Roulette was first played in France back in the 17th century. It
is now one of the most popular European gambling games and Monte
Carlo in Monaco is a well known and famous casino center for
playing roulette.
The Basics
Players, usually up to eight, play against
the house represented by the croupier also called the dealer, who
spins the roulette wheel and handles the wagers and payouts.
The wheel has 37 slots representing 36 numbers and one zero. In the
USA most roulette wheels have two zeros and therefore 38 slots.
Each player buys-in a different colored chips so their
bets don't get mixed up. At the end of play, if you won, you
exchange back the colored chips with cash chips. These are
special chips with the value amount imprinted on them. There are
several denominations in various colors. You then take these chips
to the cash desk where they will give you actual cash money in
exchange.
To play roulette, you place your bet or bets on numbers (any
number including the zero) in the table layout or on the outside,
and when everybody at the table had a chance to place their bets,
the croupier starts the spin and launches the ball. Just a
few moments before the ball is about to drop over the slots, the
croupier says 'no more bets'. From that moment no one is allowed to
place - or change - their bets until the ball drops on a
slot. Only after the croupier places the dolly on the winning
number on the roulette table and clears all the losing bets you can
then start placing your new bets while the croupier pays the
winners. The winners are those bets that are on or around the number
that comes up. Also the bets on the outside of the layout win if the
winning number is represented.
The house advantage
On a single zero roulette table
the house advantage is 2.7%. On a double zero roulette table it is
5.26% (7.9% on the five-number bet, 0-00-1-2-3). The house advantage
is gained by paying the winners a chip or two (or a proportion of
it) less than what it should have been if there was no advantage.
(See Roulette Quiz - The Casino Advantage.)
The 'En Prison' rule
A roulette rule applied to
even-money bets only, and by some casinos (not all). When the
outcome is zero, some casinos will allow the player to either take
back half his/her bet or leave the bet (en prison = in prison) for
another roulette spin. In the second case, if the following spin the
outcome is again zero, then the whole bet is lost.
The 'La Partage' rule
The la partage roulette rule is
similar to the en prison rule, only in this case the player loses
half the bet and does not have the option of leaving the bet en
prison for another spin. This refers to the 'outside' even-money
bets Red/Black, High/Low, Odd/Even and applies when the outcome is
zero. Both the La Partage and the En Prison roulette rules
essentially cut the casino edge on the 'even-money bets' in half. So
a bet on Red on a single-zero roulette table with the la partage
rule or the en prison rule has a 1.35% house edge and one on a
double-zero roulette table has a house edge of 2.63%.
The payouts
A bet on one number only, called a
straight-up bet, pays 35 to 1. (You collect 36. With no house
advantage you should collect 37 (38 in the USA on double zero
roulette wheels).
A two-number bet, called split bet, pays 17 to
1.
A three-number bet, called street bet, pays 11 to 1.
A
four-number bet, called corner bet, pays 8 to 1.
A six-number
bet, pays 5 to 1.
A bet on the outside dozen or column, pays 2
to 1.
A bet on the outside even money bets, pays 1 to 1.
Object of the game
To win at roulette the player needs
to predict where the ball will land after each spin. This is by no
means easy. In fact, luck plays an important part in this game. Some
players go with the winning numbers calling them 'hot' numbers and
therefore likely to come up more times. Others see which numbers did
not come up for some time and bet on them believing that their turn
is now due. Some players bet on many numbers to increase their
chances of winning at every spin, but this way the payout is
considerably reduced. Other methodical players use specific
roulette systems or methods, money management systems, or
both.
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