FRENCH ROULETTE

Inspired by perpetual motion, Roulette, invented by Blaise Pascal, is one of the most popular casino games. In this very simple and accessible game, you guess which pocket the ball thrown into the wheel will land in. On the Table, the Layout has the 37 Roulette numbers spread out over three columns of 12 squares marked 1 to 36, 18 of them red and 18 black. The 0 appears in green above the others. On the side, other squares indicate the even money bets (red, black, even, odd, low, high) and under these, the other bets (dozens and columns of numbers).

When the Croupier announces ‘Place your bets', place your chips on the squares of your choice. You can move your chips until he or she announces ‘No more bets'. The ball spins around the wheel and when it stops, the winning number and colour are revealed. The losing bets are swept away and the payments are made to the winners in increasing order: columns and dozens, even money and non-even money bets, six lines, top lines, corners, splits and finally single numbers.

There are two types of bet in Roulette.

The inside bets have higher payouts but longer odds. You place your chips:  
- Straight-up: on a single number The winnings are 35 x the wager.
- Split: on 2 numbers. The winnings are 17 x the wager.
- Top line: on the 1st vertical line, covering 3 numbers. The winnings are 11 x the wager.
- Corner: on 4 numbers that meet at a corner. The winnings are 8 x the wager.
- Six line: on 6 consecutive numbers that form 2 horizontal lines of 3 numbers. The winnings are 5 x the wager.

The outside bets, which are easier to win as they include more numbers, have lower payouts. Place your chips on:
- Even money: Red, Black, Even, Odd, Low or High. The winnings are 1 x the wager.
- Other bets:
- Dozens or on the line between 2 dozens when 24 numbers are played. The winnings are double the wager for the dozen and ½ the wager for the split dozens, i.e. 24 numbers played.
- Column, at the bottom of one of the three vertical columns, i.e. 12 numbers, or on the line between 2 columns when 24 numbers are played. The winnings are double the wager for the column and ½ the wager for the split columns, i.e. 24 numbers played.

When the 0 comes up:
- If you have chosen it straight-up, as a split (0/1, 0/2 or 0/3) or as a corner with the first 4 (0/1/2/3), it is paid like any other number. All different bets are losers except the even money bets
- If you made an even money bet, your stakes are put ‘in prison’. They will only be returned to you if, on the next spin, what you had bet comes up. Otherwise, they are lost
- If you made an even money bet and the 0 comes up. The even money bet made must come up twice in a row for you to recover your wager