Roulette is a game of chance that involves betting on a number to come up after the wheel spins. Many people think they can beat the odds by using betting systems, but the truth is that they cannot.
Each table carries a placard that explains the minimum and maximum bet amounts. Choose a table within your budget, and buy chips from the dealer (called a croupier).
Origins
Roulette is a very popular gambling game that originated in the late eighteenth century. Its name comes from French and means ‘little wheel.’ The game was created by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal as a part of his pursuit to create a perpetual motion machine. However, similar games existed that used a spinning wheel prior to Pascal’s invention, including portique, hoca, bassette, and roly poly.
These games are believed to have been introduced to Europe by Chinese monks who taught it to Dominican monks they encountered on their travels. In 1860, the Blanc brothers invented a variant of the game that removed the double-zero slot on the wheel, and it is from this version of the game that today’s European roulette evolved. This game is also known as single-zero roulette.