Roulette

Roulette remains a casino favourite

Merge Gaming Side Games - RouletteEven though the term roulette may come from the French for little wheel, there is nothing little about this game. In fact, it is one of the biggest games you will find in the casino with many people flocking to the roulette table. There is no doubt that popular culture has helped to make the roulette wheel a stand-out part of the casino and a place where everyone can feel comfortable. There are many simple bets which can be made at the roulette table but there are also a great number of more challenging bets to be found. This means that roulette is a casino opportunity which has something for everyone.

The city of love loves roulette

Even though roulette is one of the most popular games in the modern casino, it has a history that dates a long way back. In fact, there is recorded evidence of the game being in 1796 in Paris. This was recorded in the French novel, La Roulette, ou Le Jour which was written by Jacques Lablee. There was a description of the wheel and the game contained within the book, citing play at the Palais Royal in Paris. The initial wheels has two zeros on the wheel but in 1843, two Frenchmen working in Homburg in Germany decided to introduce the roulette wheel with just the single 0. This was far more palatable for a casino player in comparison to the double 0 wheels and quickly many players demanded that this style of wheel be used in casino play.

As you would expect, America liked to be a bit different and a book on gambling published in 1886 highlighted a major difference on a US wheel. The wheel had number 1 through to 28 on it but also contained a single 0, a double zero and an American eagle. The American eagle is continually rolled out as a sign of the freedom and liberty that is available in the country but in reality, it was another area where the casino could provide itself with an extra edge. These wheels were very unpopular with players and there are very few left in existence. If you happen to see an authentic American eagle roulette wheel you are in for a treat.

Does the devil have a hand in roluette’s success?

Like most great games, there is a sense of mythology surrounding roulette and as you would expect, the devil is involved somewhere. The inclusion of the devil in a gambling story can never go wrong as he plays the role that people want him to play. Those opposed to gambling have a huge reason for the devil to be included in the story whereas those who like the edge and counter-culture nature that gambling sometimes carries will also be happy with his involvement. The story goes that Francoise Blanc did a deal with the devil to find out the secrets of the roulette table and this is why the numbers on the wheel (1 to 36) when added together add up to 666, the reported number of the beast. This is a fantastic story but one that is not true, after all, if selling your soul to the devil was a plausible way to become a regular winner at roulette, people would be doing it on a very regular basis.

The layout for a single 0 roulette wheel is as follows:

  • 0-32-15-19-4-21-2-25-17-34-6-27-13-36-11-30-8-23-10-5-24-16-33-1-20-14-31-9-22-18-29-7-28-12-35-3-26

The layout for a double 0 roulette wheel is as follows:

  • 0-28-9-26-30-11-7-20-32-17-5-22-34-15-3-24-36-13-1-00-27-10-25-29-12-8-19-31-18-6-21-33-16-4-23-35-14-2

There are a number of great roulette betting opportunities involved in the game of roulette with the two main options being placing inside bets or outside bets. An inside bet is selecting the precise number the ball will land in or choosing a small range of numbers that the ball will land on. These are more difficult bets with longer odds but of course, the rewards for winning are much more attractive to people. The outside bets are based on larger positional areas such as choosing between red or black or choosing between odd and even. These bets are very simple but carry a lower pay-out for the winning player. However, it is these bets that are most famous at the roulette table and a novice casino player will have no difficulty in placing this style of bet.

No more bets starts the fun at the roulette wheel

It is likely that most casinos will impose a minimum and maximum bet on players and these bets will apply on inside and outside bets for every individual spin. It is possible for players to make their bets until the cry of “no more bets” is announced. This will then be the signal for the wheel to be spun in one direction and the ball to be spin in another.

Many people claim to have strategies and systems that will guarantee success at the roulette table but these will not bear fruit in the long run. It is possible to win by having a strategy when playing roulette but it is also possible to win while playing with no strategy at all. The casino edge will always see a strategy defeated in the long-run but of course, if you know when to get out at the right time, the roulette wheel has the ability to change people’s lives with a spin or two.

Online casinos have worked very hard to capture the sense and spirit of the roulette table in their games and they clearly have done a good job. This can be seen in the number of people who use online casinos as their main form of playing roulette. The varied nature of bets has been replicated in the online roulette table so if you are familiar with the roulette wheel from a physical casino, you should have no difficulty in adapting to it online. Some players have concerns that the random nature of the game is not so random online but this is why online casinos are regulated thoroughly. Reputation and reliability is everything for online casinos and they should realise that punters will move away if they feel that a site cannot be trusted. This is the key factor in why so many online casinos sites ensure that their games are play out as advertised.