Gates of Olympus Roulette strategy guide

Gates of Olympus Roulette odds and RTP by bet

Axis runs from 96% to 100%, so the gaps look bigger than they are. Every bet loses money on average; the house edge is 100% minus the RTP.

How Gates of Olympus Roulette works

The table is a normal European layout: numbers 0 to 36 with a single green zero, spun on a physical wheel by a live presenter. You get a short betting window, then bets lock and the game marks the round's specials: one Bonus Number and a group of Lucky Numbers (up to seven, each with a multiplier). On some rounds a Super Booster fires on top.

Every inside and outside bet works as on a standard roulette table, with one exception. A winning straight-up (a chip on a single number) pays 20:1 instead of the classic 35:1, unless that number is a Lucky Number, in which case the multiplier pays instead, or the Bonus Number, in which case you enter the slot bonus round. Splits, corners, dozens and red/black on the same number keep their normal payout and never collect a multiplier or the bonus.

A few third-party guides say the specials are shown before betting opens. That cannot be how the game is priced: a Lucky Number pays at least 50x, so if you could see them in advance, betting only on them would return far more than you stake. Treat the specials as unknown when you place chips, and check the help panel at your table.

Bets, payouts and RTP

The odds table above lists every main bet. Pragmatic Play's help panel rates straight-ups and all other bets at 97.30% RTP, the same as plain European roulette. The single zero is the entire house edge: over time you give back 2.70% of whatever you wager, whichever bet you choose.

What changes between bets is how that 97.30% is delivered. A straight-up wins one spin in 37. For a 97.30% return, a winning straight-up must pay back about 36 units on average. The flat 20:1 win returns 21 of those. The other 15 come only from Lucky Numbers, Super Boosters and the bonus round. So a single number costs the same as red or black in the long run, but swaps most of its steady wins for rare big ones.

The help panel also lists 96.62% for straight-ups at the maximum stake, because very large wins can run into the table's payout cap. At normal stakes the 97.30% figure applies.

In money terms: 100 spins at 1.00 on red cost about 2.70 on average, and 100 spins at 1.00 on one number also cost about 2.70. The difference is the spread. Most 100-spin sessions on red end within about 20 units of that average. On a single number there is roughly a 6.5% chance of no win at all in 100 spins, and an ordinary win is only 21 units, so many straight-up sessions finish well behind and a few finish far ahead.

Lucky Numbers, Bonus Number and Super Booster

• Lucky Numbers: up to seven per round, each with a multiplier between 50x and 250x. A winning straight-up on one pays the multiplier in place of 20:1. With seven marked, the winning number is a Lucky Number about 19% of the time; you only collect if your straight-up is on it.
• Bonus Number: one per round. If the ball lands on it and you hold a straight-up there, you play the Gates of Olympus bonus. Covering it with a split or corner does not count.
• Super Booster: on random rounds the Bonus Number and some Lucky Number multipliers are raised again by 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x, with boosted Lucky wins capped at 2,500x.

Pragmatic Play does not publish how often each multiplier or the Super Booster appears. The 97.30% rating tells you what matters: averaged over many rounds, all of these features together are worth about 15 units per winning straight-up. They are already priced into the reduced 20:1 payout, not a gift on top of it.

The Gates of Olympus bonus round

The bonus is a compact version of the slot: a 6x5 grid, 15 spins, wins for 8 or more matching symbols anywhere, tumbles after each win, and multiplier orbs worth up to 500x. Three or more scatters add 5 spins. The total is capped at 10,000x your straight-up stake on the Bonus Number.

With one chip on one number, reaching the bonus is a 1 in 37 event per round, and then only if that number happens to be the Bonus Number. Spreading chips over more numbers raises your chance of being in, but raises your stake by the same proportion, so the RTP does not move. Bonus results also vary widely: many rounds pay a modest multiple, a few pay thousands.

Betting systems: Martingale, D'Alembert and Fibonacci

The strategies table gives the verdicts. Here is the maths behind them.

Martingale doubles your even-money stake after each loss, so one win recovers everything plus one unit. Red or black loses 19 spins in 37 because zero counts against you. Starting at 1.00 with 255 to cover eight steps (1, 2, 4 up to 128), you lose all 255 about once in 207 sequences. Play 200 sequences and the chance of at least one wipe-out is about 62%. With a 5,000 table limit you can go 13 steps, risking 8,191; that wall arrives about once in 5,800 sequences, and over 1,000 sequences the chance of meeting it is about 16%. Each successful sequence wins one unit. The long-run result is still 2.70% of everything you wagered.

Progressive betting on a single number is worse. One number can easily go 100 spins without a hit, and a flat 20:1 win only covers 20 losing spins, so any plan that raises stakes while chasing it escalates fast.

D'Alembert adds a unit after a loss and removes one after a win. It assumes wins and losses even out, but the zero tilts every spin slightly the other way. Stakes rise more slowly than in Martingale, so the bad runs are smaller, but you still bet more while behind.

Fibonacci steps up the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 after a loss and two steps back after a win. Ten straight losses on red, roughly a 1 in 780 event per start, cost 143 units with the next bet at 89. Twelve in a row cost 376.

No system changes the odds of a spin. A system only decides how much you bet, and your expected loss is 2.70% of the total you put through the table.

Covering the table and other coverage plans

All 37 numbers: 1.00 on every straight-up costs 37 per spin and always hits one bet. A plain number returns 21, so you lose 16. A Lucky Number returns 50 to 250, or more with a Super Booster, and once every 37 rounds on average you also enter the bonus. The average cost is about 1.00 per spin (2.70% of 37). Fifty spins means 1,850 wagered and an expected loss near 50, with the steady drip of 16-unit losses between features.

Two dozens: 1.00 on two dozens wins about 65% of spins for a net 1.00 and loses 2.00 otherwise. You win more often than you lose, yet the return is still 97.30%.

Mixed cover: pairing an even-money bet with one or two straight-ups, for example 0.80 on red plus 0.20 on a number, keeps most of your stake in the low-swing part of the table while giving you a ticket to the Lucky Numbers and the bonus. It does not change the price, but it is a sensible way to set the risk level you want.

Bankroll and session plan

Fix two numbers before the first spin: the most you are willing to lose this session and how many spins you plan to play. Worked example: a 100 budget, 1.00 per spin, 150 spins. You put 150 through the table, so the expected loss is about 4.05 whatever you bet on. How it feels differs a lot:

• All on red: you will almost never lose the full 100. Most sessions end within about 25 units of where you started.
• All on one number: about a 1.6% chance of no win in 150 spins, and five or six 21-unit hits still leaves you behind. The session is decided by whether a Lucky Number or the bonus lands.
• 0.80 red plus 0.20 on a number: most of the swing of red, with a small share in the features.

Stop rules that help: leave when the loss limit is hit, when the planned spins are done, or after a large win, setting aside at least your starting budget. Do not raise stakes to win back losses, and do not treat the Bonus Number as something you are owed after a long wait.

Myths: trackers, hot numbers and due numbers

Statistics sites list recent results, Lucky Numbers and bonus wins. They are a history, not a forecast. Each spin of a fair wheel is independent, and the Lucky Numbers and Bonus Number are drawn by a random number generator every round. A number that has missed 100 spins is no more likely to land next, and a number that hit three times in an hour is no more likely to repeat.

The same applies to colour streaks, sleeping dozens and patterns in where the Bonus Number has appeared. None of them change the 1 in 37 chance of any single number, and none can lift the return above 97.30%. Any site selling predictions for this game is selling a story.

Where to play Gates of Olympus Roulette

Gates of Olympus Roulette is in Stake's live casino under Pragmatic Play Live. See our Stake review for how the site works, limits and payment options. Before you play, open the game's help panel to confirm the table limits and RTP shown at your casino, since these can differ by operator, currency and region. Set a deposit or loss limit in your account settings if you plan regular sessions.

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No approach changes the house edge. Strategies only change how often you win and how big the swings are.