Getting "roulette inside and outside bets" right needs the betting grid in view. 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 in seconds.
Dozens and columns each cover twelve numbers and pay 2 to 1. The dozens split the numbers into first, second and third groups of twelve, while the columns run along the length of the layout. Covering two dozens or two columns at once wins about two thirds of the time at a small profit per win. Neither option changes the long run cost, which is the same for almost every bet on the table.
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 goes down.
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 covers.
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.
Each covers eighteen numbers and pays even money, winning almost half the time, but all of them lose when the ball lands on zero.
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.
Tables set lower maximums on straight up numbers than on even money bets because a single number pays far more; the limits are posted before play.
Each covers twelve numbers and returns two to one; dozens group the numbers into first, second and third twelve, while columns run along the layout.
The table rules or the game's information panel list every bet with its payout, and nearly all bets carry the same long run cost.