A roullete is a game of chance played on a green felt table with a roulette wheel in the middle. Each area on the table represents a different type of bet. You can place bets on individual numbers, groups of numbers, colors or odd/even. Inside bets typically have higher payouts but lower odds of winning.
Origins
It is not certain when roulette first originated. A common belief is that it was invented in 1655 by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal while he was working on his perpetual motion machine. Other theories suggest that it was developed in China and brought to Europe by Dominican monks. What is certain is that roulette came to its current form in the eighteenth century and soon became a popular casino game.
Structurally, the game of roulette is a hybridization of two strands of gambling tradition. Its wheel turns mechanical spectacle into a matrix of granular odds; its betting cloth codifies both the banking game of Roly-Poly and the number-betting lottery of Biribi. For this reason, the game has a dual appeal that is both mathematically precise and existentially random. The combination of these qualities has lent roulette its enduring popularity. Its ambiguous meanings have inspired philosophers and writers to use the spinning wheel as a metaphor for life’s inherent unpredictability.