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Street Bet - A bet that covers a row of three numbers on the table. Pays 11:1. Corner Bet – A bet placed on the crossed lines in the middle of four numbers. Pays 8:1. The chip is placed on the outside line of the two rowscovered. Pays 5:1. A bet placed on the ball landing on red or black, high or low numbers, odds or even numbers. Column Bets - A bet on which of the three columns of numbers the ball may landon. Pays 2:1. One is the standard table, which has one betting layout with the roulette wheel at one end; the other, called the double-end table, has two layouts with the wheel in the center between them. Players may continue placing bets while wheel and ball are still in motion until the dealer yells (says) "No More Bets! American Roulette is played using a wheel that consists of thirty-eight slots, each with its own number. The numbers on the American roulette wheel are 1 to 36, 0, and 00. A dealer (known as a croupier) spins the wheel in one direction and then rolls a small ball in the other direction. The French roulette wheel has 36 numbers, and only the single zero, unlike the American roulette wheel which has the numbers 1 to 36 but with two zeros (0 and 00) The numbers on the roulette wheel alternate pairs of odd numbers with pairs of even numbers. Both the 0 and 00 slots are green in color. Roulette would be a great game were it not for the highhouse edge - usually 5.26%, sometimes as low as 2.63%, which is still higherthan blackjack, craps, or baccarat. now, let's see how to play roulette. We've added blue circled letters to the diagram to point outhow to make the not-so-obvious bets (the sets of 2-6 numbers) That way, you're not locked inand you always have the ability to change your mind. Roulette games have minimum bets, which will be posted on aplacard at the table. Minimum bets work differently for inside and outside bets. Inside bets canusually be as small a you like, as long as the total of all your inside bets isthe table minimum. In this way, Roulette is more like slots - one single bet canwin a lot. If Black hascome up for the last 10 spins in a row, the next spin is not more likely to beRed. There's an old saying,"The wheel has no memory. " That means it doesn't know what it spunbefore, and even if it did, the wheel can't select what number comes up out ofits own volition. Here's another example: Since there are 38 slots on the wheel,we expect any given number to hit 1 out of 38 spins on average. On an American wheel,there are 38 spots - numbers 1-36, plus 0 and 00. The Europeanwheel has a lower house edge (2.63%) because it has only 37 slots instead of 38(no 00) Thelast time we checked, Single 0 Roulette was available at the Stratosphere andthe Monte Carlo on the Vegas Strip. Ifyou win the second spin, your bet is "released from prison" and youget it back. You don't get paid for the win, though, but it's better than losingit outright. Casino roulette uses the same basic rules and procedures in all casinos throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in the Caribbean and other island gaming resorts on the North American continent. They may not be removed from the table when the player leaves. Inside bets consist of the following: single-number bets, including the 0, 00 and 1 through 36, are made by placing your chip in the centre of the number you select. Actually, you can pick up a total of 36 chips which includes your original bet. The "outside" betting area consists of odd or even bets which pay even money. Red or black pays even odds. A bet on 1 to 18, or 19 to 36, pays even money. You will get 2-to-1 odds if you select the winning number within the first, second or third dozen numbers. As the wheel turns, the ball loses momentum. It bounces among the slots and finally falls into one of the numbered slots. The player has a 1 in 37 chance of winning and still gets 35 to 1.
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