What is Roullete?
Roullete is a game of chance played by players on a circular table with numbered slots and a spinning wheel. The dealer spins the wheel in one direction while rolling a small ball in the opposite direction around the outside of the bowl until it comes to rest in a slot. Players place their chips on the betting table according to their desired bets. It’s best to stick to a predetermined budget and try to place bets on groups of numbers rather than individual digits (‘street bets’). Avoid using grandiose or complicated strategies, as roulette is mostly a game of luck.
The wheel consists of a solid wooden disk slightly convex in shape with a circular groove or fret around its edge. Thirty-six of these compartments, painted alternately red and black, are numbered nonconsecutively from 1 to 36. On European-style wheels there is also a green compartment, marked 0, and on American tables there are two extra green pockets marked 00. On a European wheel the low red numbers and high black numbers are opposite each other, and the second dozen (29-7-28-12-35-3-26-0-32), with a 2-1 payout.
The game of roulette, with its fanciful legends and elaborate wheel and betting layouts, is believed to have been invented more than 300 years ago by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal as part of his attempt to create a perpetual motion machine. Its popularity spread rapidly from Paris to the casinos and gambling dens of Europe. The game was brought to the United States in the early 19th century and was adapted for use on American-style tables. To combat cheating, the wheel was modified to prevent devices from being hidden inside and a betting grid was added to the table to clearly mark off the areas for various bets. Despite this, there are still many systems for playing and winning that have been developed.
