Sabi Roulette · Beginner · 8 min

Di Roulette Table

Di roulette table layout dey arrange di numbers for one grid, with space for group bets round am.

Short answer

Three columns of twelve numbers with zero for di head; dozens and even-money boxes for di long side; column boxes for di foot.

cells for numbers
37
outside boxes
12
inside bets
5 types
places for chip
150+
For di table · 1 number
For di wheel
0321519421225173462713361130823105241633120143192218297281235326
0321519421225173462713361130823105241633120143192218297281235326Voisins du zéroOrphelinsTiers du cylindreOrphelins
Di wheel for three sectors

Point at one sector or tap am to see im numbers.

How to read di grid

Roulette wheel and table na one furniture: dem set di wheel for one end, or for di middle of French table, and dem print di grid for di felt near am. Di numbers of di roulette table dey run 1-2-3 across di first row, 4-5-6 for di next one, and so on down reach 34-35-36. ZerowheelZeroDi one green pocket wey no even-money, dozen or column bet dey cover; na im be di source of di house edge. Dem also dey call am: single zero, 0.Read di whole tin → dey sit across di head of di three columnsbetColumnTwelve numbers for one column of di layout wey stand from up to down, e dey pay 2:1.Read di whole tin →. Dem print each cell with di colour of im pocketequipmentPocketOne of di 37 small boxes wey get number for di rotor. Dem also dey call am: slot, cup.Read di whole tin →, and na why redbetRedEven-money bet on di 18 red numbers. For French: rouge.Read di whole tin → and blackbetBlackEven-money bet for di 18 black numbers. For French: noir.Read di whole tin → dey look scattered for di layoutequipmentLayoutDi betting grid wey dem print for di table. Dem also dey call am: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole tin →, even though dem dey follow each oda perfectly for di wheel. Players also dey call dis grid di roulette board; no confuse am with di electronic results board.

For one long side, di three dozensbetDozen1–12, 13–24 or 25–36, e dey pay 2:1.Read di whole tin → dey (1st 12, 2nd 12, 3rd 12) and, outside dem, di six even-money boxes: 1–18, Even, Red, Black, Odd, 19–36. For di foot of di three columns, di three “2:1” boxes for column bets dey.

Where chips dey go

Na where di chipmoniChipToken wey stand for one fixed amount, wey you put on top di layout to make bet. Dem also dey call am: check.Read di whole tin → dey, no be im colour or size, dey decide di bet. Chip wey dey fully inside one cell na straight upbetStraight upOne single number, e dey pay 35:1.Read di whole tin →. For di line between two cells, e be splitbetSplitTwo numbers wey dey near each oda, e dey pay 17:1.Read di whole tin →. For di outer end of one row, e be streetbetStreetThree numbers for one row of di layout, e dey pay 11:1. For French: transversale.Read di whole tin →. For cornerbetCornerFour numbers wey share one corner for di layout, e dey pay 8:1.Read di whole tin → where four cells meet, e be corner. Across di outer end of two rows, e be six linebetSix lineSix numbers for two rows wey dey near each oda, e dey pay 5:1. For French: sixain.Read di whole tin →. To put am exactly matter: dealers dey read placements as dem be, and chip wey lean enter di cell wey near am, dem go pay am as di dealer see am.

where di chip deybetnumberse dey pay
inside one cell onlystraight up135:1
for di edge wey two cells sharesplit217:1
outer end of one rowstreet311:1
corner where four cells meetcorner48:1
di outer end of two rowssix line65:1
corner of 0 and 1basket4 (0-1-2-3)8:1
dozen boxdozen122:1
2:1 boxcolumn122:1
outer boxeseven money181:1
Di same chip for five places: inside one cell, for one line, for di end of one row, for one corner, across two rows.

Di French and American layouts

French layout dey print di outside betsbetOutside betBet on di boxes wey surround di grid: dozens, columns and even-money bets.Read di whole tin → for French (manque, passe, pair, impair, rouge, noir) and e dey put di dozens for di two long sides so dat players for both ends fit reach dem. Di dealer dey stand for di middle with long rake. American layouts dey put all outside bets for one side, di dealer dey for di end wey near di wheel, and dem dey often print “1st 12” instead of “P12”. Di bets and dia payoutsmoniPayoutWetin bet wey win dey return, wey dem dey quote as “X to 1” on top di stake wey dem return.Read di whole tin → na di same.

  • French layout: two ends, dealer for di middle, pipo dey expect call betstableCall betBet wey you announce give di dealer instead of to put am with your hand, usually bet on one sector of di wheel like voisins or tiers. Dem also dey call am “announced bet”.Read di whole tin →.
  • American layout: one end, dealer for di end of di wheel, 00 cell near di 0.
  • Online roulette layout: di same grid as places wey you go tap, plus racetracktableRacetrackDi oval strip for live and electronic layouts wey dey show di numbers for wheel order, wey you dey use to put neighbours and sector bets with one tap.Read di whole tin → strip for sectorwheelSectorPockets wey follow each oda for one arc of di wheel, no be group for di layout.Read di whole tin → bets.

French Roulette

Di racetrack

Live and RNG tables dey add one strip wey get shape like oval wheel, wey show di numbers for di order of di wheel. If you tap one number there, e go put neighboursbetNeighboursOne number and di two pockets for each side of am for di wheel, five straight-up chips.Read di whole tin → bet: dat number and di two for each side, five chips. Buttons for di same strip dey put voisins, tiers, orphelinsFR · sectorOrphelins“Orphans”: di eight numbers wey voisins and tiers leave: 17, 34, 6 and 1, 20, 14, 31, 9.Read di whole tin → and jeu zéroFR · sectorJeu zéro“Zero game”: di seven numbers wey near zero pass (12, 35, 3, 26, 0, 32, 15), wey you bet with four chips.Read di whole tin →. E dey there becos e dey tire pipo to put dose bets by hand for di grid: voisins alone na nine chips for seven different places.

Neighbours Bet for RouletteOrphelins Bet for RouletteJeu Zéro Bet for Roulette

Why outside bets dey take more space

For di printed layout, di twelve outside boxes cover more felt pass di 37 number cells togeda. Dat one dey roughly follow how much moni dey sit on top dem: most players, most of di time, dey bet red or black. Dem also dey pay outside bets first, before inside betsbetInside betAny bet wey you put on top or between di numbers of di grid: straight up, split, street, corner, six line.Read di whole tin →, so dat di dealer fit clear di big area quick and face di chips for di grid.

Wetin each chip position dey paypayout, to 1
Straight up (1/37)
35:1
Split (2/37)
17:1
Street (3/37)
11:1
Corner (4/37)
8:1
Six line (6/37)
5:1
Dozen / column (12/37)
2:1
Even money (18/37)
1:1
payout, to 1
017.5035:1
Payout = 36/n − 1. Fair go be 37/n − 1. Di unit wey miss na di house edge.

Colours of chips

For physical roulette tables, each player dey buy chips of one colour wey get value only for dat table, so dat six pipo wey dey bet red no go argue about whose chip win. You go name di value when you buy in; one colour marker for di rim of di wheel go record am. Cash chips from di cage dey allowed for outside bets and dem dey pay dem with di same kind. Online, every player dey see only im own chips, so di problem no dey.

Roulette Chips and How to Buy In

Questions wey pipo dey ask

I fit reach di far side of di table?

Ask di dealer make e put di bet for you and tok exactly wetin you want: “ten for di corner sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty”.

Wetin be di line between zero and di first row?

Splits 0–1, 0–2, 0–3; di streets 0-1-2 and 0-2-3; and di basketbetBasketFor single-zero wheel: 0, 1, 2, 3 with one chip, e dey pay 8:1. Dem also dey call am: first four, quatre premiers.Read di whole tin → 0-1-2-3 for di corner. All of dem na standard.

Bet dey for all di three dozens?

You fit put three chips, one for each. You go win one and lose two, or lose all three when zero land. Nobody dey do dis one two times.

Small laugh

Di layout never change since 1796. Di advice don change.

Di layout never change since 1796. Di advice don change.

Sources

  1. Wykes, A. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Gambling. Doubleday, 1964.
  2. Ethier, S. N. The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling. Springer, 2010. Chapter 13, roulette.
  3. Lablée, J. La Roulette, ou le Jour. Paris, 1801.
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