Complete Bet

The Complete Bet is a high table maximum coverage bet that covers all of the inside bets for an individual number. This is a roulette bet that is often played by high rollers and is also known as a Maximum Bet. You could also add the outside bets to the pot, and this is called the Complete Bet with Outside Bets or the Full Maximum Bet.

You can also cover the even money bets and the columns and dozens that contain the number, but normally a Complete bet just involves the inside Bets. We explain how to lay a Complete Bet on the number 23 in our numbers section or scroll down for an explanation of how to make a Complete 17 bet.

Mike Ashley Complete Bet

This is the famous Mike Ashley bet, the CEO of Sports Direct and former owner of English Premiership side Newcastle United. He famously made a Complete Bet on his lucky number 17 in Mayfair, in 2008, and won £1.3 million.

He was playing at a luxury casino called Fifty, owned by Robert Earl. He achieved this by placing a “complete” bet on his favourite number, 17. He bet on every possible combination including the number 17 plus splits, corners, streets, and six-line bets. Ashley bet a total of £480,000 on these bets, and when the ball landed on 17, his strategy resulted in the big win.

To play the bet at a club, you’d need to call “Complete Bet on 17” for example, or “17 to the maximum”. I haven’t seen any online roulette tables offering this as part of their call bets, so you’ll need to make up the bet manually.

Mike Ashley’s Bet in Detail

Here’s the detailed breakdown of the bets he made:

• Straight-Up (1 bet) – £12,000 on 17 (pays 35:1)
• Splits (4 bets) – £24,000 each on:

17/14
17/16
17/18
17/20 (Each pays 17:1)

• Corners (4 bets) – £48,000 each on:

14/15/17/18
16/17/19/20
17/18/20/21
13/14/16/17 (Each pays 8:1)

• Street (1 bet) – £36,000 on 16/17/18 (Pays 11:1)
• Six-Line (2 bets) – £72,000 each on:

13/14/15/16/17/18
16/17/18/19/20/21 (Each pays 5:1)

• Column Bet (1 bet) – £24,000 covering 17 in its respective column (Pays 2:1)
• Dozen Bet (1 bet) – £24,000 on the second dozen (13-24) (Pays 2:1)

Total Staked: £480,000

Payouts:
Since the number 17 hit, all the winning bets combined paid out around £1.3 million, with the largest win coming from the straight-up bet at 35:1.

The Complete Bet is a high-risk, high-reward strategy, often used by high-rollers looking for big wins on a single spin. Mike Ashley took the gamble—and it paid off. This time.

Pros and Cons of the Complete Bet

Here’s more detail on how you would normally play a Complete Bet on 17, our favourite number. The table limits vary from table to table- below is just an example. You will need forty chips – this assumes the maximum bet on a single number is 100.00. In effect, you are making 12 bets.

The standard bet does not include any outside bets. Ashley likely added the dozens and columns at the end as a flourish.

Bet Type & Numbers

Betting layout showing the 40-chip (100.00 chip value) Complete Bet on 17. Note that different tables will have different limits, but all tables vary their maximum bet depending on the Inside Bet.

In the example below, the bet on a single number is 1.00, Split 2.00, Street 3.00, Corner 4.00, and Six-Line 6.00

Complete Bet on 17, Base Bet is 1.00

• Straight-Up 17 1.00
• Split 17, 14 2.00
• Split 17, 16 2.00
• Split 17, 18 2.00
• Split 17, 20 2.00
• Street 17, 16, 18 3.00
• Corner 17, 16, 13, 14 4.00
• Corner 17, 18, 14, 15 4.00
• Corner 17, 16, 19, 20 4.00
• Corner 17, 18, 20, 21 4.00
• Six Line 17, 16, 18, 13, 14, 15 6.00
• Six Line Bet 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 6.00

Total Bets Placed 40x 1.00 = 40.00

The payout for this bet if your number comes in is 9.8:1. Plus you get your original bet back of course.

For your Complete Bet on 17 with the specified unit distribution:

Total Bet Amount: 40.00
Total Winnings: 392.00
And you get your winning bets back.

Total Payout (Winnings + Returned Bets): 432.00
Net Profit: 392.00

Complete Bet with Outside Bets on 17, Base Bet 1.00

What Does This Bet Include?

A Maximum Bet on a number (e.g., 17) consists of:

Inside Bets (Complete Bet on 17)

• Straight-up (1 bet)
• Splits (4 bets)
• Corners (4 bets)
• Street (1 bet)
• Six-line bets (2 bets)

Outside Bets (Covering 17)

• Column bet (covering 17’s column)
• Dozen bet (covering 17’s dozen, i.e., 13-24)
• Even-Money Bets:
  • Red/Black (17 is black)
  • Odd/Even (17 is odd)
  • High/Low (17 is in the “low” range 1-18)

Total Payout (Winnings + Returned Bets): 540 units. If 17 hits.
Net Profit: 458 units

If 17 hits, you receive 540 units in total, but after subtracting your initial 82-unit bet, your net gain is 458 units.

Other Examples:

So, for example,

• Completing the Zero costs 17 pieces and pays 235 pieces.
• Numbers 1 and 3 cost 27 pieces and pay 297 pieces.
• Number 2 is a 36-piece bet and pays 396 pieces
• Number 27 – 30 pieces – pays out 294
• Numbers 34 and 36 each cost 18 pieces and pay 198 pieces.
• Number 35 is a 24-piece bet which pays 264 pieces.

If you want to make a Complete Bet, but not at the table limits, make sure you qualify your request to the croupier, and say something like “Complete Bet on 17 with 25.00”. That’s 40 bets for a total of 1000.00

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Where Can You Play a Complete Bet Online?

We haven’t seen this roulette bet as a specific option on too many online variants- but you can play it on Playtech’s Multi-Wheel roulette (just de-activate the extra wheel if you only want to play one wheel). Click on the little button that says “More Bets” and you will have an option to play a Half Complete bet (just the Inside Bets) and a Complete Bet (including Outside Bets).

Best Roulette Casino For The Complete Bet.

You will need a high-limit variant. We’d recommend the 3D Roulette at Wombat Casino.

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