Updated 2026-07-31 · every number computed, none quoted

Roulette, proven.

Roulette has a fixed price: 2.70% of everything you wager on a European wheel, 5.26% on American, 1.35% on French even-money bets. No system changes that number — we ran 1,000,000 Martingale sessions to check, and the wheel kept exactly its 2.70%. What systems do change is how you lose. This site shows you all of it, with the receipts.⚙ computed

The one table that explains everything

Fourteen betting systems, identical conditions ($5 base, $500 bankroll, $500 table max, 100 spins, European wheel). Look at the last column — then look at the rest.

SystemBust rateMedian resultRealized house edge
Martingale32.6%$6902.69%
Labouchere60.9%$02.72%
Grand Martingale48.1%$3652.77%
D'Alembert27.7%$5552.71%
Fibonacci17.2%$5752.73%
Oscar's Grind13.7%$5552.73%
Paroli (Reverse Martingale)0.0%$4752.69%
1-3-2-60.0%$4702.70%
Flat betting0.0%$4902.71%
All-in (double or nothing)94.3%$02.71%

Every system paid the wheel almost exactly its 2.70%. The systems didn't change the price — they changed the shape of the losing. That is the entire truth about roulette systems, and the rest of this site is the detail.

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Frequently asked

Can any betting system beat roulette?
No. We simulated fourteen systems over 200,000–1,000,000 sessions each: every one paid the house its exact edge (2.69–2.78% realized on a 2.70% wheel). Systems change the distribution of outcomes — bust rates ranged from 0% to 94% — but never the price.
Which roulette game has the best odds?
French roulette with la partage: even-money bets cost 1.35% instead of 2.70% (European) or 5.26% (American). If you play, that is the whole strategy in one sentence.
Are the numbers on this site trustworthy?
Every figure is computed by our open engine — exact expected values validated against published canon, and Monte Carlo runs whose configs and results are published as an open dataset. Nothing is quoted from other sites.