There are a variety of bets available on the Roulette table.
Each bet has a payout, which is stated as n:1
where n is the multiplier that defines the amount
won based on the amount bet.
A $5 bet at 2:1 will win $10. After you are paid, there will be
$15 sitting on the table, your original $5 bet, plus your $10
additional winnings.
Note
Not all games state their odds using this convention. Some
games state the odds as “2 for 1”.
This means that the total left on the table after the bets are paid
will be two times the original bet. So a $5 bet will win $5, there
will be $10 sitting on the table.
The table is divided into two classes of bets. The
“inside” bets are the 38 numbers and small groups of
numbers; these bets all have relatively high odds. The
“outside” bets are large groups of numbers, and have
relatively low odds. If you are new to casino gambling, see Odds and Payouts for more
information on odds and why they are offered.
- A “straight bet” is a bet on a single
number. There are 38 possible bets, and they pay odds of 35 to 1.
Each bin on the wheel pays one of the straight bets.
- A “split bet” is a bet on an adjacent pair
of numbers. It pays 17:1. The table layout has the numbers
arranged sequentially in three columns and twelve rows. Adjacent
numbers are in the same row or column. The number 5 is adjacent to
4, 6, 2, 8; the number 1 is adjacent to 2 and 4. There are 114 of
these split bet combinations. Each bin on the wheel pays from two
to four of the available split bets. Any of two bins can make a
split bet a winner.
- A “street bet” includes the three numbers in
a single row, which pays 11:1. There are twelve of these bets on
the table. A single bin selects one street bet; any of three bins
make a street bet a winner.
- A square of four numbers is called a “corner
bet” and pays 8:1. There are 72 of these bets
available.
- At one end of the layout, it is possible to place a bet
on the Five numbers 0, 00, 1, 2 and 3. This pays 6:1. It is the
only combination bet that includes 0 or 00.
- A “line bet” is a six number block, which
pays 5:1. It is essentially two adjacent street bets. There are 11
such combinations.
The following bets are the “outside” bets. Each of
these involves a group of twelve to eighteen related numbers. None of
these outside bets includes 0 or 00. The only way to bet on 0 or 00 is
to place a straight bet on the number itself, or use the five-number
combination bet.
- Any of the three 12-number ranges (1-12, 13-24, 25-36)
pays 2:1. There are just three of these bets.
- The layout offers the three 12-number columns at 2:1
odds. All of the numbers in a given column have the same remainder
when divided by three. Column 1 contains 1, 4, 7, etc., all of
which have a remainder of 1 when divided by 3.
- There are two 18-number ranges: 1-18 is called
low, 19-36 is called
high. These are called even money bets
because they pay at 1:1 odds.
- The individual numbers are colored red or black in an
arbitrary pattern. Note that 0 and 00 are colored green. The bets
on red or black are even money bets, which pay at 1:1
odds.
- The numbers (other than 0 and 00) are also either even or
odd. These bets are also even money bets.
