Roulette Board Description
| Roulette Board Description.
Roulette is the third biggest Casino game in the world. There are two versions of Roulette: the European and the American Roulette. Let's focus on the American version. The American double zero increases the house edge on American roulette tables. Roulette payouts are not pot luck or simple jackpot wins, although they vary depending on what was wagered in the first place and where the chip is placed. Straight bets yield the highest payouts. A straight bet is choosing one number out of all 36 to bet. You can also choose zero or double zero. The payout is 35 to 1. It's so high because you have a one in 38 chance of winning. Choose this bet if you have cash to burn. You can increase your chances but get a high payout (at least where roulette payouts are concerned) by splitting your bet. This means placing your chip between two numbers on the board. If it lands on either of these numbers you get a 17 to 1 payout. You can also use corner bets - yielding an 8 to 1 payout. You can use different combinations for more secure bets. Perhaps the easiest method and at times the most rewarding is to simply bet on a color red or black. However this gives a low payout, which is even to how much you wagered. For instance if you bet and win, you get your back with an extra . Identical to this is the odd and even bet. Simply bet on whether the ball will land on an odd or even number. You don't have to decide the exact number it lands on though. High bets are between 1 and 18, and low bets are between 19 and 36. A winning bet would simply grant a payout of 1 to 1. Of course these payouts can alter as you use different combinations - but then you decrease your odds of winning at all. The simplest method is to bet on odd or even and red or black. Combine this with the Martingale system and you will always be in the positive. It just depends on how big your bank balance is and if it can take a huge losing streak, or adhere to the maximum bet limit whilst taking a loss. So the bets to avoid in this game are probably all single number bets and the five number bet (only found on double zero wheels) because these types of bets have the largest disparity between true odds and actual payouts. |
The game of European Roulette is played by spinning a small ball on a round wheel. The wheel has thirty-seven numbered slots. When the wheel stops, the ball stops in one of the slots. The object of European Roulette is to correctly predict the slot in which the ball will stop. The player wins if he has predicted the number right. The winning amount is dependable on the bet and the bet amount.
Playing Roulette.
Betting.
Special chips are used to make a bet. Your chips are stacked by denomination (, , , 0, 0) at the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. You have to select the amount you would like to wager on a given roll(s). To choose a chip you have to click the left mouse button on the chip you want to bet with. After choosing a chip you have to place your bet on the Roulette table by clicking on a bet field. To specify a bet that does not equal to an existing chip denomination, simply click on another chip denomination after placing your previous chip on the table. For example, to bet , click on the chip and place it on the table then click on the chip and place it on top of the chip. If you want to repeat your last bet hit the "0" button of your numeric keyboard. Depending on where you choose to place your chips, you can bet on anywhere from one to eighteen numbers with a single bet. When all the bets are placed you have to spin the roulette wheel. To spin the roulette wheel press the "Spin" button in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen or click on the roulette wheel. Above the game menu you can see a history table, in which the results of the previous winnings are shown. There are three different colored numbers in the history table. The Yellow numbers mean that they belong to the Black set of numbers, the Red numbers - to the Red set of numbers and the Green colored number is '0'. Press the "Pass" button to make the wheel spin without making a bet. You can place eight different kinds of bets on the European Roulette table. Each type of bet covers a certain range of numbers. Each bet has its own payoff rate. Rows are short lines of three numbers each. Columns are long lines with twelve numbers each. There exist inside and outside bets. Inside bets are made on the numbered space or on the lines between them. Outside bets are made on the special boxes below and to the right of the board. Straight Up bet is a bet on any single number (including zero). Split Bet is a bet on the line between any two numbers, here 0-1, 0-2, 0-3 combinations are not allowed. Street Bet is a bet placed at the end of any row of numbers. A street bet covers three numbers. Corner Bet is a bet at the corner where four numbers meet. Corner bet covers four numbers. Line Bet is a bet 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 is a bet in one of the boxes at the end of the columns. Column bet covers all the numbers in that column, a total of twelve. The zero is not covered by any of the columns. Dozen Bet is a bet placed in the box marked 12P and covering numbers 1 to 12, 12M covering numbers 13 to 24, 12D covering numbers 25 to 36. Red/Black, Even/Odd, Low/High is a bet placed in one of the six boxes and covering the half of the board described in that box. Each box covers eighteen numbers. Low covers numbers 1 to 18. High covers numbers 19 to 36.
The first and the most common mistake is not setting a bank roll limit. When you go and visit a casino only take a certain amount of money with you for gambling purposes, and leave all your plastic cards at home. If you have spent all the money you had you’d better leave the casino and occupy yourself with something different. When you choose a certain game to play at the casino, you should know well in advance exactly how the game works and how to play it scientifically so you win more money. The reason of losing can be the fact that players don’t know the game well enough. In some casinos players are offered different kinds of alcohol drinks for free. Drinking impairs your judgement and gets you emotionally involved within the game thus losing feels worse, and most importantly you won't be able to play using scientifically proven strategies that shrink the odds of the casino winning. The next most common mistake is drinking alcohol during the game. Whatever you do, don't gamble if you are going to be drinking. It just makes no sense and just drains your bank roll! Never stick to one casino. Try to find casinos with the best bonuses, promotions for players. The last mistake is spread among new players. They don’t know well how to play and they believe that they can win if they stick to the strategy of other players. This is the most stupid mistake. Play your own way and never stick to strategies of other gamblers.