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Roulette,
Online Roulette |
How
The Game Is Played
The wheel game we know today is a dish sbalanced wheel with
38 numbered slots in it. The wheel is built into a table with
a numbboard on it. The numbered squares on the board are arranged
sequentially in three columns owith 0 and 00 at the top of the
board. The numbers on the board are alternately colored red
or black. The numbers on the wheel are not sequential. They
also alternate, onred, one black all the way around the wheel,
but the numbers are arranged so that the number 1 is across
the wheel from the number 2; number 3 is across the wheel from
number 4 and so on with number 35 being across the wheel from
number 36 and 0 being across the wheel from 00.
The roulette wheel is kept spinning all of the time and speeds
up once a game is about to begin. The croupier shoots or rolls
a little ivory ball along the inner
edge of the wheel in the opposite direction of its spin. As
the wheel turns, the ball gradually loses momentum and simultaneously
the wheel begins to slow. As the wheel slows, the ball eventually
falls into one of the numbered slots.
Up to six players can be seated at the table at any one time.
Roulette is the only game in which players purchase special
non-value chips. Players have his or her own color so the dealer
can tell them apart. The chips have a set value, depending upon
the minimum bet set for that table. A player may also request
a special value for his chips. The dealer will then specify
the value of that particular colored chip by mating a sample
chip, which is placed on the rim of the wheel. Players may also
bet larger amounts by using $1, $5 and $25 regular casino chips.
Nine Types Of Bets
There are a total of nine types of roulette bets than can be
played. Six are inside bets and three are outside bets. The
bets inside the 0, 00 and 1-36 playing area are as follows.
It is important, if you want to play this game successfully,
to become familiar with these nine types of bets.
Inside bets: All bets on any of the numbers on the wheel (board)
are known as inside bets. You may make inside bets on as many
numbers as you wish. You can make them in any combination that
you wish. The table will have a minimum bet, for example $1
on any one number. It is also important to realize that the
casino may have a minimum and maximum spread for inside bets.
For example, there will probably be a $5 minimum spread on a
$1 table. This means
that you must wager at least $5 when betting on inside numbers.
This $5 may be spread out over five numbers or may all be placed
on one number.
The Straight-Up Bet: The player is betting that one number will
come up. Any number can be bet, including the 0 and the 00.
The payoff is 35:1.
The Split Bet: Players are betting that one of two numbers will
come up. Bets are placed to overlap the two numbers. Payoff
is 17:1. The 0 and the 00 can be made to overlap the two numbers
or placed on the line separating the second and third dozen.
It is the only bet that can be made at two places in the layout.
The Street Bet: Players are wagering that one of three numbers
will come up. Bets can be made at several different places,
at the end of the line and three bets involving 0 and 00. A
winning bet pays 11:1.
The Corner Bet: Players are betting that one of four numbers
will come up. Bets are placed at the intersection of the four
numbers. The payoff is 8:1.
The Five-Number Bet: There is only one five number bet on the
layout: 0, 00, 1, 2 and 3. The payoff is 6:1. It is the worst
bet on the table, with a house edge of 50 percent, higher than
any other bet. This bet does not exist on the European game
since there is no 00.
The Line Bet: The player is betting that one of six numbers
will come up. Bets are placed on the intersection of the two
lines of three numbers. The payoff is 5:1.
Outside bets. Outside bets are those placed on the board other
than on one of the numbers or the 0 and the 00. They are the
even-money, column and dozen bets. The three outside bets and
they are as follows.
Even Money Bet: There are actually three kinds of even money
bets. They are: a) high (19 ? 36) or low (1 ? 18), b) a bet
on red or black, or c) a bet on either even or odd.
Column Bet: A column bet is a bet on any of the 12 numbers in
any one of the three long columns of numbers in the layout.
It has a payoff of 2:1.
Dozen Bet: Like the column bet, the roulette table is divided
into three sets of 12. The first is all of the numbers 1 ? 12,
the second set is 13 ? 24 and the third set is 25 ? 36. These
bets, like the column bets, pay at 2:1.
When you sit down at the roulette table, you will be given special
colored roulette chips when you first buy into the game. You
declare their value to the dealer (this can be any amount between
the minimum and maximum table limits). The dealer places a value
button or marker on your colored chip and then places both on
the rim of the wheel to remind him and to alert the next dealer
to the value of your chips. Every player at the table will use
different - colored chips to prevent confusion and to help the
dealer determine which wager belongs to whom. A placard on the
table will tell you the minimum and maximum betting limits for
the chips.
Each player will be allowed to place his or her bets. When all
of the bets are on the table the croupier or dealer will spin
the wheel. He or she will then shoot an ivory ball into the
dish shaped wheel so that it is rotating in the opposite direction
of the wheel.
The ball spins against the wheel until it slowly begins to lose
momentum. When it begins to lose momentum the dealer begins
slowing the wheel. The ball bounces across the numbered pockets
as it continues to slow until it finally comes to reset in one.
That is the number that wins. All of the numbers (not bets)
lose. The exception to this is when the surrender or ?en prison?
option is in play.
Surrender is offered on some tables but not all. The surrender
option applies only to outside bets that pay even money. This
includes the red/black, even/odd or high/low. If the ball lands
in the 0 or the 00, your bet stays on the table ?imprisoned?
or frozen until the next spin of the wheel. This next spin then
determines if your bet wins or loses. This is important because
it effectively reduces the house edge of 5.267% to only 2.63%
on these outside bets.
Roulette is purely a game of chance. No one, not even the dealer,
can influence where the ball will land. Pick a number and the
odds are 37 to 1 against you.
That is pretty high. In fact, for this and a number of
other reasons, some people claim that the game is unbeatable.
For most people, it is.
But, you can win at roulette. A few people are very successful
at this game. To be successful, you must train your mind and
discipline yourself not to make the mistakes that trap all of
the other players. Here is a short list of eight concepts or
truisms that you must master. These are absolutes. You must
master these to be successful at this game. |
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