Complete Bet

Placement

Call “17 complete” and the dealer builds it: one chipmoneyChipA token representing a fixed amount, placed on the layout to make a bet. Also: check.Read full → straight upbetStraight upA single number, pays 35:1.Read full →, two on each splitbetSplitTwo adjacent numbers, pays 17:1.Read full →, three on the streetbetStreetThree numbers in a row of the layout, pays 11:1. French: transversale.Read full →, four on each cornerbetCornerFour numbers sharing a corner on the layout, pays 8:1.Read full → and six on each six linebetSix lineSix numbers in two adjacent rows, pays 5:1. French: sixain.Read full →. Each part gets one chip for every number it covers. The rules Singapore approved for Resorts World Sentosa set out the same unitsmoneyUnitThe base stake a system or a player works in. Progressions are described in units so they apply at any table.Read full →, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, and call the bet a complete betbetComplete betAll inside bets that include a given number: the straight up, every split, street, corner and six line it belongs to. Also: complet; at the table limit, a maximum.Read full → on a number.

Roulette in Singapore

Why the parts are sized that way

A bet on n numbers pays 36/n − 1 to 1, so a winning chip on it comes back with 36/n chips, stake included. Put n chips on it and a win always returns 36 chips, whatever kind of bet it is. That makes a complete quick to settle: count the parts that won and multiply by 36. When 17 comes up all twelve parts win: 12 × 36 = 432 chips back for the 40 staked, a profit of 392.

Payout by pocket

The numbers next to 17 on the layoutequipmentLayoutThe printed betting grid on the table. Also: table, felt, cloth.Read full → win too, because they share some of its parts. A miss anywhere else loses all 40 chips.

Other numbers

A complete depends on where the number sits. Numbers in the middle columnbetColumnTwelve numbers in one vertical column of the layout, pays 2:1.Read full → have numbers beside them on both sides; those in the outer columns on one side only; the end rows and the zerowheelZeroThe single green pocket that no even-money, dozen or column bet covers; the source of the house edge. Also: single zero, 0.Read full → have fewer still. Every version costs the same 2.70%.

The maximum

A complete at the table’s limit is called a maximum: “17 to the maximum”. Resorts World’s rules define it as a complete whose unit is the table’s maximum unit. If that unit is $1,000, the bet is $40,000 and makes $392,000 when 17 comes up. It is the high roller’s bet because it is the most a table lets anyone put behind one number, and it costs what every other bet costs: on average $1,081 a spin.

A dozen by the hundred

The same casino also deals a “dozenbetDozen1–12, 13–24 or 25–36, pays 2:1.Read full → with 100 units”: every inside betbetInside betAny bet placed on or between the numbers of the grid: straight up, split, street, corner, six line.Read full → within one dozen, sized the same way, leaving out bets that reach into the next dozen or include the zero. That comes to exactly 100 chips: 12 straight ups, 17 splits of 2, 4 streets of 3, 6 corners of 4 and 3 six lines of 6. A hit pays +116 on the four corner numbers of the dozen, +188 on the top and bottom numbers of its middle column, +224 on the outer numbers of its two middle rows and +332 on the two numbers at its center; the other 25 pocketsequipmentPocketOne of the 37 numbered compartments on the rotor. Also: slot, cup.Read full → lose 100. The average is −100/37, 2.70% again.

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