Corner

Placement

ChipmoneyChipA token representing a fixed amount, placed on the layout to make a bet. Also: check.Read full → on the intersection where four cells meet, for example 16-17-19-20. There are 22 ordinary cornersbetCornerFour numbers sharing a corner on the layout, pays 8:1.Read full → on the grid. The basketbetBasketOn a single-zero wheel: 0, 1, 2, 3 with one chip, pays 8:1. Also: first four, quatre premiers.Read full → 0-1-2-3, placed at the corner where 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 → meets 1 and 2, is treated as a corner and pays 8 to 1. The chip should sit squarely on the cross; a chip on an edge is a splitbetSplitTwo adjacent numbers, pays 17:1.Read full →.

Payout and expectation

Fair odds are 8.25 to 1; the table pays 8. A $10 corner that hits returns $80. Over 37 average spins: four hits (+$320), 33 misses (−$330), net −$10.

Character

A popular compromise: still an inside betbetInside betAny bet placed on or between the numbers of the grid: straight up, split, street, corner, six line.Read full → with a meaningful payoutmoneyPayoutWhat a winning bet returns, quoted as “X to 1” on top of the returned stake.Read full →, but one win roughly every nine spins on average. The corner is where many “cover a block around my number” habits end up, and it is the second-largest component of voisins du zéroFR · sectorVoisins du zéro“Neighbors of zero”: the seventeen numbers from 22 to 25 on the wheel, bet with nine chips.Read full →, which puts two chips on the 25-26-28-29 corner.

Voisins du Zéro

Corners versus two splits

A $10 corner on 16-17-19-20 and two $5 splits (16-17 and 19-20) are equivalent bets: both cover the four numbers and both return $80 of winnings on a hit. The corner saves a chip. The difference appears only when you want unequal weights.

American note

On a double-zero layoutequipmentLayoutThe printed betting grid on the table. Also: table, felt, cloth.Read full → the five-number bet 0-00-1-2-3 occupies the equivalent corner position and pays 6 to 1 against fair odds of 6.6 to 1: a 7.89% edge, the worst bet on any standard roulette table. The European basket at 8 to 1 is an ordinary 2.70% bet.

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