Roulette is a game of chance that was introduced more than 300 years ago by Frenchman Blaise Pascal. It is played on a table with betting options that cover all the possible numbers.
Players place chips or cash on the areas of the table that represent their bet type until the croupier announces “no more bets”. Each roulette table carries a placard listing the minimum and maximum betting limits.
Origin
It’s not clear exactly where roulette originated. Some historians believe that it was invented in the 17th century by a mathematician named Blaise Pascal as part of his quest to create a perpetual motion machine. Others claim that it was based on an ancient Chinese game. The game was then spread throughout Europe by Dominican monks.
Whatever the truth may be, the modern version of the game first appeared in Paris in 1796. It was then introduced to gambling houses and became very popular with French aristocracy.
The game is played on a roulette wheel that contains 38 (or 37 on European/Latin American tables) colored divisions, each of which corresponds to a number. Players place bets on what number the ball will land in by placing chips on a betting mat.