Roulette - European Roulette Rules
Roulette is the French word for "small wheel". The idea
to use a spinning wheel as a gambling mechanism can be traced to Greco-Roman period
and probably even further back into History. The Roman soldiers used a chariot wheel
for gaming purposes. An arrow laid upon the ground pointed to the winning space
among those marked upon the wheel. The Greeks played a game with a shield revolving
upon a metal point. The shield had ten marked spaces on its surface. When the shield
stopped moving, its position against a chosen point on the ground determined a winning
space.
Chinese loved gambling so much they introduced a gambling element into their tortures.
An old Chinese torture consisted of a victim being fastened between two rapidly
revolving wheels. One wheel was in front of his chest and the second one against
his back. The wheels were constructed with spiked edges and were of different sizes.
The gamble consisted in drawing by lot a number specifying the size of the wheel
and betting on the wheel or against it. A fat man who drew the biggest number one
wheel would be sliced in half by the first rotation of the wheel. A thin man who
drew the smallest number 5 wheel would probably get few scratches only and survive.
Players bet their chips and bets are closed. Furthermore, the chips can not move.
After stopping the Roulette wheel the wins are beeing paid out
and new bets are placed. Below you will find overview of how to pay individual wins
in rulete:
European roulette wheel has thirty-seven numbered pockets from
one to thirty-six and zero. These pockets are in red and black colors alternatively.
Zero is a green colored pocket. European roulette is also popular
as single-zero roulette. You have to predict the outcome of a spin
of the wheel. In other words, you have to state on which pocket the ball will come
to rest after a spin.
You can bet on any particular number, any combination of numbers, color of numbers
as black or red, even or odd as the outcome of a spin. European roulette supports
simple rules and regulations. The house edge is lower than American Roulette. The
chance of the ball landing on any of the pockets is 1 to 36.
Roulette table comprises of outside and inside betting fields. These fields help
you in placing your outside or inside bets. There are maximum and minimum table
limits of each roulette table. You are free to make your choice of bet. However,
you cannot change your bets after spinning of the roulette wheel.
Inside Bets
Your inside bets should total to the minimum table amount of the roulette table.
Zero lies within the inside bet square. There are different choices and combinations
of such inside bets. Straight up bet is a bet on a single number with a payout of
35 to 1. Split bet allows you to bet on two adjacent squares or pockets. The payoff
is 17 to 1.
You can bet on any particular number, any combination of numbers, color of numbers
as black or red, even or odd as the outcome of a spin. European roulette supports
simple rules and regulations. The house edge is lower than American Roulette. The
chance of the ball landing on any of the pockets is 1 to 36.
Street bet allows you to bet on a particular row of three numbers. This offers payoff
of 11 to 1. Line bet helps you place two street bets. Hence, you bet on six numbers
and therefore, your payoff is 5 to 1. Corner bet is to bet on any of the four adjacent
squares. This provides a payoff of 8 to 1.
Outside Bets
As zero lies within the inside bet square, it does not figure in the outside betting
area. Outside bets should total the minimum betting amounts. Outside bets comprise
different situations. Dozens bet engulfs three squares from combinations of 1 to
12, 13 to 24, and 25 to 36. Payoff is 2 to 1.
High and Low bet cover two squares of the bottom half of numbers with a 1 to 1 payout.
Numbers could be between 1 to 18 and 19 to 35. Odd and even bets offer payoff of
1 to 1 and you have to predict even or odd numbers as the outcome of a spin. Similarly,
color bets are for black or red outcomes with1 to one payoff.
Some casinos offer En-Prison rule. According to this rule, if in the outside even
money bets of colors, odd or even, the ball lands on zero, you can consider your
bet for another or next spin. Rather, you bet remains in prison. If the next spin
again lands on a zero, you lose your bet amount. However, if it does not land on
a zero, you get back your bet without any payout. En prison offers the lowest house
advantage for even bets in a roulette game-1.35%. La partage rule differs in that
you lose half your bet and do not have the option of allowing your bet to be in
prison for the next spin.