Roulette is a casino game named after the French word meaning little wheel. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number, various groupings of numbers, the colors red or black, whether the number is odd or even, or if the numbers are high (19–36) or low (1–18).
To determine the winning number and color, a croupier spins a wheel in one direction, then spins a ball in the other direction around a tilted track running around the outer edge of the wheel. The ball eventually loses momentum and falls onto the wheel and into one of 37 (in French/European roulette) or 38 (in American roulette) colored and numbered pockets on the wheel.
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The first form of roulette was devised in 18th century France. A century earlier, Blaise Pascal introduced a primitive form of roulette in the 17th century in his search for a perpetual motion machine. The game has been played in its present form since as early as 1796 in Paris. An early description of the roulette game in its current form is found in a French novel La Roulette, ou le Jour by Jaques Lablee, which describes a roulette wheel in the Palais Royal in Paris in 1796. The description included the house pockets, “There are exactly two slots reserved for the bank, whence it derives its sole mathematical advantage.
” It then goes on to describe the layout with, “.two betting spaces containing the bank’s two numbers, zero and double zero.”.
There are several methods to determine which pocket gives you the best odds of winning. You can try your luck and simply guess where the ball will land. However, there is no real strategy to beat roulette because it is purely a game of chance. If you want to increase your chances of winning, you can bet on multiple numbers or groUPS of numbers.
You can also bet on red or black, or on odd or even numbers. However, these strategies will not guarantee that you will win every time.
The only way to guarantee that you will win at roulette is to rig the wheel so that it lands on your chosen number or group of numbers every time. However, this is illegal and if you are caught doing it you will be banned from playing roulette at any casino.
