The Various Bets in European Roulette and Their Winning Odds
When learning to play the game of European roulette one significant and perhaps a pre-requisite factor required from roulette players is to know the different European roulette bets that they can possibly play on the European roulette betting layout.
In fact European roulette is a game that involves various ways to bet and each roulette bet offers varying payouts and winning odds to roulette players. The highest chance to win from playing European roulette is highly dependent on the type of bet placed by roulette players with the major element of luck in order to enjoy better winning odds.
Here are the various European roulette bets to play for with the winning odds and payouts they offer to roulette players:
The inside bets in European roulette consist of playing for a single number or a small group of numbers that offer roulette players a higher payout ratio but with a lower odd of winnings. Among the common inside European roulette bets are the following:
1. Straight Up/Single Number Bet - consists of playing for a single number from the inside betting layout that offers a payout of 35:1. This is the highest payout to win from roulette but it is also the most difficult to win among all other bets with an odd of 37:1.
2. The split bet offers a winning odd of 37:2 and it pays out 17:1. This is a bet placed for any 2 numbers.
2. The street bet is one that offers a payout of 11:1 and the winning odds consist of 37:3 and it pays out 11:1. The bet is placed for any three numbers in the row.
3. The corner bet is one that gives a winning odd of 37:4 with payout of 8:1. The bet is placed on an intersection of four numbers.
4. The Five number bet is one that gives an odd of 37:5 and a payout of 5:1. This is the bet placed between numbers 1 and 0 and it also covers the numbers 0, 1, 2 and 3.
5. The line bet also known as the double street bet gives a winning odd of 37:6 with a payout of 5:1. The player places a bet similar to the street bet but the chip rests between the intersections of two rows covering six numbers that reside in 2 adjacent rows.
The Outside Bet
The outside bet is placed on the outside layout of European roulette consisting of bets of group of bigger numbers, red/black, even/odd, high/low and it offer a relatively lower payout but with better odds of winning. Such bets include the following:
1. The dozen bet is placed in any of the 12 boxes that cover 12 numbers that give an odd of 37:12 with a 2:1 payout.
2. The column bet involves bets placed in column of numbers with a total of 12 numbers with a payout of 2:1 and an odd of 37:12.
3. The low and high bet consists of placing bets on either high or low boxes with a payout of 1:1 and an odd of 37:18.
4. The odd or even bet gives an odd of 37:18 with a payout of 1:1 with a bet placed on either odd or even boxes with each box covering a total of 18 numbers.
5. The black or red bet consists of placing bets on either black or red boxes with a total of 18 numbers in each color giving a payout of 1:1 with the winning odd of 37:18.