Atlassino Academy · How casinos work · Lesson 8
35 veces, 2 a 1, a la par: reading a payout
The national catalogue of games writes “35 veces su postura” at roulette, “1 a 1 (a la par)” and “3a2” at blackjack, “40 a 1” at the Big Six and “6: 5” at craps. Here is how to read each one, and how many chips come back.
At roulette, the national catalogue of games says a single number is paid “35 veces su postura”. At blackjack it pays “1 a 1 (a la par)”, at the Big Six “40 a 1”, at craps “1:1”. Are these different kinds of payout, and how many chips come back?
The short answer
They are one kind of payout written four ways. Each says what is paid on every chip you bet: “35 veces su postura” and “35 a 1” both pay 35 on a chip, and the chip you bet comes back as well, so a single chip brings back 36. “A la par” is the catalogue’s name for “1 a 1”: the bet once. With two numbers, such as “3a2” at blackjack or “6: 5” at craps, you are paid the first number for every second number you bet. The seguro is paid “2 a 1” on what you put on the seguro, not on the bet it insures. And the Big Six pays the number printed on the symbol: a symbol of value 40 is paid 40 a 1.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
One catalogue, several habits of writing, one for each game. Under all of them is the question a dealer answers every time: how much has this bet been paid, and does the bet itself come back? Ask it that way, and every form below reads the same.
“35 veces su postura” and “35 a 1” say the same thing
The roulette pages of the catalogue, published by the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ), give each bet with the numbers it covers and its payout in times the stake: a single number 35 veces su postura, two numbers 17 veces, a dozen or a column 2 veces, and the even-money bets, the eighteen numbers of red or black, high or low, odd or even, 1 vez la postura.
A study of roulette players in a casino writes the same payout the other way: the inside bets pay “36 for one (35 to one)”, divided by the number of numbers the bet covers. “35 veces” and “35 a 1” are the same 35 paid on a chip.
The chips you bet come back as well
A bet that is paid is not taken by the table: it stays yours, and the payout is added to it. The line for the even-money bets shows it most plainly. If “1 vez la postura” counted the stake inside it, a bet on red that came up would bring back only the chip that was bet, and nothing would have been paid at all. So the payout comes besides the bet: one chip on red brings back 2, and one chip on a single number brings back 36. The catalogue pays in chips, the player’s own wheel chips or value chips.
| The bet | The catalogue writes | Chips bet | Chips paid | Chips back in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A single number, roulette | 35 veces su postura | 1 | 35 | 36 |
| Two numbers, roulette | 17 veces su postura | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| A dozen or a column, roulette | 2 veces su postura | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Red or black, roulette | 1 vez la postura | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| An ordinary hand, blackjack | 1 a 1 (a la par) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| A blackjack | 3a2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Perfect Pairs, blackjack | 25 a 1 | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| Big Six, the symbol of value 40 | 40 a 1 | 1 | 40 | 41 |
| Pass line, craps | 1:1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Odds on 6 or 8, craps | 6: 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Tie, punto y banca | 8 a 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
The last column is the second column read out loud: what is paid, plus the bet. The bets in chips are examples; the payouts are the catalogue’s, on each button, in Spanish.
One line of roulette is not a payout but a loss of half. On the American wheels, if a zero comes up and you are on red or black, you lose half of your bet: two chips on red bring back 1.
“A la par” is one on each chip
The catalogue writes “a la par” in brackets after “1 a 1”, so it names it rather than adding to it. An ordinary hand that comes out ahead of the dealer at blackjack is paid 1 a 1 (a la par), and so is the smallest symbol of the Big Six. The craps tables write the same payout with a colon, 1:1, on the pass line.
The offer a dealer makes to a blackjack when the dealer’s first card is an ace uses the same words: to pay the bet 1 a 1 (a la par) at once and take the cards away. A la par is the payout of an ordinary hand, not of a blackjack.
Two numbers: “3a2”, “3: 2”, “6: 5”
When the second number is not 1, the payout is counted on that many chips. The catalogue’s blackjack table gives an ordinary hand and a 21 made on two cards after a split 1 a 1, and a blackjack 3a2: 3 paid for every 2 bet. The table of the odds at craps, the gabelas, writes the 4 and 10 at 2: 1, the 5 and 9 at 3: 2 and the 6 and 8 at 6: 5: on a bet of 5 chips on the 6, 6 are paid.
The order of the numbers matters. 2: 1 pays twice the bet, and 1: 2 would pay half of it. A payout with the smaller number first is less than the bet; it is still a payout, and the bet still comes back.
The seguro is paid on the seguro
The seguro is an extra bet that the dealer has a blackjack, and the catalogue pays it in proportion 2 a 1 of the amount put on it. The amount is at most half of the original bet. So on a bet of 4 chips, the most the seguro can take is 2, and if it is paid, it brings back 6: 4 paid on the 2 put on the seguro, and those 2 back.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
Every “2 a 1” on the table is counted on something. At the seguro, the catalogue says what: the amount put on the seguro. Ask what a payout is counted on, and the numbers stop surprising you.
The Big Six pays the number on the symbol
The Big Six wheel has 54 places, two of them symbols of the main prize, of value 40, and twenty-four symbols of value 1. The catalogue says the payout depends on the number of times the symbol bet on shows, and its pay table runs from 40 a 1 down to 1 a 1 (a la par). The pictures are only decoration: a bet is paid by the number each symbol shows. One chip on a symbol of value 40 brings back 41.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
The chips that come back with a payout include your own bet, and it is easy to count all of them as money made. Only what was added was paid; the rest was yours already, and it belongs to the limit you set before you sat down.
If it stops feeling like a night out, read the box below: it says where self-exclusion and the regulator are reached.
If it stops being fun
If gambling stops being fun, the SCJ self-exclusion applies in every casino in the country. Minimum entry age: 18 (age of majority under Law 19.221; Law 19.995 bars minors from gaming rooms). The casino may ask for an official ID. More on responsible gaming.
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Practice: count the chips back
Level 1 gives a payout as the catalogue writes it and a bet in chips, and asks how many chips come back in all. Level 2 gives two ways of writing a payout and asks whether they are the same.
Nothing is bet here, and nothing is random. Each question is a set situation, and the answer comes from the reading on this page.
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- The bet A blackjack
- The catalogue writes 3a2
- Your bet 2 chips
The bet is paid. How many chips come back to you in all?
- 5 chips 3 chips paid, and your 2 chips back as well: 5 chips.
- 3 chips That is what is paid. Your bet of 2 chips comes back as well, so 5 chips in all.
- 4 chips Nothing is taken off a paid bet: 3 chips paid plus your 2 chips is 5 chips.
Read the payout as what is paid on what you bet, then add the bet back: it was not lost, so it comes back with what it was paid.
- First Seguro, 2 a 1 on the seguro
- Second 2 a 1 on the original bet
Are these the same payout?
- The same payout They are not. The catalogue pays the seguro in proportion to the amount put on the seguro itself, and that is at most half the original bet.
- Different payouts The catalogue pays the seguro in proportion to the amount put on the seguro itself, and that is at most half the original bet.
Two forms are the same payout when they pay the same on the same bet. Turn each into “paid on each chip bet”, and compare.
Every question in the practice run is worked out the same way: the payout is turned into what is paid on each chip bet, and the bet is added back.
How the practice run works
Where the questions come from. Level 1 uses the payouts of the catalogue quoted on this page, with example bets in chips. Level 2 puts two forms side by side; some pairs are taken from the catalogue, some are made up to test the reading. The wrong answers are named mistakes: counting the payout without the bet, counting the bet inside the payout, reading the two numbers the wrong way round, and counting the seguro on the bet it insures.
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Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Three quick ones. Pick an answer, then check it. No timer, no points: just whether it stuck.
Back to the question we opened with. They are one kind of payout: each counts what is paid on each chip, and the chip comes back as well. 35 veces su postura on a single chip brings back 36.
Where to go next, and further reading
18+ across Chile · Play responsibly · self-exclusion and the regulator are further up this page
Further reading
- Catálogo de Juegos (Ruleta francesa y americana) · Superintendencia de Casinos de JuegoThe regulator’s rules for the wheel tables: bets, colour chips, payouts and what a zero does to even-money bets.
- Funcionamiento de los juegos: Juegos de ruleta · Superintendencia de Casinos de JuegoThe regulator’s plain-language page on roulette: which wheels are allowed, the “no más apuestas” call and approved equipment.
How it’s worked out
Rules, sources and hosts
Where the payouts come from. Every payout on this page is quoted from the national catalogue of games, on its button, in Spanish; the line “36 for one (35 to one)” is from a study of roulette players in a casino. The chip counts are arithmetic on those payouts: the payout is the bet times the first number divided by the second, and the bet is added back. The bets in chips are examples.
Our readings. We read “N veces su postura”, “N a 1” and “N:1” as the payout on the bet, with the bet returned besides: the catalogue does not say so in one sentence, but its line for the even-money bets, 1 vez la postura, would pay nothing if the stake were counted inside it, and the study quoted above writes 35 to one as 36 for one. The pay tables of blackjack and the Big Six print their payouts in a column of their own beside the lines they belong to; we read them in the order of the lines, the way the extracted text gives them. On the French wheel the catalogue also offers prison on a zero; that choice is the roulette track’s, not this page’s. What a payout costs you over many bets is a different question, answered in the roulette track.
Hosts. Leo and Maya are illustrated characters. Their backstories, a former dealer and a former floor supervisor, are written for the course: neither is a real person, and neither speaks for any casino. The rules and numbers on this page come from the sources it cites, not from their experience.
A single number
Pleno o Número Completo 1 número 35 veces su posturaFree translation: Straight-up bet or Full Number 1 number 35 times your wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
Two numbers
Medio pleno o Semi-pleno o Caballo 2 números 17 veces su posturaFree translation: Split or Half straight-up or Semi-pleno or Caballo 2 numbers 17 times your wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
A dozen and a column
Docena 12 números 2 veces su posturaFree translation: Dozen 12 numbers 2 times your wager
Columna 12 números 2 veces su posturaFree translation: Column 12 numbers 2 times your wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
The even-money bets
Suertes Sencillas 18 números 1 vez la posturaFree translation: Suertes Sencillas (even-money bets) 18 numbers 1 time the wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
An ordinary hand at blackjack
Si el jugador hace un juego diferente a Black Jack 1 a 1 (a la par)Free translation: If the player makes a hand other than Black Jack, 1 to 1 (even money)
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
The blackjack pay table
Si el jugador hace Black Jack 1 a 1 (a la par) 1a1 3a2Free translation: If the player makes Black Jack, 1 to 1 (even money) 1a1 3a2
Section General (montos de apuesta); II.1–II.2 Ruleta (doble cero); II.3 Big Six; III.1 Black Jack (seguro, even money)
The Perfect Pairs pay table
Si el jugador tiene Perfect Pairs. 25 a 1Free translation: If the player has Perfect Pairs. 25 to 1
Si el jugador tiene Par de Color. 15 a 1Free translation: If the player has Par de Color. 15 to 1
Si el jugador tiene Par Mezclado. 5 a 1Free translation: If the player has Par Mezclado. 5 to 1
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
The Big Six pay table
El pago de las apuestas dependerá de la cantidad de veces que la suerte o símbolo apostado indique, que debe estar claramente establecida tanto en el disco como en el paño.Free translation: The payment of bets shall depend on the number of times indicated by the chance or symbol bet on, which must be clearly stated both on the disc and on the layout.
40 a 1 20 a 1 10 a 1 5a1 2a1 1 a 1 (a la par)Free translation: 40 to 1 20 to 1 10 to 1 5a1 2a1 1 to 1 (even money)
Section General (montos de apuesta); II.1–II.2 Ruleta (doble cero); II.3 Big Six; III.1 Black Jack (seguro, even money)
The pass line
Línea de pase o Pass Line o WinFree translation: Pass line or Pass Line or Win
Paga 1:1 1:1 1:1Free translation: Pays 1:1 1:1 1:1
Section IV.1 Craps y Mini Craps
The odds pay table
Gabelas (odd bets) Pass Line“4 y 10” = 2: 1 “5 y 9” = 3: 2 “6 y 8” = 6: 5Free translation: "4 and 10" = 2: 1 "5 and 9" = 3: 2 "6 and 8" = 6: 5
Section IV.1 Craps y Mini Craps
The tie
8 a 1. En el caso del Baccarat, se considera jugada nula, por lo que los jugadores recogen sus apuestas.Free translation: 8 to 1. In the case of Baccarat, it is considered a void play, so the players take back their bets.
Section III.2 Punto y Banca
A single number
Pleno o Número Completo 1 número 35 veces su posturaFree translation: Straight-up bet or Full Number 1 number 35 times your wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
35 to one, 36 for one
All these bets pay the same, 36 for one (35 to one) divided by the number of numbers covered by the bet.
Pleno o Número Completo 1 número 35 veces su posturaFree translation: Straight-up bet or Full Number 1 number 35 times your wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
The offer at a la par
le ofrece la posibilidad de pagarle su apuesta 1 a 1 (a la par) y retirar sus cartasFree translation: offers the player the possibility of paying their bet 1 to 1 (even money) and removing their cards
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
The blackjack pay table
Si el jugador hace Black Jack 1 a 1 (a la par) 1a1 3a2Free translation: If the player makes Black Jack, 1 to 1 (even money) 1a1 3a2
Section General (montos de apuesta); II.1–II.2 Ruleta (doble cero); II.3 Big Six; III.1 Black Jack (seguro, even money)
The odds pay table
Gabelas (odd bets) Pass Line“4 y 10” = 2: 1 “5 y 9” = 3: 2 “6 y 8” = 6: 5Free translation: "4 and 10" = 2: 1 "5 and 9" = 3: 2 "6 and 8" = 6: 5
Section IV.1 Craps y Mini Craps
A single number
Pleno o Número Completo 1 número 35 veces su posturaFree translation: Straight-up bet or Full Number 1 number 35 times your wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
Two numbers
Medio pleno o Semi-pleno o Caballo 2 números 17 veces su posturaFree translation: Split or Half straight-up or Semi-pleno or Caballo 2 numbers 17 times your wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
A dozen and a column
Docena 12 números 2 veces su posturaFree translation: Dozen 12 numbers 2 times your wager
Columna 12 números 2 veces su posturaFree translation: Column 12 numbers 2 times your wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
The even-money bets
Suertes Sencillas 18 números 1 vez la posturaFree translation: Suertes Sencillas (even-money bets) 18 numbers 1 time the wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
35 to one, 36 for one
All these bets pay the same, 36 for one (35 to one) divided by the number of numbers covered by the bet.
Pleno o Número Completo 1 número 35 veces su posturaFree translation: Straight-up bet or Full Number 1 number 35 times your wager
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
Paid in chips
Los pagos se realizan con fichas de juego de un valor determinado, propias del jugador ganador, o con fichas de dinero.Free translation: Payouts are made with gaming chips of a set value belonging to the winning player, or with money chips.
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
Half of an even-money bet on a zero
Si sale el cero (0) y el jugador ha apostado sobre una suerte sencilla pierde la mitad de su apuesta.Free translation: If the zero (0) comes up and the player has bet on an even-money bet, they lose half of their bet.
Si sale el doble cero (00) y el jugador ha apostado sobre una suerte sencilla pierde la mitad de su apuesta.Free translation: If the double zero (00) comes up and the player has bet on an even-money bet, they lose half of their bet.
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
An ordinary hand at blackjack
Si el jugador hace un juego diferente a Black Jack 1 a 1 (a la par)Free translation: If the player makes a hand other than Black Jack, 1 to 1 (even money)
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
The Big Six pay table
El pago de las apuestas dependerá de la cantidad de veces que la suerte o símbolo apostado indique, que debe estar claramente establecida tanto en el disco como en el paño.Free translation: The payment of bets shall depend on the number of times indicated by the chance or symbol bet on, which must be clearly stated both on the disc and on the layout.
40 a 1 20 a 1 10 a 1 5a1 2a1 1 a 1 (a la par)Free translation: 40 to 1 20 to 1 10 to 1 5a1 2a1 1 to 1 (even money)
Section General (montos de apuesta); II.1–II.2 Ruleta (doble cero); II.3 Big Six; III.1 Black Jack (seguro, even money)
The pass line
Línea de pase o Pass Line o WinFree translation: Pass line or Pass Line or Win
Paga 1:1 1:1 1:1Free translation: Pays 1:1 1:1 1:1
Section IV.1 Craps y Mini Craps
The offer at a la par
le ofrece la posibilidad de pagarle su apuesta 1 a 1 (a la par) y retirar sus cartasFree translation: offers the player the possibility of paying their bet 1 to 1 (even money) and removing their cards
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
The blackjack pay table
Si el jugador hace Black Jack 1 a 1 (a la par) 1a1 3a2Free translation: If the player makes Black Jack, 1 to 1 (even money) 1a1 3a2
Section General (montos de apuesta); II.1–II.2 Ruleta (doble cero); II.3 Big Six; III.1 Black Jack (seguro, even money)
The odds pay table
Gabelas (odd bets) Pass Line“4 y 10” = 2: 1 “5 y 9” = 3: 2 “6 y 8” = 6: 5Free translation: "4 and 10" = 2: 1 "5 and 9" = 3: 2 "6 and 8" = 6: 5
Section IV.1 Craps y Mini Craps
How the seguro is paid
El seguro es una apuesta adicional, en la cual el jugador apuesta a que la banca tiene Black Jack en sus dos cartas originales y se paga en una proporción 2 a 1 del monto apostado a ésta.Free translation: Insurance is an additional bet, in which the player bets that the dealer has Black Jack in their two original cards, and it is paid at a ratio of 2 to 1 of the amount wagered on it.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
How much may go on the seguro
El jugador que se asegure debe depositar sobre la línea seguro de la mesa, situada enfrente de su puesto, una cantidad como máximo igual al 50% del monto de su apuesta original.Free translation: A player who takes insurance must place on the insurance line of the table, located in front of their position, an amount at most equal to 50% of the amount of their original bet.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
The Big Six wheel
En el disco están claramente indicadas las 54 distintas suertesFree translation: The 54 different chances are clearly indicated on the disc
2 Símbolos de distinto dibujo o diagrama del premio mayor, valor 40Free translation: 2 Symbols of different design or diagram for the top prize, value 40
24 Símbolos de igual dibujo o diagrama para el premio de valor 1Free translation: 24 Symbols of the same design or diagram for the prize of value 1
El pago de las apuestas dependerá de la cantidad de veces que la suerte o símbolo apostado indique, que debe estar claramente establecida tanto en el disco como en el paño.Free translation: The payment of bets shall depend on the number of times indicated by the chance or symbol bet on, which must be clearly stated both on the disc and on the layout.
Section II.3 Big Six o Rueda de la Fortuna; I. Cuestiones generales
The Big Six pay table
El pago de las apuestas dependerá de la cantidad de veces que la suerte o símbolo apostado indique, que debe estar claramente establecida tanto en el disco como en el paño.Free translation: The payment of bets shall depend on the number of times indicated by the chance or symbol bet on, which must be clearly stated both on the disc and on the layout.
40 a 1 20 a 1 10 a 1 5a1 2a1 1 a 1 (a la par)Free translation: 40 to 1 20 to 1 10 to 1 5a1 2a1 1 to 1 (even money)
Section General (montos de apuesta); II.1–II.2 Ruleta (doble cero); II.3 Big Six; III.1 Black Jack (seguro, even money)
The pictures are decoration
Los símbolos que tiene el disco son únicamente decorativos y las apuestas se pagan por el número que indica cada billete de fantasíaFree translation: The symbols on the disc are purely decorative and bets are paid according to the number shown on each fantasy ticket
Section II.3 Big Six o Rueda de la Fortuna; I. Cuestiones generales