A small white ball is rolled in one direction in a trough which has a numbered and slotted wheel, while the wheel is spun in the opposite direction! Once the ball comes to a stop in a numbered slot, that is then the winning number. The are 18 red slots and 18 black slots in the wheel and obviously 18 odd and 18 even numbers plus a zero or two sets of zeros. The European Roulette wheel has one green slot for the number 0 and the American based Roulette wheel has an additional 00 green slot.
Betting options for Roulette
The house has the edge of 5.26% with the standard double-zero wheel, whilst the European roulette wheel only has one zero and reduces the house edge to 2.70%. The bets are generally classified in two, the Inside bets & the Outside bets. Inside bets - made on the numbers that are directly inside the numbered table. Outside bets - made on the betting area that surrounds the number layout.
The inside bets:
- Single Number - Bet on 1 number - Double Zero or Zero - Pays 35 to 1
- Split Bet - Bet on 2 numbers - place chip on line that separates the 2 numbers you are betting on - Pays 17 to 1
- Corner Bet - Bet on 4 numbers - place chip on intersection of 4 numbers you are betting on - Pays 8 to 1
- Street Bet - Bet on row of 3 numbers - place chip on line at the edge of the row you are betting on - Pays 11 to 1
- Special Line Bet - This is one of a kind - bet on 5 adjoining numbers (American) of 0,00,1,2, and 3 - Pays 6 to 1
- Line bet - Similar to the Street bet, you bet on 2 rows at the same time - Pays 5 to 1
The outside bets:
- Dozens - Play 1 of the 3 horizontal sets of numbers - Pays 2 to 1
- Odds or Evens - Pays 1 to 1
- Red or Black - Pays 1 to 1
- Column Bets - Play 1 of the 3 vertical columns of numbers - Pays 2 to 1
- 1 - 18 - Bet on the first half of numbers EXCLUDING zeros - Pays 1 to 1
- 19 - 36 - Bet on the second half of the numbers - Pays 1 to 1
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