Spread Bet Roulette is a form of live roulette offered by Playtech that also includes an
additional bet type called 🧾 a ‘Spread Bet’. This bet is totally optional and can be
placed as well as, or instead of, the main 🧾 roulette game.
How it works is relatively
simple. As well as the normal wheel that’s spun by the dealer, a second 🧾 digital wheel
is added that spins in the opposite direction. The spread bet result is the sum of the
numbers 🧾 on main wheel and the digital wheel – so in the example below the main wheel
spun 30 whilst the 🧾 digital wheel was 15, giving a spread bet total of 45.
Both wheels
are a standard single zero roulette wheel ranging 🧾 from 0 to 36. The two wheels act
independently so you’re just as likely to see a 30 with a 🧾 15 as you are a 30 with a
5.
French rules do not apply here, so no La Partage or En 🧾 Prison.
For the spread bet
feature you have a choice of seven bets. The payouts for each range vary based on 🧾 the
probability of achieving a total that falls within that range. The lowest payout is
even money for a total 🧾 of 34-54 and the highest is a whopping 400/1 for 0-1.
As an
added quirk if the main wheel result is 🧾 0, then all spread bets receive a pay out of
1:1 regardless of what the actual total is.
There are 1369 🧾 different possible
combinations (37 x 37 = 1369). Throwing the numbers into excel with a quick set of
formatting rules 🧾 based on the spread bet ranges gives a nice visualisation of the
different outcomes:
The main wheel is just a straight 🧾 forward single zero game without
french roulette rules, which means it has an RTP of 97.30% – or a house 🧾 edge of 2.70%
if you’d prefer it that way around.
For the spread bets, the return to player varies
based on 🧾 the bet but ranges from 93.06% to 96.57%, meaning that all of the spread bets
have a higher edge than 🧾 the standard base game.
The original version of Spread Bet
Roulette was made by Cammegh – a UK based manufacturer of 🧾 casino tables and gaming
equipment. Their version was intended for the casino floor with a digital display
providing the second 🧾 reel and the output of the side bet total.
In the Cammegh version
there are different payouts, adding a 1200:1 payout 🧾 for a side bet of 0 (achieved only
by spinning 0 on both wheels). The rest of the bets have 🧾 different values as well: