» Roulette Wheels Information

The types of bets that can be placed on the Roulette table are:
Straight Bet
This is a bet placed on any single number. Odds of 35:1 are paid on a winning bet.
Split Bet
Also known as a Two Number bet, this bet is place on any line that divides two adjacent numbers. It is a bet that either of those two numbers will come up. Odds of 17:1 are paid on a winning bet.
Street Bet
Also known as a Row bet, this bet is placed on the outside of a row of three numbers. It is a bet that one of these three numbers will come up. Odds of 11:1 are paid on a winning bet.
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Gambling knows no age group, race, or ethnic group. Gambling knows no time limit or specific year or place. It happens everywhere, all the time, with all peoples of the world. Now you can see why it is North America's fastest growing industry. And it is a very serious business, not just for the owners of casinos or for governments offering games of chance, but to every person who has ever placed a bet. So why do people from each and every corner of the world gamble? NEED. People usually gamble out of need. They need the money, or they need the fast paced excitement offered by the games. Once they get a taste of betting they are hooked. Some people have the ability to stop but once a person makes a winning bet, he or she is usually hooked by the gambling bug. They change their list of priorities and gambling becomes one of the top requirements. A win is perceived as easy money tha.t can be duplicated time after time after time. Lady Luck becomes their constant companion, friend or foe, and they talk to her, beg for her help, and even silently pray to her. Hope, anger, disgust, anticipation, confidence and despair all become constant companions. It is not unusual to hear such things as "the next best thing to gambling and winning is gambling and losing", or "I don't mind losing, after all, it's only money". Emotionally, there is no other fix that can take you so high as winning and bring you down so low as losing. Mathematically speaking, gambling is an art at which most people must lose. The odds are against all who gamble. This is ensured by the house taking a house edge called a vig. Or in the cases of government run gambling, you cannot get the correct odds on any given bet. If you are making the right bets at the right time you can win big dollars. However, most people are doomed to be on the wrong bet. Casinos and millions of dollars donated to charities by governments do not come about by most people being on the right bet at the right time. read more

The term "Roulette" is derived from a French word meaning small wheel. The origin of Roulette is not very clear. while some sources state that Blaise Pascal, a 17th Century French mathematician invented the roulette wheel, other sources state that the game originated in China and was brought to Europe by Dominican monks who were trading with the Chinese. During the late 18th century the Roulette wheel became very popular when Prince Charles (ruler of Monaco at the time introduced gambling to Monacco as a way of alleviating the financial problems of the region. However, the modern version of the Roulette wheel did not appear until 1842 when Frenchmen Francois and Louis Blanc invented the single "0" roulette game. The game was eventually brought to America in the early 1800s. The single "0" modification was eventually rejected in America and the two zeros "00" where returned to the Roulette wheel. The Roulette wheel gained a great deal of popularity in America during the California Gold Rush. There are two types of Roulette Games. American Roulette Wheel: The American Roulette Wheel contains 38 numbers including 0, 00 and 1 to 36. Having two zeros (0, 00) gives the house a 5.26 advantage. In other words, for every $100 a gambler bets, the house will make $5.26 in profit. read more