Roulette Table Rules

Roulette rules

Let’s “simulate” a sample game according to the roulette gaming rules:. The croupier announces that new bets are accepted. (If you are playing online roulette, there won’t be a croupier, of course, you just hit the “spin” button.). All players place their chips on the table. Playing roulette online in 2020 is easy: just fire up the PC, log on to your gambling account, deposit a few bucks or Euros, then open up a real-money roulette table and start placing bets. If you make a mistake, or place a bet too late, the casino client will tell you where you've gone wrong.

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Rules and how to play Roulette:

Roulette was first played in France back in the 17th century. It is now one of the most popular European gambling games and Monte Carlo in Monaco is a well known and famous casino center for playing roulette.

The Basics
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. 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.

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One of the fundamental reasons why roulette has consistently been one of the most popular games in casinos is because it’s so simple to play.

It can seem like a complicated game if you’ve never played before, particularly if you’re watching a busy table in a casino with players placing their chips all over the table, but it really is straightforward enough.

In this introduction to playing roulette, we cover all the basics that you should know. We explain the setup of a roulette table, how you place your bets, and the rules of the game. This is really all you need to get started.

The Roulette Table

Roulette Table Rules

A roulette table is made up of two components:

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  • The WHEEL
  • The BETTING BOARD

The betting board contains all the different bets that can be made and is where players place their chips to indicate their chosen bet. The wheel is used to determine the outcome of each round and thus resolve the bets.

The roulette wheel has several numbered pockets, also known as compartments. The numbers 1 to 36 are used, and each of these numbers is colored either red or black. There’s also a green zero, and in some variations of the game, there’s a green double zero, too.

A small ball is used, and when the wheel is spun, the ball will randomly fall into one of the numbered pockets. The result for each spin is the number of whichever pocket the ball ends up in.

Interestingly, the order of the numbers around the wheel varies depending on whether it’s the single zero or the double zero version. The sequences for the numbers, starting with the zero and moving clockwise around the wheel, are generally as follows:

0–32–15–19–4–21–2–25–17–34–6–27–13–36–11–30–8–23–10–5–24–16–33–1–20–14–31–9–22–18–29–27–7–28–12–35–3–26
0–28–9–26–30–11–7–20–32–17–5–22–34–15–3–24–36–13–1–00–27–10–25–29–12–8–19–31–18–6–21–33–16–4–23–35–14–2

The exact layout of the betting board may vary slightly depending on where you’re playing and what variant of the game you’re playing. The available wagers are fundamentally the same, but certain versions may have a few extra options.

The rules of roulette could really not be much more straightforward. Each bet that can be placed represents either a single number or a group of numbers, and has set odds attached to it.

For example, a bet on any single number has odds of 35 to 1. A bet on black is a bet on any of the numbers that are colored black and has odds of 1 to 1.

To play roulette, you simply place your chosen bet or bets prior to each spin. You can bet on as many different combinations of numbers as you wish. If the resulting number is covered by any of your wagers, then each winning wager will be paid out at the corresponding odds.

Any losing wager is taken by the house. Once all the wagers have been settled, you can place your bets for the next spin.

When playing in a live casino, you’ll first need to exchange your money for chips to use at the roulette table. Once you have these chips, you can then make your wagers by placing them in the relevant position on the betting board.

For example, to bet on a single number, you would place however many chips you wanted to risk on the square representing that number. To bet on red, you would place your chips on the red box.

Every possible wager has a corresponding position on the betting board.

There are quite a few different wagers available, but it doesn’t take too long to learn them all. If you’ve never played the game before, we would suggest playing online before you try playing in a land-based casino.

This will give you time to get familiar with everything without the added pressure of being surrounded by lots of other players. At most online casinos, you can even play for free if you want to practice the game beforehand.

That’s really all there is to playing roulette. The rules are so simple that learning to play is incredibly easy.

You’ll need to understand all the different bets you can place, though, and you should familiarize yourself with the different variations of the game, as well. We’ve covered these subjects in separate articles.

Once you know how to play the game, the next step is thinking about what kind of betting strategies you’re going to employ.

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You may decide to just make completely random wagers or bet on your favorite numbers, which is absolutely fine. You may prefer to put more thought into your strategy, though, so we’ve provided some advice on what you need to start thinking about.

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We’ve provided some useful general tips, too: