Roulette
The famous casino game roulette is named after the french word for ‘little wheel’. The game consists of a spinning wheel with several the numbers one untill 37 (or 38) in the colors black and red. Players of the game can bet on a single number, on several numbers, on red or black and on even and odd numbers.
The game begins with the players placing their bets on the numbers or colors which they think will win. then the croupier spins the wheel in one directio
n and the ball is spinned in the opposite direction. When the ball eventually loses momentum, he will fall into one of the colored and numbered pockets of the roulette wheel.
Roulette history
The first roulette games were played in France in the 18th century. The first recorded roulette game was described in a French novel; La Roulette, ou le Jour by Jaques Lablee. In the book, the writer describes a game of roulette in the current form in the Palais Royal in Paris in 1796.
The first roulette used to have a zero and a double zero (with the green color), later in 1843 the first single zero style roulette was introduced in a German Casino. Later all kind of variations of the game
started to appear.
A funny anecdote says that Francois Blanc who invented roulette, bargained with the devil to obtain the secrets for the game. This legendary anecdote is derived from the fact that when all the numbers of the roulette are summed, you
get a total number of 666 which is the ‘number of the beast’.
Roulette rules and roulette odds
Before starting the game of roulette it is easy to be aware of the gameplay and some of the rules of roulette. First of all, the bets are only to be placed when the croupier tells you, untill the time that the croupier will close the bets.
You can bet various values on different kind of numbers, combinations and colours. In the schedule which you can see below, you can easily find what are the odds and what are the betting possibilities. You can see for example that there are possibilites to make a bet on zero, the odds against winning are 37 to 1 whereas the payout is 35 to 1. The expected ‘return on investment’ for betting on 0 is -$0.053.
| Bet name | Winning spaces | Payout | Odds against winning | Expected value(on a $1 bet) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 35 to 1 | 37 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| 00 | 00 | 35 to 1 | 37 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Straight up | Any single number | 35 to 1 | 37 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Row 00 | 0, 00 | 17 to 1 | 19 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Split | any two adjoining numbers vertical or horizontal | 17 to 1 | 19 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Basket | 0, 1, 2 or 00, 2, 3 or 0, 00, 2 | 11 to 1 | 11.667 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Street | any three numbers horizontal (1, 2, 3 or 4, 5, 6, etc.) | 11 to 1 | 11.667 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Corner | any four adjoining numbers in a block (1, 2, 4, 5 or 17, 18, 20, 21, etc.) | 8 to 1 | 8.5 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Top line | 0, 00, 1, 2, 3 | 6 to 1 | 6.6 to 1 | −$0.079 |
| Six line | any six numbers from two horizontal rows (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 etc.) | 5 to 1 | 5.33 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| 1st column | 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34 | 2 to 1 | 2.167 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| 2nd column | 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35 | 2 to 1 | 2.167 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| 3rd column | 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36 | 2 to 1 | 2.167 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| 1st dozen | 1 through 12 | 2 to 1 | 2.167 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| 2nd dozen | 13 through 24 | 2 to 1 | 2.167 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| 3rd dozen | 25 through 36 | 2 to 1 | 2.167 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Odd | 1, 3, 5, …, 35 | 1 to 1 | 1.111 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Even | 2, 4, 6, …, 36 | 1 to 1 | 1.111 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Red | 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12,14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23,25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 36 | 1 to 1 | 1.111 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| Black | 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11,13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24,26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35 | 1 to 1 | 1.111 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| 1 to 18 | 1, 2, 3, …, 18 | 1 to 1 | 1.111 to 1 | −$0.053 |
| 19 to 36 | 19, 20, 21, …, 36 | 1 to 1 | 1.111 to 1 | −$0.053 |
This table is derived from wikipedia.com
Online Roulette
With the growth op popularity of online casinos also the popularity of online roulette has grown over the years. There are numerous online casinos offering all kinds of games like poker, blackjack and slots. Not one of these casinos does not offer the possibility to play online roulette.
Roulette Tricks
Over the years people have invented various theories, tricks and strategies for playing roulette. There are some famous strategies like the Labouchere system, the d’alembert system. These systems describe how according to mathematical calculations people would be able to make profit playing the roulette in a several way. However these systems not always seem to work as sometimes luck is just not on your side.
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