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Roulette 73 (Mega888): how the 73-pocket board is built

Seventy-three pockets, a six-row board and outside boxes you will not find on a normal table. How the grid is built and which boxes cover what.

Roulette 73 board on Mega888: green 0 and numbers 1 to 72 in six rows of twelve, 5to1 row boxes, 1st18 to 4th18, 1st24 to 3rd24 and chips

Cartridge label

Wheel
73 pockets: 0 to 72
Table limits
MIN 0.5, MAX 700
Row bets
6 rows of 12 numbers, marked 5to1
Outside boxes
4 x 18s, 3 x 24s, 1to36, 36to72, even/odd, red/black

Controls

Chip selector
0.5, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100; tap a box to place
New Game
Shown after the result, starts the next round

Roulette 73 is the opposite of the pocket-sized wheels next to it in the lobby. It runs 0 to 72, and the board is so dense that the numbers shrink to small tiles.

How the board is built

The easiest way to read it is as two normal tables stuck together. The left half, columns one to six, holds 1 to 36. The right half holds 37 to 72. Each column counts upward from the bottom: 1 to 6, then 7 to 12, and so on, with the green 0 running down the far left.

The colours are the part that clicked for us. The first half uses the colour pattern of an ordinary single-zero wheel (1 red, 2 black, 10 black, 11 black, 19 red and so on), and the second half copies it exactly, shifted by 36. So 37 is red because 1 is, 47 is black because 11 is, and 72 is red because 36 is.

Roulette 73 result screen, gold marker on red 68, WIN 1 and BET 0.5, record strip showing 68
SCREEN 01Roulette 73 result screen, gold marker on red 68, WIN 1 and BET 0.5, record strip showing 68

Unlike the smaller wheels in this lobby, red and odd are not the same bet here. 12, 14 and 16 are red, for example.

The outside boxes

Every row of twelve ends in a box printed 5to1. Under the grid are three lines of outside bets:

  • 1st18, 2nd18, 3rd18, 4th18 split the numbers into quarters.
  • 1st24, 2nd24, 3rd24 split them into thirds, the way dozens work on a normal table.
  • 1to36 and 36to72 split them into halves, with EVEN, black, red and ODD between them.

Only the rows show a payout on screen. The 36to72 label is printed that way on the board; read it as the upper half.

The wheel

When the bet is locked, a marble-rimmed wheel with a four-armed silver cross in the centre fills the screen. With 73 pockets packed round the rim, the numbers are tiny and you will mostly follow the result by the gold marker on the board afterwards. The green 0 sits between 26 and 32.

Roulette 73 marble wheel with a silver cross turret and 73 small red and black pockets, bet 0.5
SCREEN 02Roulette 73 marble wheel with a silver cross turret and 73 small red and black pockets, bet 0.5

Stakes on a big board

The table maximum is 700, far above its smaller siblings, and the MIN is still 0.5. Big boards invite spreading chips across a dozen boxes; each chip is its own bet and each one pays for the zero on its own. With one zero in 73, the house take on a single bet is small, about 1.4% on the rows, but it applies to every chip you place.

For the smaller versions see Roulette 12 and Roulette 24; a standard live wheel is on Ezugi Roulette. The rest of the platform is on the Mega888 overview. To play, ask for a Mega888 game ID.

Troubleshooting and questions

Does 37 have the same colour as 1?

Yes. The board repeats the standard single-zero colour pattern twice: 1 to 36 as on a normal wheel, then 37 to 72 with each number taking the colour of the number 36 below it (37 red like 1, 49 black like 13).

What does the 5to1 box pay out of?

Each row holds 12 of the 73 pockets. Paid 5 to 1, a winning row returns six units, so on average 72 come back for every 73 staked.

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