How The Game Is Played
The Roulette and Online Casino Roulette
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 Roulette
and Online Casino Roulette 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 and Online Casino 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 Roulette wheel in the opposite
direction of its spin. As the Roulette wheel turns,
the ball gradually loses momentum and simultaneously the Roulette
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
and Online Casino 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 and Online
Casino 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 Roulette
and Online Casino Roulette successfully, to become
familiar with these nine types of bets.
Inside bets:
All bets on any of the numbers on the Roulette and
Online Casino Roulette 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 or Online 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: Roulette and Online
Casino Roulette 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: Roulette and Online
Casino Roulette 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: Roulette and Online
Casino Roulette 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 Roulette or Online Casino
Roulette 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-
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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. |