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Roulette basics:
Roulette was first played in France back in the 17th century. It is
now one of the most popular European gambling games.
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.
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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