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The
Basics Of Roulette
Players, usually up to eight, play against the house represented by the croupier
also called the dealer, who spins the roulette wheel and handles the wagers
and payouts. In the European roulette and French roulette version, the wheel
has 37 slots representing 36 numbers and one zero. In the USA most roulette
wheels have two zeros and therefore 38 slots.
Each player buys-in a different colored chips so their bets don't get mixed up. At the end of play, if you won, you exchange back the colored chips with cash chips. These are special chips with the value amount imprinted on them. There are several denominations in various colors. You then take these chips to the cash desk where they will give you actual cash money in exchange.
To play roulette, you place your bet or bets on numbers (any number including the zero) in the table layout or on the outside, and when everybody at the table had a chance to place their bets, the croupier starts the spin and launches the ball. Just a few moments before the ball is about to drop over the slots, the croupier says 'no more bets'. From that moment no one is allowed to place - or change - their bets until the ball drops on a slot. Only after the croupier places the dolly on the winning number on the roulette table and clears all the losing bets you can then start placing your new bets while the croupier pays the winners. The winners are those bets that are on or around the number that comes up. Also the bets on the outside of the layout win if the winning number is represented.
The
house advantage
On a single zero roulette table the house advantage is 2.7%. On a double zero
roulette table it is 5.26% (7.9% on the five-number bet, 0-00-1-2-3). The
house advantage is gained by paying the winners a chip or two (or a proportion
of it) less than what it should have been if there was no advantage. (See
Roulette Quiz - The Casino Advantage.)
The
'En Prison' rule
A roulette rule applied to even-money bets only, and by some casinos (not
all). When the outcome is zero, some casinos will allow the player to either
take back half his/her bet or leave the bet (en prison = in prison) for another
roulette spin. In the second case, if the following spin the outcome is again
zero, then the whole bet is lost.
The
'La Partage' rule
The la partage roulette rule is similar to the en prison rule, only in this
case the player loses half the bet and does not have the option of leaving
the bet en prison for another spin. This refers to the 'outside' even-money
bets Red/Black, High/Low, Odd/Even and applies when the outcome is zero. Both
the La Partage and the En Prison roulette rules essentially cut the casino
edge on the 'even-money bets' in half. So a bet on Red on a single-zero roulette
table with the la partage rule or the en prison rule has a 1.35% house edge
and one on a double-zero roulette table has a house edge of 2.63%.
The
payouts
A bet on one number only, called a straight-up bet, pays 35 to 1. (You collect
36. With no house advantage you should collect 37 (38 in the USA on double
zero roulette wheels).
A two-number bet, called split bet, pays 17 to 1.
A three-number bet, called street bet, pays 11 to 1.
A four-number bet, called corner bet, pays 8 to 1.
A six-number bet, pays 5 to 1.
A bet on the outside dozen or column, pays 2 to 1.
A bet on the outside even money bets, pays 1 to 1.
Object
of the game
To win at roulette the player needs to predict where the ball will land after
each spin. This is by no means easy. In fact, luck plays an important part
in this game. Some players go with the winning numbers calling them 'hot'
numbers and therefore likely to come up more times. Others see which numbers
did not come up for some time and bet on them believing that their turn is
now due. Some players bet on many numbers to increase their chances of winning
at every spin, but this way the payout is considerably reduced. Other methodical
players use specific roulette systems or methods, money management systems,
or both.
French Roulette Rules
The French roulette rules are very much like the European roulette rules. It has the same 37 numbered wheel with one zero but a different table layout for the outside bets. See Table layout (Link opens new window).
The player odds in French roulette are the same as in European roulette (only one zero) and better than the odds in American roulette (two zeros). The players loose only 50% of their even-money bets when the outcome is zero, known as the 'La Partage' rule.
The object of the game is still the same - to predict which number out of possible 37 the ball will land on. And of course, they speak French. Below are the English and equivalent French terms for the various roulette bets:
Inside Bets
One
number Straight up = En plein
Two numbers Split Bet = Cheval
Three numbers Street Bet = Transversale
Four numbers Corner = Carre
Six numbers Line Bet = Sixainne
Outside bets
Twelve
numbers Column = Colonne
Twelve numbers Dozen = Douzaine
Red or Black = Rouge, Noir
Even or Odd = Pair, Impair
Low or High numbers = Manque, Passe
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