Roulette

  • 13 Nov, 2013
  • Rachael Dowling

Popularly known as the Game of Chance, Roulette is a very famous casino game. There are mainly three Types Of Roulette Games, namely; French Roulette, European Roulette and American Roulette. The actual meaning of roulette is “little wheel”. Roulette was actually formulated in the 17th century by Blaise Pascal as an outcome of combination of English wheel and Italian board games. However, as a game it was adopted completely in the 18th century only.

In early 1790s, Roulette wheel games were started being used in Paris. It was in the late 1800s that Roulette was completely accepted by gamblers from different walks of culture. By 1886, it was being played in Europe and US. It eventually evolved during all these years and what we have today are the double and the single wheel formulations of Roulette. By 2007, Las Vegas had turned into the biggest Roulette casino hub. Roulette is widely played in both traditional as well as online casinos these days.

Being a game of chance, the final outcome of the roulette can be modified by the player. In a game on roulette, players decide a number from 0 to 36 where are think that the ball might end up when the wheel stops rolling. Number till 36 are available on the wheel in the European and French versions of the game. The American roulette differs slightly as it consists of an extra 00. The online roulette games make use of the Random Number Generators (RNGs). The dealer spins the wheel and the ball in opposite directions. The number, at which the ball rests in the end, wins the game.

Most players who play casino games online opt for European version of the game which consists of 37 number and out of this only one number i.e. 0 is used as help to the house. In the American version of roulette, there are 38 numbers in all and two out of these i.e. 0 and 00 are used in as a help in casinos.

How to Play Roulette

Playing Roulette involves some simple steps:

  • The first to do before Play Roulette Online is to choose the version of roulette that you want to play. It is necessary for you to be aware about the reason that you want to play that game for. Different variants of the game have different payouts, odds and advantages. European game is considered to be the most loved game of all.
  • To play the game, a player just has to drag his bet amount and place it in his group. The rules that are related to roulette are about the odds involved in placing the bets while playing roulette. Greater the amount of risk you take, higher are your chances of winning a big amount.There are various types of bets that are related to playing roulette. The roulette bets are divided into two main classes, namely, inside bets and outside bets. Inside bets are Straight, Split, Street, Corner and Six Line bets. Outside bets include bets on numbers, red or black bets, even or odd bets, Column bets and Snake bets.
  • Apart from these bets, a player can bet on two numbers by placing chips between the numbers. For placing bets on four numbers, a player can put chips in the center of the four boxes and for six numbers, the chips are required to be placed between the numbers and the border in order to indicate a complete line. After spinning the wheel, if the ball rests at the position where the bet was placed, the player will receive the winning amount.
  • The players are paid according to their bets.

 

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