Roullete (or Roulette, from French for little wheel) is a gambling game that involves spinning a numbered wheel. Players place bets on which red or black numbered compartment the ball will enter as it comes to rest. The game emerged in the late 18th century at the casinos of Europe. Bets are made by laying chips on a special table, each number and grouping of numbers marked to correspond with the compartments on the revolving wheel. If the player chooses correctly, they win.
The roulette wheel has a total of 37 compartments, painted alternately red and black. In addition, on European-style wheels a green compartment carries the sign 0, while American-style roulette has two additional green compartments, one on each side of the wheel. A small metal rod called a spindle is used to revolve the wheel and send the ball racing around it. Whenever the ball reaches one of the compartments, it stops and the winning bets are paid out.
There are a multitude of systems and strategies for playing roulette, some simple, some complex, but the game is ultimately based on luck. However, it’s important to remember that if you do make a successful bet, you should be careful to leave the table with your winnings and not increase your wagers too quickly or risk losing more money than you won.
Before each round of roulette, the dealer clears the table and pays any winners. This gives the players time to decide which numbers or groups they want to bet on. The best bets for beginners are outside bets which cover more numbers and tend to pay out at a lower rate.
The simplest bet is to wager that the winning number will be red or black, which are both odds of 1 to 1. Another popular bet is on the Dozens, where players bet on all twelve numbers on a row of the table. This bet pays 2-1 and offers slightly better odds of success, but does require more knowledge of the roulette layout to place.
Other popular bets are the Columns and the Straight-up. Each of these bets covers a section of the roulette wheel and requires a different betting mat to mark your bets on. These bets can be costly if you choose to bet on the zero or double-zero which have a much higher chance of landing than other numbers.
