Introduction
Roulette is a casino game named after the French word meaning ‘little wheel’. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number, various groupings of numbers, the colors red or black, whether the number is odd or even, or if the numbers are high (19–36) or low (1–18).
To determine the winning number and color, a croupier spins a wheel in one direction, then spins a ball in the opposite direction around a tilted circular track running around the outer edge of the wheel. The ball eventually loses momentum, passes through an area of deflectors, and falls onto the wheel and into 1 of 37 (single zero French/European style roulette) or 38 (double zero American style roulette) colored and numbered pockets on the wheel.
Types of Bets
There are different types of bets in roulette which award different payouts as shown below:
| Betname | Winning Spaces | Payout |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 35 to 1 |
| 00 | 00 | 35 to 1 |
| Straight up | Any single number | 35 to 1 |
| Row | 0, 00 | 17 to 1 |
| Split | any two adjoining numbers vertical or horizontal | 17 to 1 |
| Street | any three numbers horizontal (1, 2, 3 or 4, 5, 6 etc.) or horizontal | 11 to 1 |
| Corner | any four adjoining numbers in a block (1, 2, 4, 5 or 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 etc) | 8 to 1 |
| Top line or Basket (US) | 0, 00, 1, 2, 3 | 6 to 1 |
| Top line or Basket (European) | 0, 1, 2, 3 | 8 to 1 |
| Six line | any six numbers from two horizontal rows (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 etc.) | 5 to 1 |
| 1st Column | 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34 | 2 to 1 |
| 2nd Column | 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35 | 2 to 1 |
| 3rd Column | 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36 | 2 to 1 |
| 1st Dozen | 1 through 12 | 2 to 1 |
| 2nd Dozen | 13 through 24 | 2 to 1 |
| 3rd Dozen | 25 through 36 | 2 to 1 |
| Odd | 1,3,5… 35 | 1 to 1 |
| Even | 2,4,6… 36 | 1 to 1 |
| Red | 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 36 | 1 to 1 |
| Black | 12, 4, 6, 8, 19, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35 | 1 to 1 |
| 1 to 18 | 1, 2, 3… 18 | 1 to 1 |
| 19 to 36 | 19, 20, 21 …36 | 1 to 1 |
