Inside Bets are bets on numbers straight up or on a line between numbers that select a combination of numbers. Outside Bets are any of the bets in the boxes surrounding the numbers on the table. To place Inside and Outside Bets: Choose a chip value. Click on the bet you wish to place on the Roulette table. Click on Spin or Turbo Spin. Special features.
How to Play Roulette
Similar to the European variation of Roulette, in the game of Roulette players wager on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even. To determine the winning number and color, a croupier spins the Roulette wheel in one direction and a ball in the opposite direction around the numbered track of the Roulette wheel. The ball eventually falls into one of 38 numbered and colored pockets on the wheel (0, 00 and 1 to 36).
Placing a bet
The same Inside and Outside Bets found in European Roulette are also available at Roulette tables. Inside Bets are bets on numbers straight up or on a line between numbers that select a combination of numbers. Outside Bets are any of the bets in the boxes surrounding the numbers on the table.
To place Inside and Outside Bets:
- Choose a chip value.
- Click on the bet you wish to place on the Roulette table.
- Click on Spin or Turbo Spin.
Special features
The Advanced Panel
All of the special features available in the game are located in the Advanced Panel. To open the panel, click on the Advanced tab in top right corner of the game screen.
Neighbor Bets
Neighbor Bets allow players to wager on numbers that appear next to a certain number on the Roulette wheel. For example, a 1-number Neighbor Bet on 12 would include 12 as well as 29, the neighboring number on the left, and 8, the neighboring number on the right. Players can place up to 4-number Neighbor Bets (four numbers that appear adjacent to a number on the left and on the right sides).
To place Neighbor Bets:
- Click on Neighbor Bets in the Advanced Panel.
- Click on the number of Neighbor Bets you wish to wager on (1 – 4).
- Scroll over the Roulette Wheel image to preview the bet you wish to place.
- Click on the number you wish to bet on. Chips are placed on all relevant numbers.
- Click on Spin.
Hot/Cold Numbers
The Neighbor Bets window will always showcase the five numbers that have won the greatest number of rounds (Hot) and the five numbers that have won the least number of rounds (Cold). Players can quickly and easily bet on one or all five Hot or Cold Numbers from the panel. Every number on the Roulette wheel is categorized by a level of ‘hotness’ or ‘coldness’. This is illustrated on the wheel in the Neighbors window by designated colors that fill the pie-shaped space below each number on the Roulette wheel.
- Clicking on All hot or All cold will place five chips on the table – one for each number.
- If two numbers were called the same amount of times, the number that was called last is hotter.
- The five coldest numbers are displayed only after enough spins occur for them to be determined.
- Hot and cold numbers are determined per session only.
Autoplay
The autoplay feature allows you to automatically play a chosen number of successive game rounds without having to place your bets and click on the Spin button each time.
- Click on Autoplay in the advanced panel.
- Choose the number of spins you want to play automatically.
- Click on Start.
Inside and Outside Bets
Straight Up: Place a bet directly on any single number.
Split Bet: Place a bet on the line between any two numbers.
Street Bet: Place a bet at the end of any row of numbers, covering three numbers.
Corner Bet: Place a bet on the corner where four numbers meet.
Line Bet: Place a bet at the end of two streets on the line between them. A line bet covers all the numbers in either street, for a total of six.
Dozen Bet: Place a bet in one of the boxes marked “1st12″, “2nd12″, or “3rd12″, each covering twelve numbers.
Column Bet: On the short side of the Roulette table are three boxes marked “2 to 1″. By placing a chip in one of these boxes, players mark all twelve numbers above it (excluding 0).
1-18 / 19-36: Place a bet in one of the boxes marked “1 to 18″ or “19 to 36″, each covering 18 numbers.
Red/Black or Even/Odd: A bet placed in one of the four boxes, on the sides of the board, covers half of the numbers on the board, as described in that box. The zero in not covered by any of these boxes. Each box covers eighteen numbers.
Trio: a bet on 0, 1 and 2; 0, 00, and 2; or 00, 2, and 3. The chip is placed at the intersection of the three desired numbers.
Top line: a bet on 0, 00, 1, 2, and 3. The chip is placed at the corner of 0 and 1.
Payoff
Inside and Outside Bets: | |
| Bet | Payoff |
| Straight Up (1 number) | 35 to 1 |
| Split Bet (2 numbers) | 17 to 1 |
| Trio Bet (3 numbers) | 11 to 1 |
| Street Bet (3 numbers) | 11 to 1 |
| Corner Bet (4 numbers) | 8 to 1 |
| Top line (5 numbers) | 6 to 1 |
| Line Bet (6 numbers) | 5 to 1 |
| Dozen Bet (12 numbers) | 2 to 1 |
| Column Bet (12 numbers) | 2 to 1 |
| Red/Black (18 numbers) | 1 to 1 |
| Even/Odd (18 numbers) | 1 to 1 |
| Low/Hi (18 numbers) | 1 to 1 |
| Four Number Bet | 8 to 1 |
Malfunction voids all pays and plays.
Minimum and maximum betting limits
Minimum bet = 1 USD
Maximum bet = 300 USD
Premium Roulette
The premium version of this game has the same rules and functions.
The table color is black and the betting limits are higher:
Minimum bet: 5 USD
Maximum bet: 2000 USD
Remember to stay realistic about the long odds on this popular game of chance. Approach roulette with the sober realization that, with a house advantage of 5.26 percent on the American wheel, roulette is among the worst bets in a casino. Despite the odds, you can still use some simple strategies to stretch your roulette bankroll and enjoy the thrill of the spin. This article contains a few tips that can help you improve your chances of winning.
Roulette is a drain on your wallet simply because the game doesn’t pay what the bets are worth. With 38 numbers (1 to 36, plus 0 and 00), the true odds of hitting a single number on a straight-up bet are 37 to 1, but the house pays only 35 to 1 if you win! Ditto the payouts on the combination bets. This discrepancy is where the house gets its huge edge in roulette.
Starting with the basics
Strategy is critical if you want to increase your odds of winning. The first time you play roulette, the players sprinkling the layout with chips may look as if they’re heaping pepperoni slices on a pizza. You can make many different bets as long as you stay within the table’s maximum limits. Consequently, few players make just one bet at a time.
Of course, the more bets you make, the more complicated and challenging it is to follow all the action. Here are two possible plans of attack to simplify matters:
- Stick to the table minimum and play only the outside bets. For example, bet on either red or black for each spin. This type of outside bet pays 1 to 1 and covers 18 of the 38 possible combinations.
- Place two bets of equal amounts on two outside bets: one bet on an even-money play and the other on a column or dozen that pays 2 to 1. For example, place one bet on black and one bet on Column Three, which has eight red numbers. That way, you have 26 numbers to hit, 4 of which you cover twice. You can also make a bet on red and pair it with a bet on Column Two, which has eight black numbers. Again, you cover 26 numbers, and 4 of them have two ways to win. Pairing a bet on either red or black with Column One (or on one of the three dozens) covers 24 numbers, and 6 numbers have two ways of winning. Spreading bets like this won’t make you rich, but it does keep things interesting at the table.
How To Win On Roulette Wheel
Playing a European wheel
If you happen to find a single-zero European wheel, you greatly improve your odds: The house edge is half that of roulette with the American wheel — only 2.63 percent. You may see a European wheel at one of the posh Vegas casinos, such as Bellagio, Mirage, or Caesars Palace. If you can’t find one on the floor, it’s probably tucked away in the high-limit area along with the baccarat tables, so you may need to ask. You can also find the single-zero wheel at some other upscale casinos around the country.
Because casinos set aside the European wheel for high rollers, you’re likely to find a higher table minimum, say $25. But because the house edge is half that of a double-zero wheel, the European wheel is the better roulette game to play for bigger bettors.
How To Bet On Roulette Wheel
Your chances of winning get even better if the casino offers an advantageous rule called en prison. Sometimes available on the European wheel, the en prison rule lowers the house edge even further to a reasonable 1.35 percent. The rule applies to even-money bets. For example, say you have a $10 bet riding on black. If the ball lands on zero, your even-money bet doesn’t win or lose but remains locked up for one more spin. If the ball lands on black on the next spin, the house returns your original bet of $10, but you don’t win anything. If the ball lands on red, you lose. And if the ball repeats the zero number again, your bet stays imprisoned for another round.