Big Six wheel odds: the house edge of every segment
The classic Big Six money wheel has 54 segments. The best bet, the 1, costs 11.11% of each stake; the joker paying 40 to 1 costs 24.07%. Even the best bet on the wheel costs far more than the worst common bet at a roulette table.
| Segment | Pays | Chance | House edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (24 segments) | 1 to 1 | 44.44% | 11.11% |
| 2 (15 segments) | 2 to 1 | 27.78% | 16.67% |
| 5 (7 segments) | 5 to 1 | 12.96% | 22.22% |
| 10 (4 segments) | 10 to 1 | 7.41% | 18.52% |
| 20 (2 segments) | 20 to 1 | 3.70% | 22.22% |
| Joker or logo (1 segment each) | 40 to 1 | 1.85% | 24.07% · at 45 to 1: 14.81% |
Why the wheel costs so much
A fair pay for each segment would be its number of segments against the rest: the 1 appears on 24 of 54 segments, so a fair pay would be 30 to 24, a little more than even money, but it pays exactly even money. Every segment is short-paid this way, and the rarer segments are short-paid more.
For comparison, a single-zero roulette wheel costs 2.70% on every bet, and the house edge table ranks the wheel against every other game.
Questions
What is the best bet on the Big Six wheel?
The 1 segment at 11.11%. Every other segment costs more.
What are the odds of the joker on the money wheel?
1 in 54.0: one segment of 54. Paying 40 to 1 it costs 24.07%, paying 45 to 1 14.81%.
Are online money wheel games the same?
Not always. Live game-show wheels use their own segments, pays and bonus rounds, so their edges differ; the figures here are for the classic 54-segment Big Six wheel.
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