The game of Roulette is played by spinning a small
ball on a round wheel with thirty-eight numbered slots. When the wheel stops,
the ball comes to rest in one of these slots. The object of Roulette is to
correctly predict the slot in which the ball will land. By predicting the right
number, you earn a payoff on your bet. The size of the payoff depends on how the
bet was placed.
Your chips are stacked by denomination ($1,
$5, $25, $100, $500) at the bottom of the screen above the game menu.
Select the amount you would like to wager on a given hand by clicking the
left mouse button on the chip of that denomination. This activates that
specific chip denomination. Next, place your bet on the Roulette table by
clicking on a bet field. To specify a bet that does not equal to an
existing chip denomination, simply click on another chip denomination
after placing your previous chip on the table. For example, to bet $30,
click on the $25 chip and place it on the table then click on the $5 chip
and place it on top of the $25 chip. You may repeat your last bet by
simply hitting the "0" button of your numeric keyboard. Other
numeric keyboard shortcuts are summarized below.
To place a bet in Roulette, place your chips on the table as described
above. Depending on where you choose to place your chips, you can
"cover" (bet on) anywhere from one to eighteen numbers with a
single bet. If you place a wager that is lower than the minimum table bet
limit, a messagebox will be displayed asking you to adjust your bet
amount.
You can spin the roulette wheel by pressing the "SPIN" button in
the bottom left corner of the screen or by clicking on the roulette wheel.
The history of the previous winning numbers is displayed in a table above
the Game Menu. There are three different colored numbers in the history
table. The Yellow colored numbers mean that they belong to the Black set
of numbers. The Red colored numbers mean they belong to the Red set of
numbers and the Green colored numbers are either '0' or '00'. The
"PASS" button may be used to spin the wheel without putting a
bet on the table.
You can place nine different kinds of bets on the Roulette table. Each
type of bet covers a certain range of numbers, and each type has its own
payoff rate. The short lines of three numbers each are called rows on the
board, while the longer lines, each holding twelve, are called columns.
The first six types of bets are all made on the numbered space or on the
lines between them and are called inside bets, while the last three types
are made on the special boxes below and to the right of the board and are
called outside bets. These bets are tabulated below:
|
| Bet
Type |
Explanation |
| Straight
Up |
Place
your chips directly on any single number (including zero and
double-zero). |
| Split
Bet |
Place
your chips on the line between any two numbers. |
| Street
Bet |
Place
your chips at the end of any row of numbers. A street bet covers
three numbers. |
| Corner
Bet |
Place
your chips at the corner where four numbers meet. All four numbers
are covered. |
| Five
Bet |
This
bet can be made in only one place and covers five number: zero,
double zero, one, two and three. Place your chips at the end of
the row between the numbers 00 and 3. |
| Line
Bet |
Place
your chips at the end of two rows at the intersection between
them. A line bet covers all the numbers in either row, for a total
of six. |
| Column
Bet |
Placing
a chip in one of the boxes marked "2 to 1" at the end of
the columns covers all the numbers in that column, a total of
twelve. (Neither the zero nor the double zero are covered by any
of the columns). |
| Dozen
Bet |
Placing
a chip in one of the three boxes marked "1st 12,"
"2nd 12," or "3rd 12" covers those twelve
numbers. |
| Red/Black,
Even/Odd,1 to 18/19 to 36 |
A
chip placed in one of the six boxes at the bottom of the board
covers the half of the board described in that box. (The zero and
double zero are not covered by any of these boxes.) Each box
covers eighteen numbers. |
|
| Once a spin is complete, the winning number
will be noted on the table with a marker. Winning bets will have a
"W" chip placed on top of them. Bets on red, black, odd, even, 1
to 18, and 19 to 36 will have a "1/2" chip placed on top of them
if a zero or double-zero is rolled to signify that half of the bet is
returned according to the zero or double-zero rule. |
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