Roulette is the most popular casino table game in the world. While at first glance the roulette table layout may appear quite complicated, roulette is actually a very easy game to play and understand.

The following roulette layout is the standard one found in American casinos.

Next to the layout is the roulette whee which is divided into 38 slots for the ball to land, and is numbered 1 through 36 and 0 and 00.

You can bet on any single number (straight up), a combination of numbers, or red or black, odd or even.

Each of the one to six players at the roulette table is given different-colored chips so that it's easy to keep track of the numbers on the layout you're betting on. A player may choose the value he wishes for his roulette chips: 25¢, 50¢, $1, $2. Players may also bet larger amounts by using $5, $25 and $100 regular casino chips.

Each roulette game begins when the dealer spins the wheel in one direction, and then rolls a small ball along the inner edge of the wheel in the opposite direction. The ball eventually falls into one of the numbered slots. That number is the declared winner for that game. In an hours time there are about 60-80 spins of the roulette wheel.

CHART KEY TYPE OF BET DESCRIPTION PAYS

A Straight-up A one-number bet. All individual numbers plus 0 and 00. Chip A is on number 13. 35 to 1
B Column A twelve-number bet. Pays off on any number in that vertical column. Chip B is on the 3rd column. 2 to 1
C Dozen A twelve-number bet. Pays off on any number in that dozen. Chip C is on the 1st dozen. 2 to 1
D Even-Money An 18 number bet. Pays off when a number hits on 1-18/19-36, Red/Black, Even/Odd. Chip D covers numbers 1-18. 1 to 1
E Split A two-number bet. Pays off when any one of your two numbers hit. Chip E is on numbers 11 and 12. 17 to 1
F Trio A three-number bet. Pays off when any one of your three numbers hit. Chip F covers numbers 28, 29 and 30. 11 to 1
G Corner A four-number bet. Pays off when any one of your four numbers hit. Chip G covers numbers 17, 18, 20 and 21. 8 to 1
H Five # The only five-number bet. Pays off when any one of your five numbers hit. Chip H covers numbers 1, 2, 3, 0 and 00. 6 to 1
I Six # A six-number bet. Pays off when any one of your six numbers hit. Chip I covers numbers 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27. 5 to 1

A note about even-money bets: In Nevada casinos all even-money wagers are completely lost if the ball lands in 0 or 00; Players in Atlantic City and European casinos will lose only half their bet, or the bet is imprisoned for another spin.

James bond plays it and so does a large part of America. A table a wheel which has about 37-38 pockets many pockets where the ball must land after it is spun by the croupier. The scene is really common at the casino setups across America. The players with high adrenaline pumping and high risk bearing capacity are expected to be seen around the roulette table trying their luck with spinning dolly. The croupier, or the dealer representing the house, takes the wagers and pays out all bets at the table. The croupier has no personal stake in the roulette game. The game has seen its popularity grow due to the reason that as the wheel slows down the people are more and more betting on the numbers.

Beginners bet on up to 8 numbers with smaller stakes. The champions however take greater risks. The bets are allowed on the table till the croupier gives a signal to the players regarding the bets to be stopped. The people are allowed to take a pick of 8 numbers and any of the tem winning gets a share of the other stakes and thus he gets the chips to be converted into money at the counter. As the wheel is slowing down the accuracy of the number where the dolly stops increases. And thus the stakes sky rocket at the end of the wheel spin. The bigger bets include the betting on the number along with color of its base. If they are matched then the prize too is multiplied. Thus the players prefer to take different combinations of colors and numbers and thus increasing the probability of win.

What makes the game nerve wrecking is that there is no rule of winning it. So there is no trick or system of betting that maximizes your chances of a win. So if one fine morning if one feels lucky then he can try his hand at the roulette table that evening. It’s just as simple. All you need is a load of luck and some amount of experience to understand a particular roulette table. This fact also repels some people from the game as it attracts. Bu the game has not lost its charisma among the fortunate ones. The roulette tables are the ones with the most visitors lined up for the bet. The game is played with utmost etiquette and the winners are expected not to over react as there is no big trick or tact to win the game. The simple rule is that if you are winning it its sheer luck and if you are loosing it’s just the same.

People have been seen getting robbed off their whole money at the game of roulette and some times the person gets so crazy playing it that he just looses the track of his capabilities and there are examples where the player almost lost their homes at the roulette table.

A lot of attachments come with the thrill of the game. Allegations of rigging the wheel to tempering the dolly have been rampant across the 200 year old history of the game. But the game has not lost its following throughout the world. A casino without roulette tables is not imaginable at all. Roulette has seen people rise and fall and historians have seen it in the same manner. But for sure the game is here to stay in all its glory.