Casino Rules : Roulette

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Roulette is played by spinning a small ball on a round wheel with thirty-seven numbered slots and when the wheel stops, the ball comes to rest in one of these slots. The aim of the game is to guess which slot the ball will land. There are a number of ways to place your bet and this will affect the payout if you have chosen the correct number.

You need to choose both the type of bet you want to make and how much you are betting. Depending on where you choose to place your chips, you can "cover" (bet on) anywhere from one to eighteen numbers with a single bet. You can choose between the main eight kinds of bets on the Roulette table. Each type covers a certain range of numbers, and each as its own payout. The short lines of three numbers each are called rows on the board, while the longer lines, each holding twelve, are called columns. The first five types of bets are all made on the numbered space or on the lines between them and are called inside bets, while the last three types are made on the special boxes below and to the right of the board and are called outside bets. These bets are tabulated below:

Different Types of Bet Straight Up : Place your chips on any single number (including zero). Split Bet : Place your chips on the line between any two numbers. Street Bet : Place your chips at the end of any row of numbers. Corner Bet : Place your chips at the corner where four numbers meet. Line Bet : Place your chips at the end of two rows at the intersection between them. A line bet covers all the numbers in either row, for a total of six. Column Bet : Placing a chip in one of the boxes at the end of the columns covers all the numbers in that column, a total of twelve. Dozen Bet : Placing a chip in the box marked 12P covers numbers 1 to 12, 12M covers numbers 13 to 24, 12D covers numbers 25 to 36. Red/Black, Even/Odd, Low/High : A chip placed in one of the six boxes at the bottom of the board covers the half of the board described in that box. (The zero is not covered by any of these boxes.) Each box covers eighteen numbers. Low covers numbers 1 to 18. High covers numbers 19 to 36. The Zero Rule : Wagers on red, black, even, odd, low, and high shall be lost if the roulette ball comes to rest in the compartment marked zero (0). General Bet Payouts 1 Number= 35 to 1 2 Numbers= 17 to 1 3 Numbers= 11 to 1 4 Numbers= 8 to 1 6 Numbers= 5 to 1 12 Numbers= 2 to 1 18 Numbers= 1 to 1 Please also see the zero rule above.