Online Casino Game Guide: Roulette

What is Roulette?
Roulette is like any other game of chance, it has it advantages and disadvantages, and it consists of a Roulette wheel and table. A player just needs to have confidence and have a yearning to hit to win. Players have to pick a lucky number or a few and then leave things up to Lady Luck, who will determine whether you're a winner or not. The outcome of a game of Roulette is determined by where the ball stops on the wheel.

How to Play Roulette
The game is played using a numbered wheel, a ball and a table that reflects the same numbers as that of the ones engraved on the wheel. Once bets have been placed on the table, a small ball is released onto the spinning wheel. The ball has to be spun in the opposite direction to the wheel's spin. The Roulette wheel has numbered pockets ranging from 00 to 36. Once the ball stops in one of the numbered pockets of the Roulette wheel, the game is over and the winner takes home all the bets.

The objective of Roulette is to therefore correctly predict the number the ball will land on. There are several inside bets that you can make and players may place bets on any number or combination of numbers. This is done by placing bets on the red or black, odd or even or even high or low blocks

• Inside Bets
  There are several inside bets that you can make. You can bet a number straight up or straddle the line between numbers to select a combination of numbers.
  
  
• Straight Up bet is a wager on a single number. It pays 35 to 1.
  
  
• Split Bet is a wager on two numbers and it pays 17 to 1. You make this bet by placing your chip so it straddles the line between any two numbers.
  
  
• Street bets or line bet and it pays 11 to 1. You make this bet by placing your chip on the vertical line separating the outside and inside betting areas. The chip straddles the first number in the row.
  
  
• Corner bet or Quad bet pays 8 to 1. You make this bet by placing a chip so it is touching the four corners of the numbers you are betting.
  
  
• Basket bet is a five number bet on zero - double zero and numbers-1-2-3 which pays 6 to 1. On the double zero wheel it has a house edge of 7.89% making it the worst bet in Roulette.
  
  
• Double Street bet is a wager on six numbers and pays 5 to 1. You place your chip on the line separating the outside and inside area as you do for the street bet but let it also straddles the row above or below.
  
  
• Outside Bets
  The outside bets are any of the bets made in the boxes surrounding the numbers. Red Black Odd and Even are all even money bets. You place your chips in the boxes on the layout.
  
  
• The Dozens bet are made on the 12 consecutive numbers. You place your wager in the boxes marked 1-12, 13-24 or 25-36. These bets pay 2 to 1. If the zero or double zero comes up you lose.
  
  
• Column bets are also 12 number bets. Instead of 12 consecutive numbers they consist of the numbers in one of the three vertical columns and are made in the boxes at the bottom of the layout. These bets pay 2 to 1 as well.

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