Playing Roulette
Roulette is a game traditionally played in a casino. It has derived its name from the French word 'small wheel'. The game of Roulette involves players placing their bets on a range of numbers and colors or whether the number is an odd or even one. The croupier then spins the wheel in one direction and a ball in the opposite direction along a tilted circular track that spans the circumference of the wheel. When the ball loses momentum it falls into a numbered colored pocket on the wheel to determine the winning number and color.
In online Roulette, the rules for tournaments are more or less the same at any land based casino. However, the terms and conditions, guidelines and rules may vary from online casino to online casino or even between two Roulette tournaments hosted by the same casino.
Most online casinos announce the date and time that their Roulette tournaments will start, as well as how long the games will last, which could often be for weeks on end.
Joining a Roulette Tournament
Players are expected to pay a buy-in fee to join the Roulette tournament. They are in turn given the equivalent amount in chips to play with. The objective, as with all casino games, is obviously to collect the maximum number of chips within a pre-fixed period of time. In some Roulette tournaments, players do not have to play at a single sitting and can break up the time duration.
Roulette Tournament Betting
The amount a player wins depends on the bet placed. The player can bet on red or black, groups of numbers, odds or evens or columns and rows. The different kinds of bets and the winnings are:
- Single: Single number - wins at 35 to 1
- Split: Any two numbers by placing the bet on the line between them - wins at 17 to 1
- Trio: On 3 numbers where they intersect (0, 1, 2 or 0, 2, 3) - wins at 11 to 1
- Corner: On 4 numbers where they intersect - wins at 8 to 1
- 4 Numbers: On 0, 1, 2, 3 at the intersection of 0 & 3 - wins at 9 to 1
- Street: On a row of 3 numbers at the end of the row - wins at 11 to 1
- Line: On 2 'streets' of numbers by placing a bet at the end of both rows & on the line between them - wins at 5 to 1
- Dozen: On the 'first 12', 'second 12' & 'third 12' boxes, covering 12 numbers each - between them - wins at 2 to 1
- Column: On a column of numbers (each column covers 12 numbers) - between them - wins at 2 to 1
- High or low: On the box marked '1 to 18' (low) or '19 to 36' (high) between them - wins at 1 to 1
- Red or black: On the specific color - between them - wins at 1 to 1
- Odd or even: Odd or even number - between them - wins at 1 to 1
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