Roulette is a game of chance that many people play with the hope of winning big. Despite numerous betting systems that claim to beat the odds, there is no way to predict where the ball will land.
You buy coloured chips from the dealer (or “croupier”) and place them on your desired betting area until the dealer announces, “no more bets.” Each bet type has different odds.
Origins
The game of roulette, which involves spinning a wheel and placing bets on what number it will come up, is thought to have originated in the 17th century. Historians believe that it was invented by French physicist Blaise Pascal while trying to create a perpetual motion machine.
While this is certainly a plausible theory, there are also other tales of its origin. Many historians point to the Italian board game biribi as a possible ancestor of roulette.
It was in 1843, however, that the Blanc brothers introduced a variation of roulette that would allow their casino to compete with the other gambling houses of the time. They got rid of the double zero from the wheel, making it a single-zero version that became known as European roulette.