 Rules
and how to play Roulette:
Roulette was first played in France back in the 17th century.
It is now one of the most popular European gambling games
and Monte Carlo in Monaco is a well known and famous
casino center for playing 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 roulette 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 value 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 roulette, 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 roulette
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 table 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 'En Prison' rule
A roulette rule applied to even-money bets only, and by some
casinos (not all). When the outcome is zero, some casinos
will allow the player to either take back half his/her bet
or leave the bet (en prison = in prison) for another roulette
spin. In the second case, if the following spin the outcome
is again zero, then the whole bet is lost.
The 'La Partage' rule
The la partage roulette rule is similar to the en prison rule,
only in this case the player loses half the bet and does not
have the option of leaving the bet en prison for another spin.
This refers to the 'outside' even-money bets Red/Black, High/Low,
Odd/Even and applies when the outcome is zero. Both the La
Partage and the En Prison roulette rules essentially cut the
casino edge on the 'even-money bets' in half. So a bet on
Red on a single-zero roulette table with the la partage rule
or the en prison rule has a 1.35% house edge and one on a
double-zero roulette table has a house edge of 2.63%.
The payouts
A bet on one number only, called a straight-up bet, pays 35
to 1. (You collect 36. With no house advantage you should
collect 37 (38 in the USA on double zero roulette wheels).
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 at roulette 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 specific
roulette systems or methods, money management systems,
or both.
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