What's the biggest single bet you made on a roulette table?

[ubertwin]

Me and my ten buddies are all going 200 bucks in a pot and throwing it on the roulette table, one bet, roll the dice. Thats a 2k one time bet.
We're either going Black or Red, odd or even. just a straight double or nothing ride.
We've agreed that we'll keep rolling if we win the first bet but will walk away after three bets if we get that far ( which we won't ).

Anyone ever do this with a group of buddies at the start of a trip? Let lady luck step in? What's the most you won?

[dnix]

why combine money for an even money bet?

[AK2Vegas]

Me and my ten buddies are all going 200 bucks in a pot and throwing it on the roulette table, one bet, roll the dice [Spin the Wheel, but whatever]. Thats a 2k one time bet.
We're either going Black or Red, odd or even. just a straight double or nothing ride.
We've agreed that we'll keep rolling if we win the first bet but will walk away after three bets if we get that far ( which we won't ).

Anyone ever do this with a group of buddies at the start of a trip? Let lady luck step in? What's the most you won?

First of all; Like.

why combine money for an even money bet?

Second though, Dnix has a point. Why not do $200 on ten different numbers? Someone check me if I'm wrong, but if one of those numbers hits it's $7500, a much better payout than the $2000 you'd get otherwise. Still think that's a cool idea though. Those 30 seconds are going to be great. Remember to use your Player's Card!!!!!!!!!!

[ubertwin]

We could spread the bets around, but it kind of becomes more a thing than just saying F*ck it, let it roll on Back, lets see what this weekend is made of.

Chances are it won't come in but i read a cool story about a guy from the UK that sold his apartment and all his possessions and flew to vegas ( the MGM I think ) and threw his entire worth on red.

He won and he took his winnings, walked out the Hotel and flew straight back to England.

I would have flown straight to Spearmint Rhino's via the Ferrari dealership outside The Wynn, but thats me.

[AK2Vegas]

We could spread the bets around, but it kind of becomes more a thing than just saying F*ck it, let it roll on Back, lets see what this weekend is made of.

Chances are it won't come in but i read a cool story about a guy from the UK that sold his apartment and all his possessions and flew to vegas ( the MGM I think ) and threw his entire worth on red.

He won and he took his winnings, walked out the Hotel and flew straight back to England.

I would have flown straight to Spearmint Rhino's via the Ferrari dealership outside The Wynn, but thats me.

It'll still be a fuck it lets roll weekend, whatever you decide to do. Keep us updated, I want to know how it turns out.

[Whiggi]

Sounds like a hell of an idea
If you are looking for the excitement factor roulette is def. the way to go!
But make sure you do it at a table with better odds. Most casino's have a double 0 wheel, with a 5+% house edge.
Though I hear if you head to some of the more upmarket casino's like Wynn you will find European wheels which only have one 0, bringing the house edge to around 2.5%

The UK man foolishly did not go for a European wheel. but he still won, lucky a**hole.

IF you however DO NOT care about the excitement factor go find a baccarat game. There are 3 different bets on that, Banker, Player or Tie.
I dont have the exact percentages but Banker is the favourite to win over player by a few percent... lets say 47% of the time banker will win, 45% player will win, and the rest will b e a Tie (if a Tie comes up bank and player do NOT lose and you can go again).
So what you are seeing is a bet that will win the (slight) majority of the time. If you bet $2000 you will either win 2000 back (on an EVEN MONEY game unless bank wins on 6 which pays half what you bet, 1:2. Unfavourable.), OR $1900, where %5 of what your winnings is kept as commission. Either way IF i were to bet $2000 in one go this would be the game for me

GOOD LUCK

[ubertwin]

Thanks man, I've never played that before but I'm going to look into it.

We'll be at the encore so will be looking for a euro table for sure.

I'll let you know how it all goes, most likely I'll post something up here after we do it.

[Sensei Rob]

Easiest game on earth! I didny play it in vegas. In oz they go through a deck of cards per hand.

[Whiggi]

which game goes through a deck of cards per hand?
baccarat goes through a maximum of 6 cards per hand

[BSM]

I have a tradition of throwing $1k down on Red right after I check in to the hotel. It either doubles my gambling money or it's a sign that the gambling Gods don't want me to go crazy during the stay.

I've had success with it in 3 out of the last 4 trips.
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[AK2Vegas]

I have a tradition of throwing $1k down on Red right after I check in to the hotel. It either doubles my gambling money or it's a sign that the gambling Gods don't want me to go crazy during the stay.

I've had success with it in 3 out of the last 4 trips.

Thats fucking badass. I wish I had the balls to do that.

[Matt]

Or the salary...

[Troutster]

That sounds like an absolutely crazy brave idea!!

On the dying hours of the penultimate night of my '08 trip I realised that I hadn't had a proper gamble in Vegas over the twice (then) that i'd been, so after leaving Privé in PH in a sorry state (a random unplanned night and a totally different story), I found a $10 min Roulette table and emptied my wallet on the felt, counted up around $150 and dropped $100 of my chips on red.
My mate (who i'll refer to as Goose to protect identities) looked in amazement at what i'd just done.
The ball rolled and hit black.
Goose told me that i'd just lost, still shell shocked that I emptied my wallet for one spin, and I just shrugged it off and went to the bar.
Bit of a crazy moment (for me), but that's what Vegas is all about. Win Some, Lose loads

[partylikarockstar]

Another idea, though it won't pay out as much but has better odds, is to split the $200 into two separate $100 bets on the thirds. So you'll have $1,000 sitting in one of the thirds and the other $1,000 sitting in another. That way you've now got more of the numbers covered versus simply just the blacks or reds (50% of the numbers each). Of course there is always the damn 0's which is what gives the house the edge. Of course it's impossible to win both third bets, so you'll lose one automatically but the other will pay out 3:1 so you essentially just doubled your bet just as if you would have placed $1,000 on black, red, odd or even! Basically by betting this way you have about a 63% chance of hitting (and that's including the two damn green 0's).

Let's get complicated now: I have to be honest though, since those two zeros don't count toward any third section, if one of those hit you're S.O.L. Which is why the casino still has an advantage, but your odds of hitting increase versus Black, Red, Odd or Even. Hope it all made sense to everyone....

[IRockNvegas]

I usually like sucker bets on craps, 30-1 , hopping 2 or 12. when I play roulette I play one those pit style setups. Where there are computer monitors giving you key statistics on hot and cold numbers , I have used that to my advantage several times. There is still a dealer rolling the ball it's just nice to know when the last time say a 31 has come up....if it has been a long stretch I will start placing bets usually splitting clusters with a chip stack.