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True odds

The payout that would make a bet exactly fair, matching the real probability of the event. The gap between true odds and paid odds is the house edge.

Published July 30, 2026, last checked July 30, 2026

A single number at European roulette has a 1 in 37 chance, so the fair payout would be 36 to 1: paid that, you would break exactly even over time. The game pays 35 to 1, and that missing unit is the entire 2.70% house edge. Every casino bet can be audited the same way: find the real probability, compute the fair payout, compare it to the paid one.

One bet on this site pays true odds exactly: the odds bet in craps, which is why it carries no edge and why it is only reachable behind a bet that does not. In betting markets the same gap appears as the bookmaker's margin, visible when the implied probabilities of all outcomes sum past 100%.

Why it matters

True odds turn the house edge from an abstract percentage into something you can recompute yourself on any bet: the difference between what an outcome is worth and what the game pays for it.

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