Roulette has always been the symbol of casino and still remains the most popular casino game. Roulette is a word of French origin meaning a small wheel. The game requires the wheel with numerated sectors and a small ball. The dealer rolls the roulette wheel and drops the ball. The players are to guess the number of the sector, on which the ball will finally stay.
As almost all casino games, roulette has a very interesting history, and if we take a short glance at it, we shall understand, that the game, that has millions of fans all over the world, the game, that has been one of the most popular casino games for more than two centuries, has been invented by chance, being literary a sub product of another unaccomplished ‘great invention’. First Roulette wheel was invented by a mathematician Pascal in the 17th century; it was the product of his attempt to create the perpetual motion machine. In the 18th century the Roulette was modified by inventive Americans, who tried to make it more profitable. The solution was rather simple: they just added another zero sector (double zero) to the wheel, therefore the probability of failure for the gamblers was increased. But the American variant of Roulette also became very popular, perhaps the reason being it became much more extreme, so, till the present time, we still have both variants of the game.
To start playing Roulette one has to make a bet in the playing field. There are three main types of such bets:
External bet – a bet, made on a supplementary event, e.g. on a dozen;
Internal bet – a bet made on a certain number, or on several numbers;
Oral bet – a bet made on a group of numbers, used only in the French Roulette.
Gamblers very often make bets on such event as red or black sector, as well as on dozens.
After all the bets have been made, the croupier rolls the roulette wheel and then drops the ball in the opposite direction. After the ball has stopped, the croupier determines the winners and pays the gains.
There are three main types of Roulette, which are most popular in today land and online casinos:
- American Roulette. This type of Roulette has the wheel with 37 sectors, including the Zero and the Double Zero sectors.
- European Roulette. This type of Roulette has the wheel with 36 sectors, including the Zero sector.
- French Roulette. This type of Roulette has the wheel with 37 sectors. This type of Roulette gives us the opportunity to make oral bets.
Some casinos today invent their own, unique types of roulette. One of such modern inventions – The Mini Roulette game, which was proposed by one of the popular Casino chains. This type of Roulette, as well as many others, has also found the great lot of fans.
If you want to try the Roulette game, but you are not sure you can play well enough, we recommend that you download a free-roulette version to have a bit of practice.
