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Roulette, a game that was first played in 17th century France, is today a very popular game throughout Europe. You will find that it is particularly “hot” in Monte Carlo.
The object of playing roulette is to try and guess which number on the roulette wheel the ball will drop into after the croupier has spun the wheel. How the player makes this prediction is fairly random – much of it is a guessing game, and luck plays a major role in who wins. Some players, feeling that certain numbers are “winners” and are always coming up, will bet on those. Others, feeling that the numbers that HAVEN’T come up are the ones that are “due” to come up, will bet on those. Some players bet on multiple numbers which, while increasing their chances that ONE of those numbers will be hit, obviously decreases the payout. Then you’ve got your methodical players, who use various roulette and money management “systems.”
The game itself consists of up to 8 players. These players play against the dealer, or “croupier” (aka: the “house”), who both spins the wheel and takes the bets and makes the payouts. The players buy color-coded chips – each player getting a different color so that the bets can be easily seen – when the game is over the winners exchange these chips for cash chips (their value printed on them), which are then exchanged for REAL cash at the cashier’s desk.
The players place their bets. They do this by placing their color-coded chips on the numbers they want – the numbers appearing either on the layout, or in printed sections outside the layout. After bets have been placed, the croupier spins the wheel and throws the ball. At a certain point, when he sees that the ball looks as if it near to falling into a number, he will call, “No more bets,” and at that point players cannot place or make any changes to any of their bets. When the ball has finally come to its resting position in a particular pocket the croupier will place a dolly over the winning number and clear off the bets that did not win. The winners will be those people who placed bets on the winning number or any winning combinations– outside bets on that number will also win. New bets can be placed while the winners are being paid.
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