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| There are three common variations of Roulette you’ll encounter, American, European and French. We’ll cover the classic rules of European Roulette first then explain the differences of the American and French variations. |
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The key step for the player of Roulette is how they want to bet on the outcome. You can make a variety of bets on the table, allocating different chips to individual numbers or predetermined combinations of numbers. You can change your bets at any time up until the Roulette wheel is spun. As mentioned above, the type of bet influences the payoff you can expect if it covers the winning number.
The main bets you can make are:
| NAME |
DESCRIPTION OF BET |
ODDS |
| Straight Bets |
A bet on a single number |
35 to 1 |
| Split Bets |
A bet on two adjacent numbers |
17 to 1 |
| Street Bets |
A bet on any 3 numbers on a horizontal line |
11 to 1 |
| Square Bets |
A bet on a block of 4 numbers |
8 to 1 |
| Line Bets |
A bet on six numbers, comprising two adjacent rows |
5 to 1 |
| Column Bets |
A bet on one of 3 vertical columns |
2 to 1 |
| Dozen Bets |
A bet on 12 numbers, being high, middle or low |
2 to 1 |
| High or Low Bet |
A bet on either the high or low 18 numbers |
1 to 1 (‘Evens’) |
| Even Bets |
Any bet on even/odd, red/black and low/high |
1 to 1 (‘Evens’) |
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There are also special bets called Neighbour (or ‘Voisin’) bets, which use the marked area of the table aptly called the Racetrack – it’s the oval shape that copies the sequence of 37 numbers on the wheel itself. Here you can quickly place a group of bets on single numbers that follow (hence ‘neighbour’) each other on the wheel.
And what’s the green zero on the wheel for? Well the important zero rule of European Roulette is that, if this is where the ball comes to rest on the spin, all wagers on bets with evens odds (i.e. High or Low and Evens Bets) are lost.
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| The principle difference from European Roulette is the operation of the zero rule in French Roulette. Here the players of evens bets only lose half their wager on the outcome of a zero on the wheel. This is known as ‘La Partage’. |
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The major differences to the American Roulette table that affect play are the addition of a ‘double zero’ to the numbers on the wheel and the absence of the Racetrack on the baize which makes playing Neighbour bets a little more involved.
Having two zeros on the wheel means the odds are slightly less favourable to players than European Roulette, however the usual zero / double zero rule is like French Roulette in that players of evens bets only lose half their wager on this outcome.
The other difference that comes from having the double zero is that in addition to the bets found in European Roulette there is also the Five Bet –this bet can be made in only one place on the table and covers five numbers: zero, double zero, one, two and three with odds of 6 to 1.
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