"Reveal Roulette"
December 22nd, 2025 at 11:49:03 PM
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Good evening everyone.
When I was in California in the spring, I noticed a strange type of roulette wheel at a California casino. It was not the typical Californian form of roulette that used cards (for those who don't know, California casino games legally cannot only use dice or balls), rather there were two concentric wheels that rotated.
So, today I learned that this was actually Reveal Roulette, and you can see what it looks like in the link. It is really really hard to explain how it looks like or works, but from what I understand there is a middle circle with 38 spots most of which are empty, with four blue, four pink, four yellow, and four gold. You can play normal roulette on it but there are also side bets options. From what I found online, this form is played in several casinos, and it is just used for double zero roulette.
I decided to quickly find the house edges.
The two bets for Blue and Pink both pay out 7 to 1 if the chosen number aligns with that color.
So let's do some math
(4 × (7 + 1)) / 38
(4 × 8) / 38
(32 / 38)
84.21% RTP or 15.79% house edge
Next, you can guess a number, and a green (100 for 1) or gold (300 for 1) comes up, you get a lot of money. But let's calculate the house edge.
((100 × 4) + (300 × 2)) / (38 × 38)
(400 + 600) / 1444
1000/1444
69.25% RTP or 30.75% house edge
Hmmm maybe I misunderstood the game or did the math wrong (highly unlikely) but I kinda get the vibe that California does not have laws regarding maximum RTP (can anyone provide insight)? I met someone at G2E who had a California-only pay table for his side bet which had around a 50% RTP...
Has anyone else seen this side bet or roulette wheel type?
When I was in California in the spring, I noticed a strange type of roulette wheel at a California casino. It was not the typical Californian form of roulette that used cards (for those who don't know, California casino games legally cannot only use dice or balls), rather there were two concentric wheels that rotated.
So, today I learned that this was actually Reveal Roulette, and you can see what it looks like in the link. It is really really hard to explain how it looks like or works, but from what I understand there is a middle circle with 38 spots most of which are empty, with four blue, four pink, four yellow, and four gold. You can play normal roulette on it but there are also side bets options. From what I found online, this form is played in several casinos, and it is just used for double zero roulette.
I decided to quickly find the house edges.
The two bets for Blue and Pink both pay out 7 to 1 if the chosen number aligns with that color.
So let's do some math
(4 × (7 + 1)) / 38
(4 × 8) / 38
(32 / 38)
84.21% RTP or 15.79% house edge
Next, you can guess a number, and a green (100 for 1) or gold (300 for 1) comes up, you get a lot of money. But let's calculate the house edge.
((100 × 4) + (300 × 2)) / (38 × 38)
(400 + 600) / 1444
1000/1444
69.25% RTP or 30.75% house edge
Hmmm maybe I misunderstood the game or did the math wrong (highly unlikely) but I kinda get the vibe that California does not have laws regarding maximum RTP (can anyone provide insight)? I met someone at G2E who had a California-only pay table for his side bet which had around a 50% RTP...
Has anyone else seen this side bet or roulette wheel type?
