The distinction between the two is based on whether or not the player is required to lay down some chips on the table when announcing their bet.

With that said, there is a difference between the two types of wagers, albeit a subtle one.īoth call and announced bets are posted on the racetrack and require players to verbally announce what wager they want to make. Players sometimes refer to them as announced bets, using the two terms interchangeably. Let’s start off by explaining why call bets are named this way. Because of this difference in the number sequencing on the wheel and the layout, call bets are posted as combinations of straight up, corner, split, and trio bets. It balances the wheel and makes it impossible for players to predict which pocket the ball would land in. The random wheel sequencing of the numbers serves a two-fold purpose.