Rules Of Roulette: A Quick Start Guide
Roulette is one of the simpler casino games. The game is made up of a spinning wheel with numbered slots inside it and a small ball made out of metal, ivory or plastic. The whole point of the game is to predict where the ball would land. But there are various degrees of predictions. The game has two common setups. One setup has the wheel in the middle and the two layouts on either side. The other has the wheel at one end and the whole layout on one side.
There are either 37 or 38 slots in a game of Roulette, depending on whether it is American or European. The numbers are 0-36 in European and 00, 0-36 in American roulette. Likewise, these are either called single zero wheels or double zero wheels. Multi-colored wheel checks or chips are also used to represent players, a different color for each player.
The wheel has alternate pairs of odd and even numbers and slots alternate between red and black. '0' and '00' slots are always in green.
The dealer (called the croupier in Roulette) will spin the wheel counter-clockwise and let the ball move along the outside track in a clock-wise direction. When this is done, there is still time to place bets. However, once the wheel starts slowing down there will be a "no more bets" call from the croupier signaling the end of betting for that round.
There are various ways of betting in roulette by predicting where the ball will land. The layout is where you place your bets. A 'straight bet' is when you place your chip on one number, predicting that the ball will land on that number. A 'split bet' is betting on two numbers by placing the chip in between two numbers, predicting that either one will come up.
A 'street bet' is placing a chip on the outside line of a layout, predicting that one of the three adjacent numbers will come up. A 'square/corner/quarter bet' is when a chip is placed at the intersection of 4 numbers, predicting that one of those numbers will come up.
In American roulette, there's a 'line bet' that involves placing the chip at the intersection of the lines separating the columns 1,2 and 3 and the 0 and 00 slots. The bet is that the ball will end up in one of these 5 slots. The other line bet has six numbers and the chip is placed at the intersection of the sideline and the line separating two streets. The bet is that one of the six adjacent numbers will come up.
There's also the 'dozen bet', where you can bet on a number coming up from one of the 3 different sets of 12 numbers. A 'column bet' is when the chip is placed at the end of one of the three columns, for example '1-34'.
You can also bet on whether the number will be red or black, odd or even and high or low (placing the chip in either of the '1-18' and '19-36' slots). As usual, high risk equals high gain.
Roulette is one of the simpler casino games. The game is made up of a spinning wheel with numbered slots inside it and a small ball made out of metal, ivory or plastic. The whole point of the game is to predict where the ball would land. But there are various degrees of predictions. The game has two common setups. One setup has the wheel in the middle and the two layouts on either side. The other has the wheel at one end and the whole layout on one side.
There are either 37 or 38 slots in a game of Roulette, depending on whether it is American or European. The numbers are 0-36 in European and 00, 0-36 in American roulette. Likewise, these are either called single zero wheels or double zero wheels. Multi-colored wheel checks or chips are also used to represent players, a different color for each player.
The wheel has alternate pairs of odd and even numbers and slots alternate between red and black. '0' and '00' slots are always in green.
The dealer (called the croupier in Roulette) will spin the wheel counter-clockwise and let the ball move along the outside track in a clock-wise direction. When this is done, there is still time to place bets. However, once the wheel starts slowing down there will be a "no more bets" call from the croupier signaling the end of betting for that round.
There are various ways of betting in roulette by predicting where the ball will land. The layout is where you place your bets. A 'straight bet' is when you place your chip on one number, predicting that the ball will land on that number. A 'split bet' is betting on two numbers by placing the chip in between two numbers, predicting that either one will come up.
A 'street bet' is placing a chip on the outside line of a layout, predicting that one of the three adjacent numbers will come up. A 'square/corner/quarter bet' is when a chip is placed at the intersection of 4 numbers, predicting that one of those numbers will come up.
In American roulette, there's a 'line bet' that involves placing the chip at the intersection of the lines separating the columns 1,2 and 3 and the 0 and 00 slots. The bet is that the ball will end up in one of these 5 slots. The other line bet has six numbers and the chip is placed at the intersection of the sideline and the line separating two streets. The bet is that one of the six adjacent numbers will come up.
There's also the 'dozen bet', where you can bet on a number coming up from one of the 3 different sets of 12 numbers. A 'column bet' is when the chip is placed at the end of one of the three columns, for example '1-34'.
You can also bet on whether the number will be red or black, odd or even and high or low (placing the chip in either of the '1-18' and '19-36' slots). As usual, high risk equals high gain.
