Roulette Game
Rules
Roulette
The Basics
Players, usually up to eight, play against the house represented
by the croupier also called the dealer, who spins the roulette
wheel and handles the wagers and payouts. The wheel has
37 slots representing 36 numbers and one zero. In the USA
most wheels have two zeros and therefore 38 slots.
Each player buys-in a different colored chips so their
bets don't get mixed up. At the end of play, if you won,
you exchange back the colored chips with cash chips. These
are special chips with the vale amount imprinted on them.
There are several denominations in various colors. You then
take these chips to the cash desk where they will give you
actual cash money in exchange.
To play you place your bet or bets on numbers (any number
including the zero) in the table layout or on the outside,
and when everybody at the table had a chance to place their
bets, the croupier starts the spin and launches the ball.
Just a few moments before the ball is about to drop over
the slots, the croupier says 'no more bets'. From that moment
no one is allowed to place - or change - their bets until
the ball drops on a slot. Only after the croupier places
the 'dolly' on the winning number on the table and clears
all the losing bets you can then start placing your new
bets while the croupier pays the winners. The winners are
those bets that are on or around the number that comes up.
Also the bets on the outside of the layout win if the winning
number is represented.
The house advantage
On a single zero roulette tables the house advantage is
2.7%. On a double zero roulette table it is 5.26% (7.9%
on the five-number bet, 0-00-1-2-3). The house advantage
is gained by paying the winners a chip or two (or a proportion
of it) less than what it should have been if there was no
advantage.
The payouts
- A bet on one number only, called a straight-up bet,
pays 35 to 1. (You collect 36. With no house advantage
it should be 36 to1).
- A two-number bet, called split bet, pays 17 to 1.
- A three-number bet, called street bet, pays 11 to 1.
- A four-number bet, called corner bet, pays 8 to 1.
- A six-number bet, pays 5 to 1.
- A bet on the outside dozen or column, pays 2 to 1.
- A bet on the outside even money bets, pays 1 to 1.
Object of the game
To win the player needs to predict where the ball will land
after each spin. This is by no means easy. In fact, luck
plays an important part in this game. Some players go with
the winning numbers calling them 'hot' numbers and therefore
likely to come up more times. Others see which numbers did
not come up for some time and bet on them believing that
their turn is now due. Some players bet on many numbers
to increase their chances of winning at every spin, but
this way the payout is considerably reduced. Other methodical
players use systems or methods.
