A method of playing a roulette game with a side bet uses: a) a dealer accepting a wager on a side bet in a roulette game; b) the dealer causing an outcome in a roulette game by allowing a random event of a ball drop in a numbered roulette wheel to occur; c) the dealer indicating a first final event in the outcome of a roulette game as a single number outcome of a ball drop in a numbered slot in the roulette wheel; d) the dealer resolving any underlying wagers in the roulette game; and e) the dealer resolving the wager on the side bet in the roulette game. The side bet is resolved according to a paytable after at least two consecutive outcomes and after no more than three consecutive outcomes according to event outcomes selected from the group consisting of: f) determining outcomes in the side bet are based on summing digits in roulette number outcomes or by normalizing digits in roulette number outcomes to a last digit only; paytable outcomes for the side bet pay awards on events comprising 1) three determining outcomes having a consecutive sequence of values; 2) three determining outcomes having a consecutive sequence of values and a same color; 3) three determining outcomes having a same value; 4) three determining outcomes having a same value and a same color.