A clear view of "corner bets roulette" 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.
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.
Red or black, odd or even, and low or high each cover eighteen numbers and pay even money. They win almost half the time and are the calmest way to play, since a balance moves slowly in small steps. Doubling after every loss on these bets, a common system, raises the stake quickly and meets the table maximum long before a losing streak ends, which is why such systems fail in practice.
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 part of the stake.
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.
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.
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.
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.