Roulette is popular in Europe and the majority knows that a Roulette game has a spinning wheel with numbered slots in it and a ball that goes around and around and then drops into a slot on the roulette wheel. When the croupier says 'No More Bets' the ball is just about to land in a slot. The game in Europe and the United States is different and the American Roulette Wheel has 38 slots (two positions for zero on the wheel) while the European Roulette Wheel as 37 slots (36 numbers plus one zero) and offers a better house edge. For this reason, roulette failed to achieve as much popularity in America as in Europe .
How to Play Roulette
1) The roulette table has markings in set areas places where you can place your betting chip. The roulette game begins after all best are placed. However, you can continue betting until the croupier cries out that no more best can be placed.
2) As soon as the ball drops into a slot, the croupier marks the winning place on the table. The croupier then gathers all of the bets from the losers to pay the winners.
3) It is feasible to win a portion of winnings if your roulette chip is in close proximity to the winning number.
The house advantage
The casino has a house advantage of 2.7% when there is only one zero (European Roulette) and 5.26% when there are two zeros (American Roulette).
'En Prison' rule
In Roulette, there is a special rule called 'En Prison'. When the ball lands on zero, you can salvage half your bet or decide to leave it on the table as if it is in prison, En Prison for a second betting round. However, two rounds is the limit, the third time your bet is lost.
' La Partage' rule
As opposed to En Prison, where you can leave your bet or get back half your bet, LA Partage only lets you get back half of your bet..
Roulette payouts
To get 35 to 1 odds, you use the betting method called 'Straight-Up' and this means you are only gambling on one number. Without any House Advantage, you can obtain a 37 to 1 odds in European Roulette and 38 to 1 odds in American Roulette.
Two-number bet 'Split Bet' pays out 17 to 1.
Three-number bet 'Street Bet' pays out 11 to 1.
Split bet on two numbers by placing a chip on the line separating two numbers pays out 17 to 1.
Four-number bet Corner Bet pays out 8 to 1.
Six-number bet pays out 5 to 1.
Special Line Bet � place a chip on 00, 0, 1, 2 and 3, pays out 6 to 1. Column Bet or Outside Dozen pays out 2 to 1.
Outside Even Money Area pays out 1 to 1.
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