A clear view of "Can you bet on zero in roulette?" needs the betting grid close at hand. A roulette layout looks busy, and it rests on one simple idea: every bet is a group of numbers, and the fewer numbers it covers, the more it pays. Inside bets sit on the numbered grid and cover one to six numbers. Outside bets sit around the edge and cover roughly a third or half of the wheel. Once that pattern is clear, the whole table reads at a glance.
A straight up bet on a single number pays 35 to 1, the largest payout on the table. A split covers two neighbouring numbers and pays 17 to 1, a street covers a row of three and pays 11 to 1, and a corner covers four numbers where they meet and pays 8 to 1. Chips placed on the lines between numbers make these bets, and the dealer or the screen confirms which numbers each chip is on.
Every roulette table sets a minimum and a maximum stake, and the two apply differently to inside and outside bets. The inside minimum is often met by the total of all chips on numbers, while each outside bet must reach the minimum on its own. Maximums are lower on single numbers than on even money bets. The limits are shown on the table or in its information panel before the first chip is placed.
A six line covers two adjacent rows and pays 5 to 1. Bets that include the zero, such as a split between zero and one or the first four numbers together, work the same way and are placed where the zero meets the grid. The zero is neither red nor black, neither odd nor even, which is why every outside bet loses when the ball lands there, unless a table rule returns some of the stake.
A six line spans two adjacent rows of three numbers, six numbers in all, and pays 5 to 1 when any of them comes up.
The inside minimum is usually met by the total of all chips on numbers, while every outside bet has to reach the table minimum by itself.
A chip on a single number pays 35 to 1, the largest payout on the table, and wins only when the ball lands in that pocket.
Chips go where the zero meets the grid, such as a split between zero and one or the first four numbers together, and they pay like other inside bets.
Splits go on the line joining two numbers and return 17 to 1, streets on the outer edge of a row of three return 11 to 1, and corners where four numbers touch return 8 to 1.