Six Line Bet
Online Roulette Guide
An Outside Bet covering 6 Numbers
Pays 5:1
Play the Six Line bet to quickly build up coverage of the table while leaving room for more flexibility on your bets from spin to spin.
The 6 Line Bet or Transversale Simple is an Inside Bet like the Single Number Bet or the Corner Bet (Square Bet). It’s got nothing to do with the number 6 (although a 6 line bet can cover this black number).They are called Inside Bets, because of the layout of a roulette betting table.
They all lie inside the main betting area (as opposed to outside bets like dozens and columns that lie (yes, you guessed it), outside! This bet is used in a number of roulette strategies like the Shotwell System. If you like this bet, you should also take a look at the Six Line Quattro roulette system which plays 4 of these bets.
This bet is made on two lines of three numbers each that lie next to each other: a total of six numbers. This bet is made by putting your chips on the intersection between the two lines along the side of the betting area. If any of these numbers hit, the the pay off is 5-1. Plus you get your winning bet back.
For example, above, we have 4 Six Line Bets above, covering 64.8% of the table (the same as 2 colums or 2 dozens. Don’t confuse the 6 line bet with the Five Number Bet, which has the worst odds on the table. The 6 Line is a totally different animal.
When to use the 6 Line Bet
Use the 6 line bet as an alternative to columns or dozens. Just make a double six line bet to cover the same amount of table and you can “mix it up”. Or you can play 3 six line bets to cover half of the table, as you would on a red or black bet (even money bets). They are a quick way of covering the table while giving you more flexibility on which bit of the wheel you are covering.
6 Line Win Probability
If you place one 6 line bet on European Roulette, you have a 6:37 chance of winning (16.2%). 1 in 6.2 in other words.
If you play American Roulette, your odds are 6:38 for each 6 number bet or 15.8%. 1 in 6.3 is another way of putting it.
House Edge
The House Edge on this bet is 5.26% for American Roulette (2 zero pockets) and 2.63% in European Roulette.
Pros and Cons
- A quick way of covering one sixth of the table
- Play multiple Six-Line bets to cover more of the table and mix it up
- Overlap your bets to increase your risk and pay-out on win.
- Not the easiest bet to place. Make sure you place your chip in between 2 lines of numbers
- Easy to make a Street Bet by mistake.
Roulette Strategies that Use the Six Line Bet
There are lots of strategies that use the six number bet. The simplest one is a way of getting variation on the even money bets, which many systems like the Martingale and the Guetting Progression use. Instead of playing red/black, odd/even etc, you cover 50% of the table using 3 out of the 6 available 6 line bets. You can either overlap them to reduce your table coverage (and increase your risk and potential pay off), or play exclusive 6 line bets (that don’t overlap) to get the full 50% coverage.
Sometimes we like to cover the table this way, as it allows you to vary your coverage bet by bet. It doesn’t improve your odds (you will still have the same house edge and chance of winning), but it does “randomize” your play.
You can also just bet on 2 six-liners to cover the same as a column or dozen, of course. This allows you to vary some of the systems that use these bets like the Law of The Third for example. You can play 4 six line bets in the Triple Martingale System, for example.
If you want to mix it up even more, use Street Bets which is a bet on one row of 3 numbers, rather than 2 rows of 6.
The Best Casino and Variant for The Six Line?
This is a bet that every casino should have. Play it on a European Roulette Wheel as the odds are better. We’d recommend 3D European Studios Roulette.
Play at FUN Casino for this variant.