No matter what anyone tells you, roulette requires more luck than strategy. It’s sort of like craps where you need to know what bets have better odds. The strategy is in the betting. That’s it.
The casino game originated in the French Riviera and Monte Carlo for the wealthy but you can play it anywhere today. The goal is to guess the numbered pocket the ball will land in once the roulette wheel stops spinning. The wheel is shaped like a bowl and is three feet in diameter. The two most common types are American Roulette and European Roulette. American Roulette has 38 pockets (1-36, 0 and 00) and a 5.26% house advantage. European Roulette has 37 pockets (1-36 and 0) and a lower house advantage of 2.7%. You won’t find European Roulette in many land-based U.S. casinos, but you can find it online.
In both types of roulette, half the 1-36 numbers are red and half are black. The 0 and 00 are green. Each number has a box on the roulette layout, where you bet your chips. The dealer, also called the croupier, spins the wheel and offers the payouts after the spin. Your bet must be in before the dealer spins the wheel and calls out “no more bets.” Bets are still accepted shortly after the wheel begins spinning. Each player has their own colored chips and each table has minimum bets and limits.
The roulette layout has 48 boxes for red, black or green bets known as inside bets. There are 11 boxes on the outside for special bets such as red/black, high/low and even/odd. These are called outside bets.
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