How the Roulette Payout Table Works
Roulette payouts are set by the position of your chip on the table, not by intuition. A straight-up bet on any single number pays 35 to 1 — the highest return on the standard layout. Move your chip to cover two numbers (a split) and the payout drops to 17 to 1; a street covering three numbers pays 11 to 1. Corner
bets across four numbers return 8 to 1, while a six-line pays 5 to 1. Outside bets — Red/Black, Odd/Even, High/Low — all pay 1 to 1. Dozens and columns sit in the middle at 2 to 1. European roulette uses a single-zero wheel, which lowers the house edge compared to the American double-zero layout. That difference matters when you are reading
the table and mapping risk against return.