Roulette table

The table game of roulette has been popular since the 18th century. Part of the appeal of this varied slot game is the special green roulette table that is used to bet chips on a certain ‘bet’. Together with the magic black wheel in which a ball determines the winning number, the roulette table makes this game a unique casino experience. If you are new to the world of online casino games you may have no idea what all those faces on the roulette table mean. A roulette table indeed looks complicated, but is simpler than you think. Read our brief explanation of the roulette table and you will know exactly how to play this classic game!

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Roulette table

Roulette: numbers and faces on the table

In roulette, also in online games and live games , bet by sliding chips to one or more surfaces of the table. If the ball then falls on a number that belongs in that plane, you win. Which faces are depicted on a roulette table?

Betting on some numbers

The areas with single numbers are the easiest to understand. If you bet on the individual number of such a square, for example on 23, you win if the ball lands on that number. Well, a roulette table for dollarpees roulette has 37 numbers, so your chance of winning with it is rather small. Fortunately, you have more options.

Some numbers highlighted on the roulette table

Betting on " outside bets’

Among other things, you can bet on half or a third of the board. The large areas for this are on the outside of the board and are therefore also called ‘outside bets’. By placing chips on these surfaces, you can bet on all black or red numbers, on all even (pair) or odd (impair) numbers, or on all low (manque, 1 to 18) or high (passe, 19 to 36) numbers. In each of these cases, your chance of winning is almost 50%! Then you can also bet on the three columns that extend over the length of the board, or on the three dozens of numbers (D = 1 to 12, M = 13 to 24, P = 25 to 36). With all these outside bets, your chances of winning are high, but your winnings are small.

Outside bets indicated on the roulette table

Posts tagged ' inside bets’

There is a middle ground between the hard-to-win single numbers and the outside bets that yield little. On the roulette table you can also bet on combinations of two, three, four or six numbers. You do this by dragging your chip to the right place inside the board (‘inside’). You now have an average chance of winning and still get paid a nice amount. Below you can read Which inside bets exist and which opportunities and winnings they entail.

Inside bets indicated on the roulette table

What are your odds and your winnings at the roulette table bets?

Above we have discussed all bets on (dollar) roulette. Now let's put them conveniently in a list! Read back here which bets you can place, what the chances are that you will win, and which ones payout you then get it. The profit is always one or more times your own bet: 1:1 means that you get 1 times your bet as a profit (and also get your bet back).

Some numbers

A bet on a single number (‘straight’) has a 2.7% chance of winning and gives you a profit of 35:1.

Outside bets

A bet on half of all numbers has a 48.6% chance of winning and gives you a 1:1 win. You can choose between red or black, even or odd, and high or low.
A bet on all numbers in a long column has a 32.4% chance of winning and gives you a 2:1 win.
A bet on all the numbers in a dozen (‘dozens’) has a 32.4% chance of winning and gives you a 2:1 win.

Inside bets

A bet on two adjacent numbers (’split') has a 5.4% chance of winning and gives you a win of 17:1.
A bet on three numbers in a row (‘street’ or ‘row’) has a winning chance of 8.1% and gives you a win of 11:1.
A bet on four numbers in a block (‘corner’) has a chance of winning 10.8% and gives you a win of 8:1.
A bet on six numbers in two adjacent rows (’double bar ‘or’ sixline') has a 16.2% chance of winning and gives you a 5:1 win.

Roulette numbers that often fall

How to increase your chances of winning at roulette? To begin with, Determine Which of the bets we have mentioned are attractive to you. If you want to score easily, place a bet on red. Or choose two favorite numbers and keep betting on them round after round: as soon as you win, you get a hefty profit credited to your account! There are also different roulette systems and strategies with which you can increase your chances in the longer term.

One of the tricks players use in roulette is keeping track of roulette numbers that often fall. If certain numbers fall (much) more often than is statistically expected, then we call them the ‘hot numbers’ and it may be worthwhile to bet on them. Some roulette games even have an overview of’ hot ‘and’ cold ' numbers in their game room, easy! Does betting on roulette numbers that often fall really work? Officially, a professional roulettert, and certainly an online roulettert, gives completely random outcomes. But, of course, you can never know.

The neighbors game of the dollarpese and French roulette table

At a French roulette table and some versions of American roulette is there another special plane, which looks like a kind of oval race track. This plane is intended for the bets of the neighbor game, and sometimes you also come across it online. So let's discuss these special bets for a moment.

The neighbor game involves betting on numbers that are next to each other on the roulette wheel. Therefore, you are actually betting on a combination of split bets and straight bets. Your payout is therefore high, but you should not place several of those bets at the same time. With live roulette at a roulette table, you can easily see if the ball will end in your series of numbers, which makes the neighbor game quite exciting!

The 0/2/3 series consists of seven split bets and a street, all of which are around the number 0. Your chance of winning here is 46%.
In the zero game ('jeu zero') you bet on 7 of the numbers that are close to zero. You have a 19% chance of winning.
The 5/8 series is a combination of 6 split bets that are opposite the 0, where you have a 32% chance of winning.
The orphelins are two planes of 5 and 3 adjacent numbers that lie in between the other bets. Your chance of winning is 22%.