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Roulette
There are two popular versions of this casino game roulette - the American Roulette and the European Roulette. There are small but significant changes in both these games.
American Roulette
An American roulette table has a spinning wheel with 38 slots or pockets which are numbered 1 to 36 and coloured red or black. Two special pockets, ''zero'' and ''double zero'', are marked in green. Players bet on a condition or a number of conditions that the round will end with. The roulette wheel is spun and a ball is thrown into it against the direction of spinning. When the ball settles down and rests in a pocket, the number on the pocket that the ball finally rests in wins. All pockets are identical and the numbers are arranged mathematically for even distribution by value and colour. This ensures an equal chance for the ball to end up in all slots.
The betting table consists of two parts, the ''Inside'' and the ''Outside'' where bets are placed as per the names - Inside Bets and Outside Bets. Roulette tables have multiple minimum and maximum table limits. Players have no restriction in betting and it is this feature that makes roulette especially attractive. Once the bet is made and the wheel is spun, no more decisions are made and the game resolves itself.
Inside Bets
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. 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 percent 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.
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.