Playing roulette

The game of Roulette, despite the common opinion, was not born in France but in Italy, though, it must be said, owes its present shape, especially in France and America.

In fact there are several variations of this popular game among these, the most common, are just the French and American roulette.

However, apart from some peculirtà, the dynamics of this game is the same, and it has made it one of the undisputed symbols of chance and casinos across the world.

Nowadays, in addition to playing roulette in the most popular casinos on the internet it is easy, thanks to sophisticated technologies that allow Flash to approach the game mode is just for fun, that the real one, where you bet real money .

Let's see now, in more detail, how the roulette, so that those who still had not done the best approach to this popular game, knowing the basic rules.

Known as the roulette wheel consists of a cylinder, divided into 37 (or 38 in American roulette) colored and numbered areas of red and black, while the zero (0), as well as the double zero (00) in the U.S., is usually green.

This disc is rotated by the croupier that subsequently launches a small ball in the opposite direction to the rotation of the disc. The ball will move in ending one of the areas identified by numbers, thus determining which number will win.

As you can see the dynamics of the game of roulette is really easy, and this is one of the reasons behind the huge success of online Roulette, as well as the traditional one.

Simplicity does not mean, however, that this game does not have its own specific vocabulary and well-codified rules, in particular the different ways of betting which will be discussed shortly. Let us now concentrate on its own terms that we comparing ourselves to meet this interesting game.

The Language of Roulette

The language generally used by the dealer during play roulette is French, with which they are spoken, a series of phrases that mark the various stages of the game:

• 'Faites vos jeux!' (Place your bets).
• 'Les jeux sont faits' The games are made.
• 'Rien ne va plus' The bets are closed.
• 'The numéro gagnant east ...' The winning number is.

At the announcement of the winning number, the dealer is also usually 'label' as ou rouge noir (red or black), pair ou impair (or odd).

The different episodes

One of the main peculiarities of Roulette is that you can place bets in various ways, obtaining different payouts depending on the risk that you progress. And 'then why roulette is a game for both players more cautious, who are happy to earn a little, but so frequently, and for those who also seek the great thrill, following major victories.

The different combinations that you can bet is to take risks and feel lucky individual numbers where, if you win, you win 35 times the amount bet.

Then there are the horses, pairs of numbers by which, if you indovinino, you win 17 times our bet.

The Transversale Pleine, triplets with which, if victorious, he receives 11 times the bet.

The toasts are quatrains that, if they win, earn 8 times the amount bet.

Transversale Simple, sextets are due to which, if victorious, he receives 5 times the amount bet.

Chanches Simples

Very popular are also the simple bets, and in the medium to long term, if you apply a technique and it remains faithful to the system can reserve great satisfaction.

With this system you can bet on dozens (douzaine), specifically on the first, second or third dozen numbers are organized in 36 numbers. If you win, you get twice the amount wagered.

A similar for columns (first, second and third column of the table) here, if you win, you win twice your bet.

But the simple bets (chanches Simples) are the most popular, of course:

• Pair Impair ou, or even or odd numbers
• Manque ou Passe, those from 1 to 18 or 19 to 36
• Rouge ou Noir, the red numbers or blacks

That return the amount that you bet on. So focusing on black 1 euro, if the chosen color comes out, it will win 2, you have almost 50% chance that this happens, excluding a possibility of 36 may extract the zero (0), which represents the house edge.

Game systems encoded at the international level

There are numerous gambling systems for roulette, especially just to maximize the limited benefit of the bench, especially if you bet on chanches Simples.

Among the different systems of play roulette now codified in the world, the most common are: Martingale (just for those who bet on simple bets), the neighbors of zero, the standard 5/8 and the numbers called 'orphans'.

Zero and zero neighbors are 17 numbers located on the cylinder to the right and left of zero from 22 to 25, and you can play with a total of 9 chips.

The series 5/8 or 'tiers' is represented by 12 numbers playable with 6 chips placed on 6 horses, and they are located, on the cylinder, in diametrically opposite to the 'neighbors of zero'.

The numbers called 'orphan', defined as not belonging to any of the two series mentioned above, are 1, 6-9, 14-17, 17-20, 31-34. Can be played with 5 chips and are located in part on the left side and in part on the right side of the cylinder.

House edge

We have already mentioned the house advantage, a factor present in all the different games of chance, but very limited in Roulette. It appears to be only 2.7%.

Consider that in other games the advantage also extends to exceed 60%. Despite this there are strategies that ensure a win some games Roulette, as well as in any other gambling.

There are definitely techniques that can increase our chances of success, but we must never placing too much reliance and always keep in mind that roulette is primarily a game, and as such should be lived.