a game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36 and one or two zeros, with a revolving dishlike device called a roulette wheel. Players make bets by placing colored chips on the layout until the croupier announces no more bets.
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Origin
Many different games have been suggested as ancestors of roulette including portique, hoca, bassette and roly poly. It’s almost impossible to find a website with a summary history of roulette that doesn’t refer to these supposed precursors at some point. It seems that the game was based on French mathematics in the 17th century and later adopted by casinos and gambling houses throughout Europe. Its popularity eventually saw it make its way to America where it appears to have become a hybrid of both European and American elements. The 1850 edition of Bohn’s Scientific Library contains a description of roullete but does not mention E.O. It’s thought that by this time, the greater variety of bets offered by roulette had made E.O. obsolete.
Bets
There are a number of betting options available on roullete, with the most common being the Street bet. This is a wager on two adjacent numbers and pays out 11 to 1 if the ball lands on either of them. The second most popular type of inside bet is the Voisins bet, which costs 9 chips and covers 17 numbers. This wager also includes a Street bet and a Split bet, and the payouts for this bet vary from PS18 to PS24. Another outside bet is the Red or Black bet, which covers all red and black numbers and pays out at odds of 1:1.