There are two sections to the game of roulette: the roulette wheel and the roulette table. The roulette table is where the players place their bets. The roulette wheel is then spun by the croupier and a small ball bearing rolls around its rim, then bounces into one of the 38 numbered spaces (36 plus 0 and 00).
The roulette table is divided into 38 numbered spaces, 0 and 00, both colored green at the top of the table; 1-36; 3 horizontal rows, 12 columns called “streets”, 3 zones: 1-12, 13-24 and 25-36. There are black and red numbers 18 red and 18 black but not in a discernible pattern, and you can bet on either black or red on the appropriate space.
Place roulette bets on the table as follows:
Bet on a single number: Payoff is 36 to 1. Put your chip in the middle of the number square.
Bet on two numbers : Bet on two numbers by putting your chip on the line that divides the two numbers. Payoff is 17 to 1.
Bet on three numbers in a column (”the street): Payoff is 10 to 1. Put your chip directly at the top of the column. The croupier will tell you exactly where to put it.
Bet on black or red: Payoff is 2 to 1. If you are playing at a $5.00 minimum table, usually you will have to put at least 5 chips on a black or red, considered on the “edge” of the table. Same for betting on the zones 1-12, 13-24, and 25-36. You will need to put a total of 5 chips on numbers per spin of the wheel.
You can bet one chip at a time on the “streets” and the “rows”.
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