BUT there is 1/37 chance that the "0" will hit, and 1/37 is 2.7%, its the house edge.

 

Dang mav.. you like a wikipedia.. these are details that i normally dont care to know or interested enough in finding out until i have to or want to.. xD .. thanks for that .. learned something new today.. i feel so productive.. weeee xD

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The topic of house edge for roulette has come up a fair few times, but theres never been a resolution between the owners for actually approving the implementation of it.

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