The Complete Bet is a high table max coverage bet that covers all of the inside bets for an individual number. This is a bet that is usually played by high rollers and is also known as a Maximum Bet (although in theory you could also add some outside bets to the pot).
You would cover the even money bets and the columns and dozens that contain the number, but normally a Complete bet just involves the inside Bets. We also explain how to lay a Complete Bet on the number 23 in our numbers section, or scroll down for an explanation of how to make a Complete 17 bet.
A Mike Ashley Favourite
This is the famous Mike Ashley bet, the owner of English Premiership side Newcastle, who famously made a complete bet on his lucky number 17 in Mayfair, in 2008, and won £1.3 million.
Below you will find a simple table that lists the payouts for roulette. For each bet type we have listed how many numbers are covered and the payout you will receive if the bet wins. Quick info about the payout column – With the payout column, we have listed the numbers going off the assumption that you’re placing a £1 bet. For example, if you place a £1 bet on Red, you will get £2 back.
- To calculate maximum payouts to maximum bets, start with 37 in American roulette, or 36 in European roulette, and divide the number of squares you are betting on. Subtract one from this number and you now have your payout rate.
- A roulette table contains 12 streets for you to bet on. Examples of a street would be 1, 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6. To place a street bet, you simply place your chip on the edge of the row that you’d like to cover.
To play the bet at a club, you’d need to call “Complete Bet on 17” for example, or “17 to the maximum”. I haven’t seen any online roulette tables offering this as part of their call bets, so you’ll need to make up the bet manually.
Roulette Pay Table
Pros and Cons of the Complete Bet
- The Complete Bet spreads your risk across a bigger table area if you have a favourite number
- If the bet comes in on your number or near it, it pays off big
- It’s a way of maxing out on a single number, if you like – popular with players who want to make a scene at the table
- If the ball falls out of your covered zone, this is an expensive way of playing roulette. It’s often played as a one off.
Here’s how you would do it (for a Complete Bet on 17). The table limits vary from table to table- below is just an example). You will need 40 chips – this assumes the maximum bet on a single number is £100.
Bet Type & Numbers
Betting layout showing a 40 chip Complete Bet on 17 with £100 max single number bet.
- Straight-Up 17 1 £100
- Split 17, 14 2 £200
- Split 17, 16 2 £200
- Split 17, 18 2 £200
- Split 17, 20 2 £200
- Street 17, 16, 18 £ $300
- Corner 17, 16, 13, 14 4 £400
- Corner 17, 18, 14, 15 4 £400
- Corner 17, 16, 19, 20 4 £400
- Corner 17, 18, 20, 21 4 £400
- Six Line 17, 16, 18, 13, 14, 15 6 £600
- Six Line Bet 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 £600
Total Bets Placed 40 £4000
The payout for this bet if your number comes in 9.8:1. Plus you get your original bet back of course.
You will also be paid out on the other numbers covered of course (to a lesser extent).
Other Examples:
Graphic showing how many chips you need (of the same value) to make up complete bets of each number on a European Roulette table.
So, for example,
- Completing the Zero costs 17 pieces and pays 235 pieces.
- Numbers 1 and 3 cost 27 pieces and pay 297 pieces.
- Number 2 is a 36 piece bet and pays 396 pieces
- Number 27 – 30 pieces – pays out 294
- Numbers 34 and 36 each cost 18 pieces and pay 198 pieces.
- Number 35 is a 24 piece bet which pays 264 pieces.
If you want to make a Complete Bet, but not at the table limits, ame sure you qualify your request to the croupier, and say something like “Complete Bet on 17 with £25”. That’s 40 bets for a total of £1000.
Where Can You Play a Complete Bet Online?
We haven’t seen this bet as a specific option on too many online variants- but you can play it on Playtech’s Multi-Wheel roulette (just de-activate the extra wheel if you only want to play one wheel). Click on the little button that says “More Bets” and you will have an option to play a Half Complete bet (just the Inside Bets) and a Complete Bet (including Outside Bets).
Best Casino and Roulette For The Complete Bet.
You will need a high limit variant. We’d recommend the 3D Roulette at Betfair Casino. There’s a £100 Match bonus.
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Introduction
Double Ball Roulette plays like regular roulette, except with two balls. I first saw the game at the 2013 Global Gaming Expo and later at the Tropicana in Las Vegas on February 18, 2014. The Tropicana uses a double-zero wheel.
Later, in November, 2016, I noticed it at an Internet casino using Felt software. Felt uses a single-zero wheel.
You might wonder about how they keep the balls from hitting each other in a physical game. The game uses compressed air to shoot the two balls out of a tube almost simultaneously. They travel at the same speed so the second ball always trails the first one.
You might also wonder if the probability of the two balls landing in the same number is about the expected 1/38, assuming they the two outcomes were completely independent. At least I wondered this and annoyed the game maker with physics questions at the gaming show for much too long about it. He assured me that an independent lab did tens of thousands of spins and the probability of the two balls landing the same number is about the expected 1/38, assuming they two outcomes were completely independent.
The betting layout is mostly the same as standard roulette. With the inside bets, the player has two chances to win, but the pays are less. On the outside bets, both balls must win, but the pays are more. In addition the player may bet that both balls will land in any one number.
Rules
General Rules
- An ordinary single- or double-zero wheel is used.
- Most of the layout is the same as conventional roulette.
- Two balls are used.
- Both balls must be successful for 'outside' bets to win. For example, for a bet on Red win, both balls must land in a red number.
- Either ball must be successful for 'inside' bets to win. The player will win twice as much if both balls result in a successful outcome.
- For the 'Double Ball Jackpot' bet to win, both balls must land in the selected number.
- A remote-controlled button is given to a player to activate the air gun shooting the balls.
Available Bets
- Red, Black, Odd, Even, 1 to 18, 19 to 36 — Pays 3 to 1 if both balls land in the chosen 18 numbers.
- 1st 12, 2nd 12, 3rd 12 — Pays 8 to 1 if both balls land in the chosen 12 numbers.
- 1 red, 1 black — Pays 1 to 1 if one ball lands in a red number and the other black.
- One Number — Pays 17 to 1 if either ball lands in the chosen number, and 34 to 1 if both do.
- Two Number — Pays 8 to 1 if either ball lands in the chosen number, and 16 to 1 if both do.
- Three Number — Pays 5 to 1 if either ball lands in the chosen number, and 10 to 1 if both do.
- Four Number — Pays 3 to 1 if either ball lands in the chosen number, and 6 to 1 if both do.
- Five Number — Pays 5 to 2 if either ball lands in the chosen number, and 5 to 1 if both do.
- Six Number — Pays 2 to 1 if either ball lands in the chosen number, and 4 to 1 if both do.
- Double Ball Jackpot — Pays 1,200 to 1 if both balls land in the selected number.
Below are scans of the rack card. Click either image for a larger version.
Double-Zero Analysis
Outside Bets
The following tables show my analysis of the Outside bets on a double-zero wheel. For outside bets both balls must land in a winning number for the bet to win.
The next table shows my analysis of all bets with 18 winnings numbers, namely red, black, odd, even, low (1 to 18), and high (19 to 36).
All 18-Number Outside Bets — Double-Zero Wheel
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 3 | 324 | 0.224377 | 0.673130 |
| Loss | -1 | 1,120 | 0.775623 | -0.775623 |
| Total | 1,444 | 1.000000 | -0.102493 |
The next table shows my analysis of all bets with 12 winnings numbers, namely first, second, and third 12, and first, second, and third columns.
All 12-Number Outside Bets — Double-Zero Wheel
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 8 | 144 | 0.099723 | 0.797784 |
| Loss | -1 | 1,300 | 0.900277 | -0.900277 |
| Total | 1,444 | 1.000000 | -0.102493 |
The next table shows my analysis of all single-number bet on a double-zero wheel.
All Single-Number Outside Bets — Double-Zero Wheel
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1200 | 1 | 0.000693 | 0.831025 |
| Loss | -1 | 1,443 | 0.999307 | -0.999307 |
| Total | 1,444 | 1.000000 | -0.168283 |
The next table shows my analysis of the red/black bet on a double-zero wheel. One ball must land in red and the other in black.
Red/Black Bet — Double-Zero Wheel
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1 | 648 | 0.448753 | 0.448753 |
| Loss | -1 | 796 | 0.551247 | -0.551247 |
| Total | 1,444 | 1.000000 | -0.102493 |
Inside Bets
The following tables show my analysis of the Inside bets on a double-zero wheel. For inside bets only one ball must land in a winning number for the bet to pay. If both land in a winning number, the bet pays twice as much.
The next table shows my analysis of all one-number bets.
All 1-Number Inside Bets — Double-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 34 | 1 | 0.000693 | 0.023546 |
| 1 | 17 | 74 | 0.051247 | 0.871191 |
| 0 | -1 | 1,369 | 0.948061 | -0.948061 |
| Total | 1,444 | 1.000000 | -0.053324 |
The next table shows my analysis of all two-number (split) bets.
All 2-Number Inside Bets — Double-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 16 | 4 | 0.002770 | 0.044321 |
| 1 | 8 | 144 | 0.099723 | 0.797784 |
| 0 | -1 | 1,296 | 0.897507 | -0.897507 |
| Total | 1,444 | 1.000000 | -0.055402 |
The next table shows my analysis of all 3-number (street) bets.
All 3-Number Inside Bets — Double-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10 | 9 | 0.006233 | 0.062327 |
| 1 | 5 | 210 | 0.145429 | 0.727147 |
| 0 | -1 | 1,225 | 0.848338 | -0.848338 |
| Total | 1,444 | 1.000000 | -0.058864 |
The next table shows my analysis of all 4-number (corner) bets.
All 4-Number Inside Bets — Double-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 6 | 16 | 0.011080 | 0.066482 |
| 1 | 3 | 272 | 0.188366 | 0.565097 |
| 0 | -1 | 1,156 | 0.800554 | -0.800554 |
| Total | 1,444 | 1.000000 | -0.168975 |
The next table shows my analysis of the 5-number bet (on 0,00,1,2, and 3).
5-Number Inside Bet — Double-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 | 25 | 0.017313 | 0.086565 |
| 1 | 2.5 | 330 | 0.228532 | 0.571330 |
| 0 | -1 | 1,089 | 0.754155 | -0.754155 |
| Total | 1,444 | 1.000000 | -0.096260 |
The next table shows my analysis of all 6-number (double street) bets.
All 6-Number Inside Bets — Double-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 36 | 0.024931 | 0.099723 |
| 1 | 2 | 384 | 0.265928 | 0.531856 |
| 0 | -1 | 1,024 | 0.709141 | -0.709141 |
| Total | 1,444 | 1.000000 | -0.077562 |
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Strategy
My advice in any game is to go for the bets with the highest expected return. In the case of a double-zero wheel, the best bet is the inside bets on one single number, at a house edge of 5.33%. The two- and three-number bets are not much worse at 5.54% and 5.89% respectively.
I would be remiss in my duties if I didn't say that the house edge in standard double-zero roulette is lower at 5.26%. However, this is only 0.07% lower than the single-number inside bet in Double Ball Roulette.
Single-Zero Analysis
Here are a couple screenshots of the single-zero Double Ball Roulette game by Felt Gaming. Click on either image for a larger version.
Outside Bets
The following tables show my analysis of the Outside bets on a single-zero wheel. For outside bets both balls must land in a winning number for the bet to win.
The next table shows my analysis of all bets with 18 winnings numbers, namely red, black, odd, even, low (1 to 18), and high (19 to 36).
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All 18-Number Outside Bets — Single-Zero Wheel
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 3 | 324 | 0.236669 | 0.710007 |
| Loss | -1 | 1,045 | 0.763331 | -0.763331 |
| Total | 1,369 | 1.000000 | -0.053324 |
The next table shows my analysis of all bets with 12 winnings numbers, namely first, second, and third 12, and first, second, and third columns.
All 12-Number Outside Bets — Single-Zero Wheel
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 8 | 144 | 0.105186 | 0.841490 |
| Loss | -1 | 1,225 | 0.894814 | -0.894814 |
| Total | 1,369 | 1.000000 | -0.053324 |
The next table shows my analysis of all single-number bet on a single-zero wheel.
All Single-Number Outside Bets — Single-Zero Wheel
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1200 | 1 | 0.000730 | 0.876552 |
| Loss | -1 | 1,368 | 0.999270 | -0.999270 |
| Total | 1,369 | 1.000000 | -0.122717 |
The next table shows my analysis of the red/black bet on a single-zero wheel. One ball must land in red and the other in black.
Red/Black Bet — Single-Zero Wheel
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1 | 648 | 0.473338 | 0.473338 |
| Loss | -1 | 721 | 0.526662 | -0.526662 |
| Total | 1,369 | 1.000000 | -0.053324 |
Inside Bets
The following tables show my analysis of the Inside bets on a single-zero wheel. For inside bets only one ball must land in a winning number for the bet to pay. If both land in a winning number, the bet pays twice as much.
The next table shows my analysis of all one-number bets.
All 1-Number Inside Bets — Single-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 34 | 1 | 0.000730 | 0.024836 |
| 1 | 17 | 72 | 0.052593 | 0.894083 |
| 0 | -1 | 1,296 | 0.946676 | -0.946676 |
| Total | 1,369 | 1.000000 | -0.027757 |
The next table shows my analysis of all two-number (split) bets.
All 2-Number Inside Bets — Single-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 16 | 4 | 0.002922 | 0.046749 |
| 1 | 8 | 140 | 0.102264 | 0.818115 |
| 0 | -1 | 1,225 | 0.894814 | -0.894814 |
| Total | 1,369 | 1.000000 | -0.029949 |
The next table shows my analysis of all 3-number (street) bets.
All 3-Number Inside Bets — Single-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 6 | 16 | 0.011687 | 0.070124 |
| 1 | 3 | 264 | 0.192841 | 0.578524 |
| 0 | -1 | 1,089 | 0.795471 | -0.795471 |
| Total | 1,369 | 1.000000 | -0.146822 |
The next table shows my analysis of all 4-number (corner) bets.
All 4-Number Inside Bets — Single-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 6 | 16 | 0.011687 | 0.070124 |
| 1 | 3 | 264 | 0.192841 | 0.578524 |
| 0 | -1 | 1,089 | 0.795471 | -0.795471 |
| Total | 1,369 | 1.000000 | -0.146822 |
The next table shows my analysis of all 6-number (single street) bets.
All 6-Number Inside Bets — Single-Zero Wheel
| Wins | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 36 | 0.026297 | 0.105186 |
| 1 | 2 | 372 | 0.271731 | 0.543462 |
| 0 | -1 | 961 | 0.701972 | -0.701972 |
| Total | 1,369 | 1.000000 | -0.053324 |
Strategy
As with any game of pure luck, all you can do for yourself is to make the bets with the lowest house edge. In this case it is the single-number inside bet, with a house edge of 2.78%. If that is too volatile for you, the double-number inside bet is not much higher at 2.99%
Internal Links
- Double Action Roulette — Similar game, but with one ball and two wheels.
External Links
- Double Ball Roulette — Site by the makers of the game.
- Wizard of Vegas — Discussion about Double Ball Roulette in my forum.
Written by:Michael Shackleford