In anticipation of making bank, roulette players get a thrill out of watching the wheel
spin and the ball bounce 😆 from pocket to pocket. Search For… Search
An average dealer
gets 27 to 29 revolutions per spin. Playing at this pace, 😆 players will see an average
of 55 spins per hour. Before each one, they rely on their intuition and superstition 😆 to
predict the winning number. When they get it right, the dealer announces their number
and color which appears on 😆 a screen, called a tote board. Each roulette table has one
that displays the outcomes of the most recent spins.
The 😆 casino supplies this
information for players who falsely believe recent outcomes can influence future
outcomes. The casinos don’t mind providing 😆 this information because it doesn’t give
players any advantage.
Take a spin to win! Roulette in Las Vegas
Types of Roulette
Bets
The 😆 game starts when players place their bets and the dealer drops a ball into the
spinning roulette wheel. Players may 😆 continue to wager until the dealer waves his hand
over the layout and announces, “No more bets.” Roulette has a 😆 myriad of betting
options, and they’re not all created equal. Bets on a number or multiple numbers are
called inside 😆 bets. Bets on a proposition such as red or black or low or high are
called outside bets.
Inside Bets
Straight up 😆 bet A bet on a single number on the
layout. Place your bet on your chosen number. Split bet Bet 😆 on two numbers when you put
your chips on the line between the numbers. Street bet A bet on three 😆 numbers that’s
made by placing your chips on the border around the numbers.
Corner bet A bet on four
numbers that 😆 form a square. Your chips go on the intersection where the numbers meet.
Five number bet Also called the basket 😆 bet, it’s a wager on the numbers 0, 00, 1, 2 and
3. Place your chips on the left corner 😆 of the numbers area where the one and the single
zero intersect. At nearly 8%, the five-number bet has the 😆 highest house advantage in
roulette. Six number bet Also called a line bet, put your chips on the border of 😆 the
six numbers you’d like to wager on.
Snake bet Made up of 12 straight-up bets of equal
value, it’s called 😆 a snake bet because when you connect the numbers, it looks like an
“s.” It includes the numbers: 1, 5, 😆 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23, 27, 30, 32 and 34. Some
casinos allow players to place a snake bet 😆 automatically, while others require them to
place each straight up bet individually.
Outside Bets
The column bet A bet that any one
😆 of three vertical columns will contain the winning number. To make a column bet, place
your chips at the end 😆 of the layout where it reads “2 to 1.” The dozen bet The numbers
on the layout are split into 😆 three dozens. To make a dozens bet, place your chips on
the zone marked “1st 12, 2nd 12 or 3rd 😆 12.” The odd or even bet A bet on the 18 odd or
18 even numbers on the wheel. Place 😆 your chips on the words “odd,” or “even,” on the
layout.
The red or black bet Pick the color you think 😆 will hit and place your chips on
that color on the layout. The low or high bet Put your chips 😆 on “1 to 18,” or “19 to
36,” to bet on which group will contain the winning number.
Roulette Payouts
Inside
bets 😆 have high returns, but low win rates. Outside bets have low returns and the
highest rate of success. The player 😆 wins less than 3% of the time when he bets on a
single number. When he beats the odds, the 😆 payout is massive at 35:1. AR$10 straight up
bet returnsR$360, but experts don’t advise making this or other high-risk inside 😆 bets.
Instead, they recommend growing your chip stack slowly with even money bets on odd or
even, red or black 😆 and low or high.
Bet type Payout American Roulette Odds
Straight up
35:1 2.60%
Split 17:1 5.30%
Street 11:1 7.90%
Corner 8:1 10.50%
Five number 6:1
😆 13.20%
Six number 5:1 15:80%
Snake 2:1 31.58%
Column 2:1 31.60%
Dozen 2:1 31.60%
Odd or
even 1:1 47.40%
Red or black 1:1 47.40%
Low or high 😆 1:1 47.40%
Feel the excitedment of
the Roulette wheel in Las Vegas
How Many Zeros are on the Wheel?
The majority of
roulette 😆 wheels in Las Vegas casinos are American, also called double-zero. A
double-zero wheel has 36 numbers, a zero and a 😆 double zero, with a house advantage of
5.26%. With 36 numbers and one zero, a European, or single-zero roulette wheel 😆 offers
the lowest overall house edge at 2.7%. Even money bets made on a European Roulette
wheel have an even 😆 lower house advantage of 1.35%. High-end Strip resorts typically
offer European Roulette in the high limit room. When picking a 😆 table, remember the
fewer zeros on the wheel the better your odds. Choosing the right roulette wheel can
make the 😆 difference between winning and losing. Players should avoid triple-zero
roulette which has an excessive house edge of 7.69%.
Roulette Wheel Bias
A 😆 roulette
wheel is designed to generate random outcomes. On a biased wheel, specific numbers come
up more than expected. It 😆 can be the result of wear and tear or a manufacturing defect.
Biased wheels are rare and difficult to detect, 😆 but they exist.
Thirty years ago, a
roulette player won over one million euros betting on a biased wheel at the 😆 Casino de
Madrid. He wasn’t the only one to win more than a million this way, so casinos
implemented countermeasures 😆 to detect biased wheels and put them out of commission.
Regular inspections and electronic monitoring make winning a million next 😆 to impossible
today.
Older roulette wheels with shallow pockets are more susceptible to bias. Another
indication of bias, a ball that 😆 rattles more than normal is likely to be deformed. If
you think you’ve found a biased wheel, record the results 😆 of 1,000 hands, known as
clocking, to verify your suspicions. Put the data into a spreadsheet to confirm or
disprove 😆 the bias. When the ball favors a single number, it’s called a pocket bias.
Professionals believe you need a minimum 😆 of 5,000 spins to verify pocket bias. More
commonly found, section bias is when the ball favors a specific section 😆 of the
wheel.
23, just for me! Try your luck on the roulette wheel in Las Vegas
Electronic
Games
Electronic roulette games can 😆 be found in just about every casino on the Las
Vegas Strip. With a virtual wheel and no live dealer, 😆 electronic roulette appeals to
gamblers who prefer to play solo. Another advantage, electronic roulette games have
lower minimum bets than 😆 traditional tables. Electronic versions of blackjack, craps and
baccarat have also been demanding more space on the casino floor in 😆 recent years.
Best
Places to Play Roulette on the Strip
Looking for the cheapest European Roulette table
on the Las Vegas Strip? 😆 MGM Grand and the Cromwell offer European Roulette with aR$25
minimum bet. The table limit increases toR$50 toR$100 during peak 😆 hours and on
weekends. European Roulette tables at Mandalay Bay have aR$50 minimum bet during
non-peak hours. Most Strip casinos 😆 call for players to bet a minimum ofR$100 a spin to
play European Roulette.
Bet as little asR$5 a spin when 😆 you play double-zero roulette
games at Circus Circus or slightly off Strip at Westgate or Ellis Island. Expect to see
😆 aR$10 toR$15 minimum bet at most Strip casinos. Casinos on Fremont Street offerR$5
andR$10 table minimums. Low-limit games give players 😆 the flexibility to take advantage
of a variety of betting options.
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