New Roulette Bet

I just walked from the Las Vegas airport to the monorail and took it to Sahara’s. When I was there, I saw a weird roulette bet that I had never seen before. Basically on double and triple roulette, the wheels were divided into five sections of eight numbers each (with 1 or 2 shared numbers on triple and double respectively). The sections are named Cheetah, Scorpion, Cobra, Queen, and King. Each pays 3:1

I calculate a 17.95% and 15.79% house edge for triple and double roulette.

Do you happen to recall the name?

I also get 15.79% for double-zero and 17.95% for triple-zero, assuming a win of 3 to 1. Using a colon or dash does not indicate whether the win is "for one" or "to one."

Greetings glorious Wizard, I did not see a name for this bet anywhere. I will go back to the hotel in a couple hours and ask more about it. If they let me, I can even take a picture of it!

I think the dealer said it was “to one”. If I am correct about gambling laws, paying “three for one” would be breaking the rules of 25% maximum house edge here.

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Greetings glorious Wizard, I did not see a name for this bet anywhere. I will go back to the hotel in a couple hours and ask more about it. If they let me, I can even take a picture of it!
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Greetings! Please do. May I use said picture on my site?

Also ask for a rules card. They should have them to give out or at least to take a picture.

See ya tomorrow at G2E!

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I just walked from the Las Vegas airport to the monorail and took it to Sahara’s. When I was there, I saw a weird roulette bet that I had never seen before. Basically on double and triple roulette, the wheels were divided into five sections of eight numbers each (with 1 or 2 shared numbers on triple and double respectively). The sections are named Cheetah, Scorpion, Cobra, Queen, and King. Each pays 3:1

I calculate a 17.95% and 15.79% house edge for triple and double roulette.
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Welcome to Vegas! That awesome jazz song you heard on the Monorail was "El Chromeo" by Britt Warren. It is the official anthem of Alt Vegas, that interstitial city where the chicks give up the kitty, where everything is done a little differently, and you will be expected to be able to recite the lyrics to go overneath the Hidden Underground. Fortunately, there are no lyrics, meaning the password is merely silence.

Just one thing about that game- there are different versions for double zero and triple zero games. There is a selection of either 7 or 8 numbers for each bet, and hitting one of the greens is either a push or a bonus for some of the bets, presumably to keep all the bets close to equal. So you will need to sneak a better peek at the precise rules to get the precise edge.

I did not see any information about pushes and bonuses. The pitboss told me it’s called a Sphinx side bet, which makes me think it’s unique to the Sahara Casino. When they are less busy I’ll ask if I can take photos of both the wheels. I already have a photo of the betting area.
I wonder if there is a single zero version.

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I did not see any information about pushes and bonuses. The pitboss told me it’s called a Sphinx side bet, which makes me think it’s unique to the Sahara Casino. When they are less busy I’ll ask if I can take photos of both the wheels. I already have a photo of the betting area.
I wonder if there is a single zero version.
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Thank you! I may run across it at the Global Gaming Expo this week. There probably is a single-version on paper, which no casino will ever put in.

Late last night I went back down to the table and saw that all of the in-animate Sphinx bets push on either 0 or 000 depending on double/triple wheel. By in-animate bets, I mean the ones other than "King" and "Queen". This would make those three bets have slightly lower house edge of 13.16% and 15.38%. I'll let you know if I find any more information about them that I missed.