What is the house edge of French roulette?

1.35% on even-money bets thanks to La Partage, and 2.70% on every other bet, like European roulette.

Which bets does La Partage apply to?

Only even-money bets: red, black, even, odd, 1-18 and 19-36. Straight ups, splits, dozens and columns lose normally when zero comes up.

Is French roulette better than European roulette?

For even-money bets, yes: half the house edge. For every other bet, the two tables are identical.

French roulette

The European wheel with the rule that makes it the best table in the casino: La Partage on even-money bets.

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pockets, single zero: 37
house edge on even-money bets: 1.35%
on every other bet: 2.70%
stake back on zero: ½

La Partage: half your stake back on zero

On a European table, a bet on red loses entirely when zero comes up. On a French table with La Partage, the croupier returns half of every even-money bet: red, black, even, odd, manque (1-18) and passe (19-36).

That halves the house edge on those bets, from 2.70% to 1.35%. The simulator on this page applies La Partage automatically: bet on red, hit zero, and half your stake comes back.

En Prison, the other French rule

Some tables use En Prison instead: on zero, your even-money bet stays on the table, locked for the next spin. If it wins, you get your stake back; if it loses, it is gone. In its usual form it gives the same 1.35% edge as La Partage.

The French names on the table

French casinos keep the original vocabulary of the game, and the call bets come from them.

Manque and passe: 1 to 18 and 19 to 36.
Pair and impair: even and odd. Rouge and noir: red and black.
Douzaines P12, M12 and D12: first, middle and last dozen.
Voisins du zéro, tiers du cylindre, orphelins and jeu zéro: the call bets.