20p Roulette, the betting-shop wheel you can play online
If you have ever stood in a British bookmaker's, you have seen 20p Roulette. It is the game on the machines by the wall, a plain European wheel with a 20p chip and a croupier voice that says "no more bets". Inspired Entertainment, who build those terminals, put the same game online, and it has become the default cheap table at most UK casino sites that carry it. Same wheel, same odds, same 35:1 on a number.
What you are actually playing
A single-zero wheel with 37 pockets. The layout is the standard one: numbers 1 to 36 in three columns, zero at the top, outside bets down the side. Payouts are the textbook figures, 35:1 for a straight-up down to even money on red or black. The house edge is 2.70% on every bet, because the only thing working against you is that one green pocket.
There are no side bets in the original game, no multipliers and no bonus wheel. That is the point of it. If you want a wheel that does nothing clever, this is it.
A spin-off called 20p Boost Roulette appeared online in 2024 with a boost bar offering 50:1 and 100:1 on selected numbers. It is a different game with a different return and is worth reading about separately before you sit down at it.
The 20p chip and the £1 minimum
This is the part that catches people out. The chip is 20p. The minimum per spin is £1. So the table will not spin until you have five chips on the layout. You can stack all five on one number, spread them across five numbers, put £1 on red, or mix it however you like. But a single 20p bet on a single number, on its own, is not allowed.
In practice that makes it a £1 table with fine-grained betting rather than a 20p table. Still cheap, still the lowest practical stake for a full roulette layout at most sites, but not quite what the name promises.
The maximum is £10,000 per spin according to the official game page, with a maximum win of £100,000. Individual sites may set their own lower caps.
The racetrack
Above the layout sits the oval racetrack with the wheel's number order. Tap a number there and the game places a neighbours bet: the number itself and the two on either side on the wheel, five numbers for five chips. The French sections are there too: Voisins du Zéro, Tiers du Cylindre and Orphelins, each placed with one tap as a block of chips in the right pattern.
For a 20p game this is unusually complete. Most cheap RNG tables leave the racetrack out.
Pace and feel
You control the pace. Place chips, press spin, watch the ball drop, collect or lose, repeat. A spin takes a few seconds; there is a repeat-bet button and a clear-all button, and a history strip shows the last results. Some builds have a turbo mode. The graphics are functional rather than pretty, closer to the shop terminal than to a modern live studio, which some people find reassuring.
Who it suits
Anyone learning the layout. Anyone who wants to try a staking pattern without it costing much. Anyone who played it in a shop and prefers the version they know. At £1 a spin and 2.70% edge, an hour of steady play at one spin every fifteen seconds is 240 spins, £240 through the table and about £6.50 in expected loss. Swings either side of that are normal; the figure is the long-run average, not a prediction for your session.
Who it does not suit
Players who want a dealer and a stream. Players who want La Partage on even-money bets, which this game does not offer. Players who want a true 20p-per-spin game, who should look at the 10p table compared on this site, which spins from a single chip.
Playing it well
Keep bets on the outside or on a handful of numbers, fix a spin count in advance, and walk away at that count whether the balance is up or down. Nothing about the wheel changes based on what came before, and the history strip is decoration, not information.
Your questions
- Is 20p Roulette really 20p a spin?
The chip is 20p, but the table needs £1 on the layout before it will spin. One number on its own is not enough; you need five chips spread or stacked. Most players put five on one number or one on each of five.
- Who makes 20p Roulette?
Inspired Entertainment, the company behind the terminals in most UK betting shops. The online game is the same wheel and the same rules.
- What is the house edge?
2.70%, the standard figure for a European single-zero wheel. There is no La Partage, so a zero takes the whole even-money stake.
- Is there a live dealer version?
No. 20p Roulette is RNG only. The spin is animated and a recorded croupier voice calls the result.