How to play Mini Roulette

Zero at the top. Numbers 1 to 12 in a grid, usually three rows of four or four rows of three depending on the version. Below or beside the grid: Red, Black, Odd, Even, and three boxes for 1–4, 5–8 and 9–12. That is the whole table.

• Straight-up: on a number. 11:1.
• Split: on the line between two adjacent numbers. 5:1.
• Street: on the edge of a row of three. 3:1.
• Corner: where four numbers meet. 2:1.
• Group of four: in the 1–4, 5–8 or 9–12 box. 2:1.
• Red / Black, Odd / Even: in the labelled boxes. 1:1.

Zero can be backed straight-up at 11:1 and in splits with its neighbours on the layout.

Select a chip value, tap the layout, tap again to stack. The spin button shows the total. Check the limits panel first: minimum chip, minimum per spin and maximum per bet type are all set by the operator and vary more than on full-size tables.

The ball lands on zero. Your £1 on red loses 50p and 50p comes back. Your £1 on the 5–8 group does the same. Your £1 straight-up on 7 does the same. Only a bet on zero itself wins. This is the half-back rule and it is the only reason Mini Roulette costs 3.85% rather than 7.69%. If the rules screen does not mention it, assume the worse figure and consider another table.

Turbo shortens the animation to a couple of seconds. Autoplay runs a set number of spins with the same layout. Both are useful for testing a staking idea and dangerous for a casual session, because 500 spins an hour at £1 is £500 through a 3.85% game, about £19 in expected loss. Set a spin count before touching either.

£1 on red for forty spins: £40 through the table, about £1.54 expected loss, with the real result anywhere from a few pounds down to a few pounds up. Then twenty spins with £1 on a number: a 1-in-13 shot at £11 each spin, a hit expected about once or twice in the twenty. Then stop. The game has been seen, and the price has been small.

If you like the small wheel, stay at the half-back version and keep the zero straight-up off the table. If you want better value, a European table pays 35:1 on a 1-in-37 shot at 2.70%, and most of what you learned here transfers directly.