Roulette is a casino game in Fallout: New Vegas.
Gameplay
Players may choose to place
bets on either a single number or 🌜 a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or
whether the number is odd or even. Playing 10 spins 🌜 of Roulette gives you the Little
Wheel achievement/trophy.
Rules
The wheel spins and a ball travels along the inside,
loses momentum and 🌜 falls into one of the 38 baskets, the winning number and color are
announced, and bets are paid out as 🌜 appropriate. The "house edge" or the "expected
value" is the amount a player is expected to lose, relative to the 🌜 amount they
bet.
Betting
The payout and odds of winning depend on what the player bets. Bets are
divided into two broad 🌜 categories, based on their likelihood and payout.
As with all
casino bets, the player is limited to a 200 chip maximum 🌜 bet. Unlike other casino
games, which only have one outcome to bet upon, this maximum bet encompasses every bet
the 🌜 player makes on a single spin. For example, one can either make a single bet of 200
on red, or 🌜 two bets of 100 on red and even, and so on as long as the total value of the
bets 🌜 does not exceed 200. Inside bets include one number, or a narrow group of numbers.
Outside bets include a large 🌜 section of numbers on the Roulette wheel. However, the
payout for an outside bet is significantly lower, usually only 1-to-1 🌜 or 2-to-1.
A bet
with a roughly 50-50 chance and a decent payout would consist of putting chips on a
color 🌜 (black or red) and then putting more chips down on the even or odd (but not both)
chances. The bets 🌜 and corresponding numbers, odds, and payouts are shown below. The
letters correspond to an example position shown on the betting 🌜 table diagram to the
right.
Note that the Luck stat does not affect the outcome of the spin. Luck only
affects 🌜 the message shown after winning - with more than 5 Luck, the player will get a
message "you feel lucky" 🌜 after winning.
Examples
Inside bets Bet name Winning number(s)
Odds against Payout 0 Position 0 null 35:1 (never pays out) Straight-Up; 00 🌜 Any single
number except 0 37-to-1 35:1 (A) Split 0 and another number (e.g. 27 or 30) 19-to-1
17:1 (A) 🌜 Split 0 and another number (e.g. 0 and 00) 37-to-1 17:1 (B) Street Any three
numbers adjacent horizontally (e.g. 19, 🌜 20, 21) 11.667-to-1 11:1 (C) Corner Any four
adjoining numbers in a block (e.g. 7, 8, 10, 11) 8.5-to-1 8:1 🌜 (C) Corner Any four
adjoining numbers in a block (e.g. 7, 8, 10, 11) 8.5-to-1 8:1 (D) Top Row 1, 🌜 2, 3, 0,
00 8.25-to-1 6:1 (E) Basket 1, 2, and 0 17.5-to-1 11:1 (E) Basket 2, 3, and 00
🌜 11.667-to-1 11:1 (F) Six Line Six numbers in two adjoining rows (e.g. 13, 14, 15, 16,
17 or 18) 5.33-to-1 🌜 5:1
Outside Bets Bet name Winning number(s) Odds against Payout (G)
Red or Black Any number of the corresponding color 1-to-1 🌜 1:1 (H) Odds or Evens Any
number that is either odd or even 1.111-to-1 1:1 (I) 1st, 2nd, or 3rd 🌜 dozen 1-12,
13-24, or 25-36 2.167-to-1 2:1 (J) 1st, 2nd, or 3rd column Any number in the
corresponding vertical column 🌜 2.167-to-1 2:1 (K) 1-to-18 OR 19-to-36 Any number in the
first or second half of the 36 1.111-to-1 1:1
Locations
Roulette can 🌜 be played at the
following locations:
Notes
Reloading a save game while in a casino causes a 60-second
cool-down on all the 🌜 gambling games, preventing their use. The Roulette table displays
the message "The croupier is taking a minute to check the 🌜 wheel for bias, as an
anti-cheating measure. Time remaining XX" (XX is the amount of time remaining, starts
at 60). 🌜 This is to discourage players from saving after every win and loading after any
loss in order to ensure a 🌜 monetary gain. On the 360, this cool-down period can be
avoided by resetting the clock on the 360 to earlier 🌜 than when the game was actually
saved (will not work if connected to Xbox Live, because this automatically corrects the
🌜 360's internal clock).
With the maximum bet of 200 chips, the most it is possible to
win (single number bet) in 🌜 one spin is 7000 chips.
Behind the scenes
James Garcia
created the 3D model for the Roulette Table. [1]
Jon Burke created the 🌜 Roulette
menu.[2]
Bugs
PC If you have chips on the 0 position and the ball lands in the 0 slot,
it counts 🌜 as a loss when it should count as a win. [verified]
Gallery
