Roulette (also known as roulette) is an ancient casino classic, still drawing large crowds to casinos and gambling dens worldwide. Although not as popular as slot machines or baccarat, roulette remains a mainstay in Monte Carlo and other European gaming houses.
Roulette involves a spinning wheel with several compartments – known as frets or canoes by roulette croupiers — painted alternatingly red and black. European-style wheels include one zero pocket while American wheels may feature two green ones; once spun by a croupier, a ball will be dropped into one of these compartments where its number or color match the player’s bet; this player then receives their reward.
Players place bets by placing chips on a roulette table, which has various sections based on betting odds – inside (straight-up, split and column), outside (high low odd even or other bets) and other bets – where bets are made on odds-based sections of the table. Once bets have been made a croupier will spin the wheel to reward all bets made according to odds.
Since there are so many bets available in roulette, the odds of any one varying greatly – this enables the house’s edge to increase drastically if you make bets like straight up 17 which pays out 37 chips but only the house pays 35! Due to this discrepancy in odds between house payout and player wins, many view roulette as being financially draining – yet there are ways that you can reduce this advantage over time.
