What is the house edge on Big Six?

Between 11.1111% and 24.0741% depending on which segment you back. The one-to-one segment is the cheapest and the joker the most expensive.

Is there a good bet on the money wheel?

No. Every segment is priced below what it is worth, and the cheapest of them still costs four times what single-zero roulette costs.

Does any strategy help at Big Six?

No. Each spin is independent and no bet on the wheel is better than the arithmetic above.

Big Six: The Most Expensive Bet on the Floor

Short version: the wheel has 54 segments. Every bet on it is priced well below what the segment is worth, and the house edge ranges from 11.1111% on the one-to-one segment to 24.0741% on the joker. There is no good bet here and no strategy that improves one.

Every segment, computed

The arithmetic is the simplest on this site. Count the segments carrying a payout, divide by 54, and compare with what it pays:

Bet	Segments	Exact edge	House edge
Pays 1 to 1	24 of 54	1/9	11.1111%
Pays 2 to 1	15 of 54	1/6	16.6667%
Pays 5 to 1	7 of 54	2/9	22.2222%
Pays 10 to 1	4 of 54	5/27	18.5185%
Pays 20 to 1	2 of 54	2/9	22.2222%
Pays 40 to 1	1 of 54	13/54	24.0741%

Read the pattern: the more a segment pays, the worse it is priced, with the 10-to-1 as the only partial exception. That is the opposite of the intuition the layout invites.

What it costs against everything else

The cheapest Big Six bet is 11.1111%. For comparison, blackjack played correctly costs about 0.52%, baccarat's banker bet 1.06%, the craps pass line 1.4141%, and single-zero roulette 2.70%. The worst bet on the wheel, at 24.0741%, is close to the worst bets in sic bo and beyond anything a table game will ask of you.

The one honest thing to say for it: the game is transparent. There is no hidden pay table and no dealer decision. You can count the segments yourself, which is more than can be said for a slot machine. If you want the simplest game on the floor at a defensible price, that is Casino War rather than this.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the house edge on Big Six?: Between 11.1111% and 24.0741% depending on which segment you back. The one-to-one segment is the cheapest and the joker the most expensive.
Is there a good bet on the money wheel?: No. Every segment is priced below what it is worth, and the cheapest of them still costs four times what single-zero roulette costs.
Does any strategy help at Big Six?: No. Each spin is independent and no bet on the wheel is better than the arithmetic above.

Every figure on this page is computed by side_games_math.py at build time and checked against the figures the industry publishes before the page is written. Where a number depends on the casino's own pay table, that is said rather than averaged away. Last computed August 2026.