GAME OBJECTIVE

The game of Roulette is played by spinning a small ball on a round roulette wheel with 38 numbered slots. When the wheel stops, the ball comes to rest in one of these slots.

The object of Roulette is to correctly predict the slot in which the ball will land. By predicting the right number, you earn a payoff on your bet. The size of the payoff depends on how the bet was placed.

Roulette Tips: Given the choice between an American and European roulette table, always pick the European one. American Roulette has two zeros, which greatly increases the house edge, whereas European Roulette with a single zero gives you much better chances of winning in the long run.

Betting

There are several ways to bet in roulette, and as usual the harder it is to obtain the bet made the larger is the payoff.

When you play roulette you have to purchase special roulette chips, these chips are only used at the roulette table and must be cashed in for regular chips before leaving the table. The chips are a unique color for each player, this designates who owns the chip when it is time to pay off bets. Special chips are used in roulette because when using the betting area chips are placed in many locations on the layout and this keeps everyone from getting confused as to who has bet what. To discourage cheating by players who might be tempted to move their chips from a losing position to one that payoff players are to keep their hands away from the table until all winning bets have been paid off.

In roulette you have numerous betting options, the different bets are indicated by the placement of the chips on the table. They are usually grouped into two major categories:

Inside bets - made on numbers directly inside the layout

Outside bets - are made on the betting area on the roulette table bordering the number layout. Different tables have slightly different layouts for outside betting, you just find the location for the bet you want to make and place your chip there.