Home › Numbers › 26

Number 26 — the complete card

26 pays 35:1 straight-up ($10 wins $350 profit) on every wheel. It’s black, even, high (19–36), dozen 3, column 2, and hits 1 in 37 European spins / 1 in 38 American. Lore: the number Bond backs in Diamonds Are Forever — and jeu zéro’s straight-up leg.⚙ computed

On the wheel

European rim, reading 35 · 3 → 26 → 0 · 32. American rim: 28 · 9 → 26 → 30 · 11. Racetrack membership: Voisins du Zéro + Jeu Zéro — 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: 25-26-27 (11:1). Split partners on the grid: 25, 27, 23, 29 (17:1 each). Every combination prices identically: the 36-pocket fiction doesn’t care which squares you pick.

Betting 26 — the honest numbers

At $10 per spin, 100 spins of straight 26 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 26: 1 in 1,369. In our 3.7-million-spin reference run, 26 landed 100,220 times against 100,000 expected (+0.22%) — textbook uniformity, the same verdict every number gets.

Put a chip on 26 in the simulator →

Related

← 2527 →all numbersstraight-up math“best numbers” vs data

Frequently asked

What does 26 pay in roulette?
35 to 1 straight-up — a $10 bet returns $350 profit plus your stake. Splits touching 26 pay 17:1, its street 11:1.
Is 26 red or black in roulette?
26 is black — fixed by the traditional color chart on every wheel, even and high (19–36) for outside-bet purposes.
What are the neighbours of 26 on the wheel?
European rim: 3 and 0 adjacent, 35 and 32 beyond — a five-number “neighbours” call covers exactly this arc. Felt neighbours are different animals — wheel order and grid order share nothing.