Roulette Guide

Roulette is one of the most popular casino games in existence. It’s well-known by most people on Earth and also relatively simple.

Of course, you will most likely be able to walk up to a roulette table and play the game without even reading about it. However, proper preparation shouldn’t be neglected. If you want to play roulette (whether in a brick-and-mortar casino or online), you should know the basic roulette rules and the types of bets you can place in this game.

Roulette is a very simple game in its nature. It’s played using a roulette wheel that has 37 or 38 numbered and colored slots on it:

• European (French) roulette: numbers from 1 to 36 (red or black) and 0 (green)
• American (double zero) roulette: numbers from 1 to 36 (red or black), 0 and 00 (green)

A small ball is thrown into a spinning roulette wheel, and players bet on the number where they think the ball will land. Players can bet on an individual number or on many different groups of numbers. Bets on fewer numbers are less likely to win, however, award players with bigger wins. I will go through all of the possible bets, sizes of winnings and the probability of winning with different bets later on in this guide.

Apart from the ball and the wheel, there is also a roulette table with a layout used by players to place their bets. Bets can be placed before the dealer spins the wheel and throws in the ball. However, they can often also be placed even when the wheel and the ball are rotating, until the dealer announces that bets are closed.

The number the ball lands on is the winning number. All of the bets are then evaluated accordingly. The losing bets are collected by the dealer, while the winnings for the winning bets are paid out to the players.

Roulette bets and payouts

n roulette, there are many different types of roulette bets available. Players can bet on a single number or many different groups of numbers. The different types of bets allow players to place bets with a range of winning frequencies, as well as a range of differently sized wins.

Roulette bets are divided into three categories:

• Inside bets -  the ones that can be placed directly on the numbers themselves.
• Outside bets - they are placed on the sectors of the roulette table layout outside the numbers themselves.
• Announced bets - special type of bet that a player can announce to the dealer before they place the required amount of chips on the roulette table.

The inside and outside bets are all the standard bets that every single player should know. The announced bets are a bit more advanced and not even available in every casino, so being familiar with them is certainly not a necessity when playing roulette on a basic level.

Roulette is not the game with the best odds in a casino, nor is it the one that can be the most thrilling to play. However, many would argue that roulette is the classiest table game you can find, which makes it a great experience to play.

What’s more, roulette is a game with a very simple set of rules and quite good odds for the player. It can be played even without an understanding of the concept of the game, although that it’s always good to do some research and studying to grasp the basics and make good decisions while playing it.