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Number 17 — the complete card

17 pays 35:1 straight-up ($10 wins $350 profit) on every wheel. It’s black, odd, low (1–18), dozen 2, column 2, and hits 1 in 37 European spins / 1 in 38 American. Lore: the most-bet number on earth — dead center of the grid, Bond lore, and Sean Connery’s 1963 triple (a 1-in-50,653 shot).⚙ computed

On the wheel

European rim, reading 2 · 25 → 17 → 34 · 6. American rim: 20 · 32 → 17 → 5 · 22. Racetrack membership: Orphelins + Orphelins — the announced bets that physically cover this pocket (math here). “Neighbour” talk means the rim, never the felt — two different maps.

On the felt

Street trio: 16-17-18 (11:1). Split partners on the grid: 16, 18, 14, 20 (17:1 each). Every combination prices identically: the 36-pocket fiction doesn’t care which squares you pick.

Betting 17 — the honest numbers

At $10 per spin, 100 spins of straight 17 wagers cost an expected $27 on European wheels and $53 on American — identical to any bet, wrapped in maximum volatility (SD 5.8). Back-to-back 17: 1 in 1,369. In our 3.7-million-spin reference run, 17 landed 100,108 times against 100,000 expected (+0.11%) — textbook uniformity, the same verdict every number gets.

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Frequently asked

What does 17 pay in roulette?
35 to 1 straight-up — a $10 bet returns $350 profit plus your stake. Splits touching 17 pay 17:1, its street 11:1.
Is 17 red or black in roulette?
17 is black — fixed by the traditional color chart on every wheel, odd and low (1–18) for outside-bet purposes.
What are the neighbours of 17 on the wheel?
European rim: 25 and 34 adjacent, 2 and 6 beyond — a five-number “neighbours” call covers exactly this arc. Felt neighbours are different animals — wheel order and grid order share nothing.