A racetrack arranges roulette numbers in wheel order. A named sector can place several wagers on the felt, while a generic neighbor control often places one straight-up chip on each selected pocket. Read the chip breakdown as well as the highlighted numbers.
Compare the sector packages
The cited operator rules describe these conventional single-zero packages at a one-chip unit.
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| Selection | Chips | Unique pockets | Wager pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voisins du zéro | 9 | 17 | Two-chip trio, two-chip corner, five splits |
| Tiers du cylindre | 6 | 12 | Six splits |
| Orphelins à cheval | 5 | 8 | One straight up, four splits |
| Jeu zéro | 4 | 7 | One straight up, three splits |
At a two-chip unit, voisins stakes 18 chips and tiers stakes 12. A larger covered set can require a larger total stake.
Coverage and return answer different questions
Orphelins covers eight pockets with five chips because 17 appears in two splits. It wins two wagers on 17 but only one on several other selected pockets. Voisins also weights some positions with two chips. Its covered outcomes do not all return the same amount.
The sector guides show each settlement group. For another combination, use the overlapping-bets method: add winning returns and subtract the entire original stake.
Generic neighbors may place straight-up wagers
Zero plus two neighbors on either side of a conventional European wheel selects 3, 26, 0, 32 and 15. One straight-up chip per number stakes five. A hit returns 36, leaving 31 net profit; a miss loses five. That is neither four-chip jeu zéro nor nine-chip voisins.
Check how a table accepts calls
BCLC describes the dealer repeating called wagers and permits refusal when time is short. Monte-Carlo's cited rules forbid spoken bets. A software shortcut does not establish the custom at a physical table.
See wheel order for the pocket map and table etiquette for a first visit. A sector's recent absence supplies no evidence that it is due next under an independent-spin model.
Sources and scope
- Rules of Play for Table Games, Roulette. British Columbia Lottery Corporation. Double-zero standard payout table and placement. European pocket count is independently verified from native Wheel.
Publication date: not stated. Checked 2026-11-07.
- Roulette probability derivation. Amenti Labs LLC. Fair independent pockets, fixed payouts, full outside loss on zero. Formula and all supported bets regression tested.
Publication date: 2026-11-07. Checked 2026-11-07.
- Live Roulette: game rules and special bets. bet365. Operator-specific single-zero game rules; pages1–3 verify voisins exact trio/corner/split matrix, tiers six splits, orphelins enplein/àcheval variants and jeu0 four positions. Used as a published conventional package, not a universal rule or endorsement. Includes returned stake versus true profit.
Publication date: not stated. Checked 2026-11-08.
- European Roulette: rules of the game. Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer. Published venue European roulette rules:37 pockets, wager names/payouts including firstfour, evenmoney zero division/barredstake choices and prohibition on spokenbets. Does not establish universal French game rules or a repeatedzero policy. Reducededge figures are separately scoped mathematical derivations.
Publication date: not stated. Checked 2026-11-08.
- N.J.A.C.13:69E-1.7: roulette wheel and table physical characteristics. New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. PDF printed pages38–39 specify conventional clockwise singlezero and doublezero number sequences, with regulator-approved alternatives explicitly allowed. Sequence is a map, not evidence of predictive neighbors.
Publication date: not stated. Checked 2026-11-08.