How to Play Roulette Online

Roulette is well-known for being the ultimate game of chance. The essence of roulette sees a small ball spun in the opposite direction of the roulette wheel, before it finally falls into a numbered slot. If the ball lands where the player predicted, they win their bet.

No-one can control the outcome of any spin in roulette, while each turn is independent from the other, hence why it is a game of pure chance.

The game originated in France in the 18th century, with the name “roulette” meaning “little wheel” in French. Nowadays, the game is played in land-based and online casinos around the world, with roulette widely considered to the quintessential casino game.

Roulette Basics

When a player at arrives at a roulette table (whether online or in a traditional casino) they’ll be greeted by a cloth broken down into many sections and numbers. New players needn’t worry, though, roulette is a very simple game to play.

Roulette wheels feature numbers 0 to 36, alternating between red and black slot, along with one green zero slot in European and French Roulette (or two green zeros in American Roulette).

Popular Roulette Bets

There are several types of bets a player can choose to make when playing roulette, as detailed below. Roulette bets are known as either ‘inside bets’ (i.e. bets on numbers on the “inside” part of the layout) or ‘outside bets’ (i.e. typically have shorter odds and are found around the edge of the numbers on the cloth).

Inside Bets:

•         Single/Straight: a bet on a single number (e.g. 7)
•         Split: a bet on two numbers that are next to each other on the cloth (e.g. 5-6, or 5-8)
•         Street: a bet on three consecutive horizontal numbers (e.g. 7-8-9)
•         Corner/Square: a bet on four numbers that meet at one corner (e.g. 4-5-7-8)
•         Double Street: a bet on six consecutive numbers across two horizontal lines (e.g. 7-8-9-10-11-12)
•         Trio: a three-number bet that includes zero (e.g. 0-1-2)
•         First Four: a bet on 0-1-2-3 (single zero roulette only)
•         Basket: a bet on 0-00-1-2-3 (double zero roulette only)

Outside Bets:

•         Low or High (e.g. 1 to 18 or 19 to 36)
•         Red or Black
•         Even or Odd
•         Dozen Bet (e.g. 1 to 12, 13-24 or 25-36)
•         Column Bet: a bet on a vertical column of 12 numbers

Roulette Variants

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