Roulette wheel number order

Roulette wheel numbers do not run in numerical order. Wheel neighbors follow the ring of pockets; splits follow shared boundaries on the felt. New Jersey's equipment specification lists the clockwise sequences below and allows approved alternatives, so check the actual wheel before using a sequence for a particular game.

European single-zero order

Beginning at zero and moving clockwise:

0, 32, 15, 19, 4, 21, 2, 25, 17, 34, 6, 27, 13, 36, 11, 30, 8, 23, 10, 5, 24, 16, 33, 1, 20, 14, 31, 9, 22, 18, 29, 7, 28, 12, 35, 3, 26.

The ring then returns to 0. Zero's immediate neighbors are 26 and 32. Two neighbors on each side give the five-pocket set 3, 26, 0, 32 and 15. That set has a 5/37 chance of containing the next result on a fair single-zero model.

American double-zero order

Beginning at zero and moving clockwise:

0, 28, 9, 26, 30, 11, 7, 20, 32, 17, 5, 22, 34, 15, 3, 24, 36, 13, 1, 00, 27, 10, 25, 29, 12, 8, 19, 31, 18, 6, 21, 33, 16, 4, 23, 35, 14, 2.

Here 0 sits between 2 and 28, while 00 sits between 1 and 27. Applying the European neighbor list to this wheel selects the wrong pockets. See the wheel comparison for the probability effect of 37 versus 38 outcomes.

A map is different from a placement

European neighbors 0 and 32 sit far apart on the numbered grid. Grid neighbors 17 and 20 form a split despite occupying different wheel sectors. The table guide describes grid adjacency.

Named racetrack bets translate sectors into legal felt wagers. A generic neighbor control often places one straight-up wager on each selected pocket, producing different stake weights and returns.

Pocket order locates a number. Under a fair independent-spin model, the last result does not make an adjacent pocket more likely next. Read streak probability before treating a visible pattern as evidence of changed odds.