Wheel game: odds of each segment, RTP and how a spin is paid
A wheel is divided into segments, and each segment carries a multiplier. You stake, the wheel spins, and the segment under the pointer pays. The whole game is written on the wheel: count the segments and you know the odds.
How to play a Wheel game
- Pick a risk level and, where the title offers it, the number of segments.
- Look at the wheel. Each segment shows its multiplier, and many of them show zero.
- Set the stake and spin. On a plain wheel every segment has the same chance to stop under the pointer.
- You are paid the stake times the multiplier of that segment. There is no decision after the spin starts.
Wheel game odds: how to count the segments
The chance of a multiplier is the number of segments that carry it divided by all segments. Add up each chance times its multiplier and you have the RTP of the wheel. We have no segment layout on record for any title, so the table shows an example wheel with 10 segments, not a real game. Count the segments of your wheel and type them into the wheel calculator to get its true numbers.
| Multiplier | Segments | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00x | 5 | 50% |
| 1.50x | 3 | 30% |
| 2.00x | 1 | 10% |
| 3.20x | 1 | 10% |
On this example wheel 5 of 10 segments pay nothing, so 50% of spins lose the whole stake. 50% of spins return the stake or more, and the top multiplier of 3.20x lands 10% of the time. The RTP of the example comes to 97.0%.
Wheel risk levels and segment counts: what they change
A risk level redraws the wheel. Low risk fills it with small multipliers close to the stake and few blanks. High risk leaves most segments blank and puts one or two very large multipliers among them. More segments let the game place a larger top prize, because one segment among many is hit less often than one among a few. Each wheel of a title is built around its RTP, so the levels differ in how long the blank runs are and not in what a spin costs on average. This is the same trade as the risk levels of Plinko and the pay tables of Keno. Some titles under this name work in another way, with several rings, a prize draw or a bonus round. A single wheel of segments does not describe those, and the calculator does not cover them.
Where to play Wheel games: casinos in our data and their RTP
All casinosWheel games are a small shelf: 24 different titles in 7 casino lobbies. 7 of them carry a confirmed RTP, starting at 94.74% and ending at 98.0%. That is an average cost of 2 to 5.26 for each 100 staked, which the expected loss calculator scales to a session. To line the titles of one lobby up by their figures, use the house edge comparison. What RTP means in crash games explains the percentage, and the casino list opens every lobby we read.
Drakaris
Glorion
DragonSlots
Ragnaro
Alawin
Golisimo
WestaceIs a Wheel game fair? What the wheel shows and what it hides
A wheel shows its odds openly as long as every segment is equally likely. In a digital wheel that is a statement in the rules, not something the picture proves. The stopping point is a random number, and the animation follows it.
In a provably fair wheel that number comes from a server seed, a client seed and a nonce, and a finished spin can be recomputed with the provably fair verifier. A wheel spun in a studio offers no such check, and not every instant wheel does. There the published RTP and the rules of the game are what a player has.
Wheel game demo: spin with play money first
Going by the demo flag in the lobbies, 23 of the 24 wheel titles can be spun without a stake. Use the demo to copy the wheel: note each multiplier and how many segments carry it. With that list the calculator gives the RTP and the share of blank spins.
Wheel calculator and edge comparison
Questions about Wheel games
How do you win on a Wheel game?
A spin leaves you no decision to make. The pointer stops on a random segment and the multiplier on it is paid.
Which Wheel risk level pays more?
None pays more on average. High risk pays larger amounts less often, low risk pays smaller amounts more often.
How can I work out the RTP of a wheel?
Multiply each multiplier by the share of segments that carry it and add the results. On the example wheel on this page the sum is 97.0%.
What RTP do Wheel games have?
The confirmed figures in our data go from 94.74% to 98.0%, and many titles state theirs only in the game rules.
Does the last result of the wheel affect the next spin?
No. Each spin is drawn on its own, so a segment is never due.
