By: Holly Straub
Usually up to eight players, play against the House
The first form of roulette was made in 18 th century France. In the 17 th century, Blaise Pascal introduced a basic form of roulette in his search for a perpetual motion machine. As early as 1796, the game has been played in its present form in Paris. In the 1800’s, the roulette game spread all over Europe and the U.S.A, becoming one of the most famous and most popular casino games.
A U.S. roulette wheel consists of 38 numbered slots: numbers 1 to 36, a zero, and a double zero. You can bet on a particular number being landed on by the ball, or some characteristic of that figure. Your can gamble if it will be odd or even, or fall within the first 12 figures. Also you can see if the ball will land in a black or red pocket, or that it will be between both and find the elusive green zero pocket. After the players make their bets, the dealer spins the wheel and a ball and after a few seconds the ball will land in one of the numbered slots.
The roulette table comes with 6-8 sets of different colored chips, each set consisting of 300 chips. When a player buys-in they get their own color The value would be the buy-in # of chips received Dealer places a toke on top of the dealer’s stack of the color of chips to indicate the value.
To win at roulette, the player needs to predict where the ball will land after each spin. Luck plays an important part in this game since there really is no strategy. Some players go with the winning numbers calling them ‘hot’ numbers and which are more likely to come up. Others see which numbers didn’t come up the first time and bet on the odds they will come up for them. Some players bet on many numbers to increase their chances of winning, but the payout is reduced.
There is really no strategy to play roulette, its just betting on the odds of what number the ball will land on.
Upon leaving the table, it is considered polite to leave a tip for the dealer.
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