Learn
To Play Roulette
For Most - Roulette is the most well known
casino game. People who have never been in a casino themselves
have seen a roulette wheel in a movie and they have heard the
words "I bet everything on red". For those few, not
sure about the game. Roulette is played by spinning a small
ball on a round wheel with thirty-eight numbered slots. When
the wheel stops, the ball comes to rest in one of these slots.
The object of Roulette is to correctly predict the slot in
which the ball will land. By predicting the right number, you
earn a payoff on your bet. The size of the payoff depends on
how the bet was placed.
You can place nine different kinds of bets
on the Roulette table. Each type of bet covers a certain
range of numbers, and each type has its own payoff rate. The
short lines of three numbers each are called rows on the
board, while the longer lines, each holding twelve, are
called columns. The first six types of bets are all made on
the numbered space or on the lines between them and are
called inside bets, while the last three types are made on
the special boxes below and to the right of the board and
are called outside bets. These bets are tabulated below:
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Roulette Here
| Bet
Type |
Explanation |
| Straight
Up |
Place
your chips directly on any single number (including
zero and double-zero). |
| Split
Bet |
Place
your chips on the line between any two numbers. |
| Street
Bet |
Place
your chips at the end of any row of numbers. A
street bet covers three numbers. |
| Corner
Bet |
Place
your chips at the corner where four numbers meet.
All four numbers are covered. |
| Five
Bet |
This
bet can be made in only one place and covers five
number: zero, double zero, one, two and three. Place
your chips at the end of the row between the numbers
00 and 3. |
| Line
Bet |
Place
your chips at the end of two rows at the
intersection between them.
A line bet covers all the numbers in either row, for
a total of six. |
| Column
Bet |
Placing
a chip in one of the boxes marked "2 to 1"
at the end of the columns covers all the numbers in
that column, a total of twelve. (Neither the zero
nor the double zero are covered by any of the
columns). |
| Dozen
Bet |
Placing
a chip in one of the three boxes marked "1st
12," "2nd 12," or "3rd 12"
covers those twelve numbers. |
| Red/Black,
Even/Odd, 1 to 18/19 to 36 |
A
chip placed in one of the six boxes at the bottom of
the board covers the half of the board described in
that box. (The zero and double zero are not covered
by any of these boxes.) Each box covers eighteen
numbers. |
Once a spin is complete, the winning
number will be noted on the table with a marker. Winning
bets will have a "W" chip placed on top of them.
Bets on red, black, odd, even, 1 to 18, and 19 to 36 will
have a "1/2" chip placed on top of them if a zero
or double-zero is rolled to signify that half of the bet is
returned according to the zero and double-zero rule.
When the ball lands on "zero" or
"double zero", wagers on red, black, odd, even, 1
to 18, and 19 to 36 are not entirely lost. Instead, each
player having made such a bet will lose only half of the
original amount bet. For example, if a player places a bet
of $10 on red and a double zero is rolled, the player will
lose $5 and be able to remove the other $5 from the table.
| Bet |
Payoff |
| 1
Number |
35
to 1 |
| 2
Numbers |
17
to 1 |
| 3
Numbers |
11
to 1 |
| 4
Numbers |
8
to 1 |
| 5
Numbers |
6
to 1 |
| 6
Numbers |
5
to 1 |
| 12
Numbers |
2
to 1 |
| 18
Numbers |
1
to 1 |
Please also note the zero and double-zero rule above.
Wagers on red, black, even, odd, 1 to 18 and 19 to 36
shall be lost if the roulette ball comes to rest in the
compartment marked zero (0).
| Bet |
Payoff |
| 1
Number |
35
to 1 |
| 2
Numbers |
17
to 1 |
| 3
Numbers |
11
to 1 |
| 4
Numbers |
8
to 1 |
| 6
Numbers |
5
to 1 |
| 12
Numbers |
2
to 1 |
| 18
Numbers |
1
to 1 |
American VS French
or European
Roulette?
American VS French
or European
Roulette?
American VS French
or European
Roulette?
American VS French
or European
Roulette?
American VS French
or European
Roulette?
American VS French
or European
Roulette?
American VS French
or European
Roulette?
American VS French
or European
Roulette?
The most
obvious difference is the table layout: the French table has
a single zero and the colours of the numbers on the layout
are white. The American table, on the other hand, has a
single zero and a double zero, which are both "house
numbers". On the American table, all numbers except
zeros, are colored in their respective colours i.e. red or
black. The wheels in both games are also quite different as
the location of the numbers around the wheel differ.
Moreover, the numbers on the French wheel face the inside
and on the American wheel, they face the outside of the
wheel.
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About European Roulette
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