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 opposite direction around a tilted circular 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. Many historians believe 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 details such as 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, “There are two betting spaces containing just numbers and cross-betting spaces containing just numbers and two other figures; ‘1st 12’, ‘2nd 12’, ‘3rd 12’ and so on.”.
The book was published in 1801. In 1843, François Blanc introduced the single 0 style roulette wheel in order to compete against other casinos offering the traditional wheel with single and double zero house pockets.
The new wheel, designed by George Melas, was called “low profile” because the pockets had been drastically reduced in depth, and various other design modifications caused the ball to descend in a gradual approach to dead center of the wheel. This eventually evolved into the modern European-style roulette wheel.
The double zero wheel is found in U.S. casinos. The sum of all the numbers on the roulette wheel (from 0 to 36) is 666, which is considered by some Christians to be unlucky\evil. Roulette players have various systems to try to beat the house. Martingale system players will double their bet after every loss so that they eventually win back all their losses plus one unit when they finally win again.
Labouchere system players will decide on an amount they want to win then divide that amount up into smaller units that they will bet sequentially until they either lose everything or reach their goal amount. D’Alembert system players will increase their bet by one unit each time they lose but decrease it by one unit when they win so that over time they will neither lose nor gain money. Fibonacci system players will use a mathematical sequence where their bet is always equal to whatever is left of their previous two bets added together e.g., 1+2=3, 2+3=5 etc. There are many more systems than these three but these are some of most popularly used ones amongst players looking for an easy way to beat roulette odds without resorting to cheating methods such as past posting or magnetic balls.
So what is the best bet when playing roulette? While there is no guaranteed way to win at roulette every time you play, using one of these betting systems can help you decrease your losses and increase your chances of coming out ahead overall. If you want to play it safe, betting on red or black is always a good choice since these bets have nearly 50/50 odds of winning. If you’re feeling lucky and want to go for broke, betting on a single number gives you pretty slim odds but if you hit it you’ll reap a huge payout!.
