admin1989 Roulette is a casino game in which a small ball rolls around a wheel and people place bets on what number it will land on. It is a game of chance that has many fanciful stories surrounding its origins.
Players wait until the croupier (dealer) says “no more bets,” and then watch as the ball bounces around the wheel and settles in one of the pockets marked with a number.
Origin
A game of chance played at a table having several sections offering various kinds of bets, with in the center a revolving dishlike device (roulette wheel) into which a ball is spun and that comes to rest in one of 38 (or 37 on modern European/Latin American tables) divisions on the circumference. Players place chips on the betting area and lay them down so that their exact position indicates the bet they are making. The origin of roullete is somewhat disputed, with fanciful accounts ranging from the invention by 17th-century French mathematician Blaise Pascal to supposed ancestors in English games such as portique, hoca and roly poly. The first mention of roulette in France was in 1716, though the current layout and wheel structure dates from about 1790.
Bets
The odds of winning a roullete game depend on the type of bet you make. Straight up bets (called carrés in French) have the highest payout, typically 35 times the initial wager. Split bets (called a cheval in French) involve placing your chips to straddle the line between two numbers on the layout and pay out 17-1. Street bets (called a trio in French) cover three consecutive numbers and payout at 11-1. Neighbours bets (called voisins) have lower payouts but cover more numbers.