Roulette Rules

Let's look at what online roulette entails, and how it differs from the party that we enjoy. First off, you're missing the face-to-face competition, and the impression of being in a large noisy place full of flashing lights and noises. Losing the face-to-face competition does indeed suck, but it would probably be a greater loss in games like blackjack or poker. Roulette has a less competitive nature, everyone can cheer for anyone on a roll. But playing online roulette can free you from this genius plot by the casinos to distract you while they take your money. You set your own environment at home, with as much or as little distraction as you like.. online roulette games have a little way to go yet before they can simulate the craziness of a real casino, but we can treat this as a good thing.

The question that invariably comes up when you compare a completely non-digital game like real casino roulette to the digitized versions you find like online roulette, is that over odds. Roulette has a classic standpoint of complete randomness, there are added pegs and obstructions to the wheel that ensure the ball is knocked around a bit before it settles. This knowledge is comfort to the gambler, a sense of security that the casino isn't entirely ripping them off, because you can see the random event right in front of you. This is a feeling you can loose on games like slots and video poker, and of course, with online roulette. Playing online roulette snatches that secured feeling of randomness from you, and could make you uneasy about venturing online.

The Basics

Roulette is played with a dealer, who's primary job is to monitor bets, control winnings, and spinning the wheel and ball. The Roulette wheel is spun one way, and the white ball is rolled the opposite direction, and wherever the ball lands (ie whichever number it lands on), is the winning number.

Any bets which are associated with this particular number on the Roulette table are then paid out accordingly to the relevant winners. Players must ensure that all their bets are placed on the table prior to the wheel being spun and the ball being rolled, otherwise the game will be interrupted and worse still disqualified. The dealer will always announce "No More Bets" when he or she is about to spin the wheel.

Players place their chips on the roulette table, there is usually a minimum five dollar bet. The table is divided into 37 sections, (the American version has 38) numbered from 0 - 36. Players have a choice in their type of bet, keeping in mind the more numbers you bet on the lesser the odds and therefore winnings!

Once players have placed their chips on the table and the Croupier spins the roulette wheel there is nothing more you can do but wait and hope that the ball comes to a stop on your number.

To place bets in Roulette, place your stack of chips on the roulette board. 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 place nine different kinds of bets on the Roulette table. Each type of bet covers a certain range of numbers, and each type has its own payoff rate. 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 six 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.

In table Roulette , when the ball stops its movement and comes to rest between any two Roulette metal partitions of the wheel, it marks the winning. Winning can be a number, a zero or double zero, winning color, and any other permitted symbol. The Roulette dealer immediately announces the winning number and its color, and he points with his index finger to the corresponding number on the layout. Some dealers place a plastic peg (a half inch diameter and two inches tall) on the winning number for all to see. He collects all losing bets, not disturbing the chips resting on winning spaces, and pays off the winner or winners with the correct amount of chips due to each winning bet. The signs 0 and 00 win for the bank all bets except those placed on 0 and 00.

Straight Up: Place your chips directly on any single number (including zero and double-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. A street bet covers three numbers

Corner Bet: Place your chips at the corner where four numbers meet. All four numbers are covered.

Five Bet: This bet can be made in only one place and covers five number: zero, double zero, one, two and three.
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 marked "2 to 1" at the end of the columns covers all the numbers in that column, a total of twelve. (Neither the zero nor the double zero are covered by any of the columns.)

Dozen Bet: Placing a chip in one of the three boxes marked "1st 12," "2nd 12," or "3rd 12" covers those twelve numbers.

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 and double zero are not covered by any of these boxes.) Each box covers eighteen numbers.