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Roulette

Of all gambling devices the one most reminiscent of that very fate which a gambler tempts is the wheel. In classical Greece the plunger used the wheel in his games of chance. So did the ancient Chinese, the Aztec, and the Eskimo. The symbol is universal. It makes us think of fate's wheel or the medieval wheel of destiny. It also makes us think of the famous kismet rondo, roulette.

Roulette: the very name conjures up associations of elegant rooms and mysterious countesses, James Bond, and Arabian sheiks, a game for the truly civilized, no doubt. This of course is fine. If you want to feel truly civilized, then play roulette. No one will hassle you in this corner of the casino, for here the activity is subdued and the atmosphere polite, nothing at all like the bedlam by the crap table. If you want to make a big killing though, better not stay at the roulette table for long. The high house percentage will finally grind you down.

Roulette rules are relatively easy to master. At first glance perhaps the way in which the chips are spread over the layout may perplex the newcomer, but it shouldn't, as the betting procedure is logical.

In roulette, several props are used:

1.A wooden wheel with the numbers 1 through 36, plus a zero, embossed on the rim. The numbers are alternately red and black, the zeroes green. 2.A betting layout marked with the same numbers found on the wheel, plus several sections for side bets. 3.Columns of chips purchased from the house in packets of twenty, and ranging in value from 10 cents to 100.

The players place their chips on the chosen numbers. The croupier spins the wheel (there are several croupier at a table in Europe, usually only one in Nevada). He drops the ball and calls out, "No more bets." If the ball then settles on the bettor's number he wins. His payoff is dependent on the type of wager he has made and the amount of money he has wagered.

The Origin

The origins of roulette are contradictory and indistinct. One theory claims that it was invented by they great French philosopher-mathematician Blaise Pascal, as a sort of by-product of his experiments with perpetual motion. Another, probably apocryphal, has it that the sport emerged from European monasteries where it was created to amuse the monks during their long winter retreats. The game as it is known in today's casinos is by no means old and seems to have come into general popularity around the turn of the eighteenth century, an offshoot of the still much-played game of boule.

Though never terribly popular in America, the roulette table usually has the least traffic of all the big-money games in Nevada, Europeans still find it fascinating, and with good reason. Since 1840 their roulette wheel has shown a single zero only, reducing the house advantage on most bets on a reasonable 2.70 percent, and an even lower 1.35 percent on "en-prison" bets. En-prison bets work this way: when a zero is rolled, all bets placed on red-black, odd-even, or high-low are put to the side, "in prison," instead of being collected by the house. The wheel is spun again. If this time any of these bets wins, it is put back to its original position, "out of prison," and the player can do with it as he pleases, either removing it entirely from the table or letting it ride. Thus the player under the en-prison rule loses only one half of his wager on all even-money bets.

roulette casino game

	Roulette Of all gambling devices the one most reminiscent of that very fate which a gambler tempts is the wheel. In classical Greece the plunger used the wheel in his games of chance. So did the ancient Chinese, the Aztec, and the Eskimo. The symbol is universal. It makes us think of fate's wheel or the medieval wheel of destiny. It also makes us think of the famous kismet rondo, roulette. Roulette: the very name conjures up associations of elegant rooms and mysterious countesses, James Bond, and Arabian sheiks, a game for the truly civilized, no doubt. This of course is fine. If you want to feel truly civilized, then play roulette. No one will hassle you in this corner of the casino, for here the activity is subdued and the atmosphere polite, nothing at all like the bedlam by the crap table. If you want to make a big killing though, better not stay at the roulette table for long. The high house percentage will finally grind you down. Roulette rules are relatively easy to master. At first glance perhaps the way in which the chips are spread over the layout may perplex the newcomer, but it shouldn't, as the betting procedure is logical. In roulette, several props are used: 1.A wooden wheel with the numbers 1 through 36, plus a zero, embossed on the rim. The numbers are alternately red and black, the zeroes green. 2.A betting layout marked with the same numbers found on the wheel, plus several sections for side bets. 3.Columns of chips purchased from the house in packets of twenty, and ranging in value from 10 cents to 100. The players place their chips on the chosen numbers. The croupier spins the wheel (there are several croupier at a table in Europe, usually only one in Nevada). He drops the ball and calls out, "No more bets." If the ball then settles on the bettor's number he wins. His payoff is dependent on the type of wager he has made and the amount of money he has wagered. The Origin The origins of roulette are contradictory and indistinct. One theory claims that it was invented by they great French philosopher-mathematician Blaise Pascal, as a sort of by-product of his experiments with perpetual motion. Another, probably apocryphal, has it that the sport emerged from European monasteries where it was created to amuse the monks during their long winter retreats. The game as it is known in today's casinos is by no means old and seems to have come into general popularity around the turn of the eighteenth century, an offshoot of the still much-played game of boule. Though never terribly popular in America, the roulette table usually has the least traffic of all the big-money games in Nevada, Europeans still find it fascinating, and with good reason. Since 1840 their roulette wheel has shown a single zero only, reducing the house advantage on most bets on a reasonable 2.70 percent, and an even lower 1.35 percent on "en-prison" bets. En-prison bets work this way: when a zero is rolled, all bets placed on red-black, odd-even, or high-low are put to the side, "in prison," instead of being collected by the house. The wheel is spun again. If this time any of these bets wins, it is put back to its original position, "out of prison," and the player can do with it as he pleases, either removing it entirely from the table or letting it ride. Thus the player under the en-prison rule loses only one half of his wager on all even-money bets.