Roulette
THE GAME TABLE
CONSISTS OF A WHEEL DIVIDED INTO 37 POCKETS
NUMBERED FROM 0 TO 36 AND A GREEN BAIZE GRID FOR THE STAKES.
ON
THE WHEEL, ZERO IS WRITTEN ON A GREEN
POCKET. THE OTHER 36 NUMBERS ARE INDICATED ALTERNATELY AS RED OR
BLACK. THE GRID ON THE GREEN BAIZE SHOWS THE NUMBERS, COLUMNS,
SIXLINES AND SIMPLE COMBINATIONS PLAYERS CAN BET ON.
THE GAME BEGINS WITH THE CROUPIER’S
CALL OF “MESSIEURS FAITES VOS JEUX”. THIS INVITES PLAYERS TO LAY
THEIR BETS BY PLACING ONE OR MORE CHIPS ON THE
NUMBERS OR COMBINATIONS OF THEIR CHOICE.
TO
AVOID MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND DISAGREEMENTS,
WE SUGGEST YOU ASK THE CROUPIERS TO LAY YOUR BETS.
THE
CROUPIER THEN SPINS THE WHEEL AND TOSSES IN THE BALL IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION TO WHICH THE WHEEL IS TURNING.
PLAYERS
CAN ALSO STAKE BETS AFTER THE BALL HAS BEEN TOSSED IN,
BUT BEFORE THE CROUPIER CALLS “RIEN NE VA PLUS”.
BETS IN FRENCH ROULETTE
STRAIGHT
A STRAIGHT NUMBER: 35 TO 1
SPLIT
TWO ADJOINING NUMBERS: 17 TO 1
STREET
THREE NUMBERS ON THE SAME HORIZONTAL LINE: 11 TO 1
CORNER
FOUR NUMBERS FORMING A SQUARE: 8 TO 1
FIRST FOUR
THE “FIRST FOUR” SEQUENCE (0, 1, 2, 3): 8 TO 1
SIXLINE
A HORIZONTAL BLOCK OF SIX NUMBERS: 5 TO 1
COLUMN
A COLUMN OF TWELVE NUMBERS: 2 TO 1
12-BET
(1-12) - (13-24) - (25-36): 2 TO 1
SIMPLE CHANCES
LOW (1-18) - HIGH (19-36) - RED OR BLACK - EVEN OR ODD: 1 tO 1
IF THE BALL LANDS ON THE “ZERO”, “SIMPLE COMBINATION” STAKES ARE “IMPRISONED” UNTIL THE NEXT ROUND WHEN THEY ARE FREED IF THEY WIN. IF THEY ARE FREED IMMEDIATELY THEY LOSE HALF THEIR VALUE.



