The Basics of Roulette
Roulette provides casino-goers with glamour, mystery and excitement. Its rules are easy enough for newcomers to learn, yet still offer surprising depth for more experienced bettors. Since its creation in 17th-century France, roulette has gained global popularity – it can now be found everywhere from casinos to homes around the globe!
The game of roulette uses both a wheel and table for play. Bets are placed by placing chips onto a betting mat in precise placement that indicates their bet – either inside bets on individual numbers, called “Inside bets”, or outside bets that cover six or more numbers, known as “Outside bets”. After spinning the wheel with ball, winning bets are paid while losing ones are cleared off the table by dealer; winning players may keep their chips to try their luck again later if desired.
Every roulette table contains a placard with information regarding minimum and maximum bets allowed, so choose one within your budget, ensuring you understand how much can be bet before starting to play. Although strategy is certainly helpful in this game, as much depends on chance.
A roulette wheel consists of a wooden disk with slightly convex sides. A circular portion of this wheel is divided into thirty-six compartments that alternate red and black paint and number from 1 to 36 nonconsecutively; additionally a green compartment bears the number 0 while American wheels feature an extra green compartment marked “00”.