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Roulette

Roulette (named after the French word meaning "little wheel") is a casino game which was likely developed from the Italian game Biribi. In the game, a player may choose to place a bet on a single number, various groupings of numbers, the color red or black, whether the number is odd or even, or if the number is high or low.

This article is about the casino game. For other uses, see Roulette (disambiguation).

To determine the winning number, a croupier spins a wheel in one direction, then spins a ball in the opposite direction around a tilted circular track running around the outer edge of the wheel. The ball eventually loses momentum, passes through an area of deflectors, and falls onto the wheel and into one of the colored and numbered pockets on the wheel. The winnings are then paid to anyone who has placed a successful bet.

Zero costs 17 chips to complete and pays 235 chips.

Number 1 and number 3 each cost 27 chips and pay 297 chips.

Number 2 is a 36-chip bet and pays 396 chips.

1st column numbers 4 to 31 and 3rd column numbers 6 to 33, cost 30 chips each to complete. The payout for a win on these 30-chip bets is 294 chips.

2nd column numbers 5 to 32 cost 40 chips each to complete. The payout for a win on these numbers is 392 chips.

Numbers 34 and 36 each cost 18 chips and pay 198 chips.

Number 35 is a 24-chip bet which pays 264 chips.

In the 1960s and early 1970s, won about $1.2 million at dozens of European casinos. He claimed that he was using a mathematical system designed on a powerful computer. In reality, he simply observed more than 10,000 spins of each roulette wheel to determine flaws in the wheels. Eventually the casinos realized that flaws in the wheels could be exploited, and replaced older wheels. The manufacture of roulette wheels has improved over time.[21]

Richard Jarecki

In 1963 Sean Connery, filming in Italy, attended the casino in Saint-Vincent and won three consecutive times on the number 17, his winnings riding on the second and third spins.[22]

From Russia with Love

In 2004, of London sold all of his possessions, clothing included, and placed his entire net worth of US$135,300 on red at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas. The ball landed on "Red 7" and Revell walked away with $270,600.[23]

Ashley Revell

Bauernroulette

Boule

Eudaemons

Monte Carlo Paradox

Russian roulette

Straperlo

, a novel written by Fyodor Dostoevsky inspired by his addiction to roulette

The Gambler

; a game similar to roulette

Le multicolore