The chips are purchased in stacks of twenty. For example, if you would like your chips to be worth $1 each, then you would purchase a stack for $20.
Play begins when the players have placed their bets by putting their chips on the numbered layout. There are 36 numbers plus 0 and 00 and a variety of combinations to place bets on. Additional bets include red/black, odd/even, 1 to 18, 19 to 36, first dozen (1-12), second dozen (13-24), third dozen (25-36), and three separate column bets.
The dealer will then spin the roulette ball in the opposite direction of the spinning wheel. Bets may continue to be placed until the dealer announces “no more bets” as the ball begins to fall from its track onto the wheel.
After the ball falls on a number, the dealer places a marker in the winning number on the table layout and pays the winning bets.
Payoff odds are as follows:
Straight up: 35 to 1
Split: 17 to 1
3 number: 11 to 1
4 number: 8 to 1
5 number: 6 to 1
6 number: 5 to 1
Column: 2 to 1
Dozen: 2 to 1
All else: 1 to 1