Roulette betting rules, from limits to settlement

Every table shows a minimum and a maximum. Online there are usually two minimums: a lower one per chip on the inside and a higher one for outside bets or for the total on the layout per spin. A table advertised at 20p may require £1 in total before it spins. Maximums are often split too, with a lower cap on a straight-up than on red, because the straight-up pays 35 times more. The limits panel in the game is the authority; the lobby tile is marketing.

RNG tables: whenever you press spin. Live tables: when the server timer closes, which is a moment before the dealer launches the ball. The stream you watch is a few seconds behind the studio, so a bet that looks in time on screen may already be late. Bets placed after the close are rejected with a message. Nothing you place can be changed once the ball is moving.

The result is read by a sensor or camera on live tables and generated by the RNG on software tables. Every bet settles at once: winning bets receive their payout plus the stake back; losing bets are collected. On a zero, all outside bets lose on a standard table; on a French table the even-money bets get half back or stay for the next spin, depending on whether the rule is La Partage or En Prison.

35 to 1 on a straight-up means £35 in winnings on a £1 bet, plus the £1 back. Some screens quote "for 1", which includes the stake: 36 for 1 is the same thing. When two sources disagree about a payout by exactly one, that is why.

You can cover as much of the layout as you like within the maximum. Each chip is its own bet. Covering 20 numbers at a chip each and hitting one returns 36 chips for 20 staked, a net of plus 16; missing loses 20. The more of the table you cover, the more often you win and the less each win nets, and the average across all of it stays at the house edge.

Repeat places last spin's chips again. Undo removes the most recent chip. Clear removes everything. Favourite bets, where offered, store a layout for one-tap placement. None of these affect settlement; they are conveniences, and the undo button is the most useful thing on the table for anyone betting on a phone.

Chat is read by the dealer and watched by moderators. Keep it civil; bans are quick and permanent at some studios. Do not ask the dealer to spin faster or slower; the timer is fixed. Do not type during the betting window if you want your bets in.

There is no rule that a number is due. There is no rule limiting how many times red can come up. There is no rule that the dealer can influence the result on a live table or that the RNG remembers previous spins. The only rules are the ones above, and they are enough.