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Roulette Rules
Roulette is a very easy to learn and really exciting game. Due to its variety of combinations and bets it might seem difficult to understand. The truth is exactly the opposite. Roulette is played on a table featuring a betting area and the roulette wheel. This wheel consists 38 compartments with numbers from 1 to 36, which are colored black and red, and two green compartments with 0 and 00. Most casinos have 00 on their wheels to increase the odds to their advantage. Before you can place your bet on a roulette table you first have to get special roulette chips from the dealer at the table. Every player has different colored chips for easier identifying. The game starts after the players have made most of their bets by placing them on the numbered layout. You will see the layout explained below. The dealer then spins the wheel in one direction and the small ball in the opposite one. This doesn't mean you can't place any more bets. You can place bets until the ball leaves the track and falls onto the spuned wheel. The dealer will then say "No more Bets!". The ball then falls into one of the wheel's numbered compartments which determines the winning number. After the wheel stops the dealer will then mark the winning number on the betting area and the bets are paid accordingly.
Placing the Bets in Roulette!
There are many different bets that can be placed on a roulette table. At the first look the layout might seem a bit confusing but it is not very hard to understand how the betting works.
1.) Straight Bet / The chip can be put anywhere on the layout on one of the 38 numbers. It has to be completely in the square surrounding the number you choose because if it is not the dealer could mistake it for a different bet. This bet offers the highest odds in this casino game. You get paid a 35:1 odd if the ball lands on your number.
2.) Split or Two number Bet / In a split bet you place your chip on the line between two neighboring numbers. In this case the numbers are 12 and 15. You win if the ball lands on either of those numbers. The odds on this bet are 17:1.
3.) Street or Three number Bet / This bet allows you to cover an entire row of the table. You make this bet by placing your chip on the outside line of the row you want to bet on. You win if one of those three numbers comes up. The odds here are 11:1.
4.) Corner Bet / This bet covers four numbers. To make it, you have to put your chip right in the middle of the four numbers where they join corners. In this case they are 20, 21, 23 and 24. The odds on this one are 8:1.
5.) Five Number Bet / Here you have to place your chip in the only possible 5 number street available. This bet only covers the numbers 0, 00 1, 2 and 3. If one one these numbers comes up you will get paid 6:1 odds.
6.) Six Number Bet / This bet makes it possible to cover two rows of three numbers each. You have to place your chip on the outside line of the two rows you want to cover. In this case the numbers are 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33. The odds on this particular bet are 5:1.
7.) Any Red or Black Bet / In this case you put your chip either on the black or the red field on the outside. This covers all the black or red numbers on the field. The odds are 1:1.
8.) Any Low or High Number Bet / This bet divides the field of numbers into two groups. The numbers from 1 to 18 (low)and from 19 to 36 (high). You bet on whether the next number that comes up is between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36. In either case if 0 or 00 shows up you lose. The odds are 1:1 also.
9.) Any Even or Odd Bet / Here you bet if the next number that comes up is either even or odd. Same as the bet above each of those two fields covers 18 numbers. 0 or 00 is not considered either even or odd, so if it comes up you lose. The odds are 1:1 on this bet as well.
10.) Dozen Bet / This divides the numbers into three dozen. Each one of them covers 12 numbers (1 to 12, 13 to 24 and 25 to 36). As shown above your bet would be on the first dozen, this means all the numbers from one to twelve would be covered. In case you win you get paid 2:1.
11.) Column Bets / There are three columns, namely 1st, 2nd & 3rd. Either of them covers 12 numbers. In the example above the bet would be on the 2nd column. If any of the numbers included in the column show you win 2:1.
A game like roulette does not have any kind of particular strategies, because it is a random game. Never the less, you can maximize your chances of winning by betting strictly Straight Bets. These bets offer the highest payback rates in the game.
Casino Jokes
A man comes home to find his wife packing her bags. "Where are you going?" demands the surprised husband. "To Las Vegas! I found out that there are men that will pay me $500 to do what I do for you for free!"
The man pondered that thought for a moment, and then began packing HIS bags. "What do you think you are doing?" she screamed.
"I'm going to Las Vegas with you... I want to see how you're going to live on $1000 a year!"
Little Tommy was the quietest boy in school. He never answered any questions but his homework was always quite excellent. If any one said anything to him he would simply nod, or shake his head. The staff thought he was shy and decided to do something to give him confidence.
"Tommy," said his teacher. "I've just bet Miss Smith $5 I can get you to say three words. You can have half."
Tommy looked at her pityingly and said, "You lose."
"I want you to help me stop my son gambling," an anxious father said to his boy's principal. "I don't know where he gets it from but it's bet, bet, bet."
"Leave it to me," said the principal. A week later he phoned the boy's father. "I think I've cured him," he said.
"How?"
"Well, I saw him looking at my beard and he said, 'I bet that's a false beard.'
'How much?' I said, and he said "$5 "
"What happened?" asked the father.
"Well, he tugged my beard, which is quite natural, and I made him give me $5. I'm sure that'll teach him a lesson."
"No, it won't," said the father. "He bet me $10 this morning that he'd pull your beard with your permission by the end of the week!"
Ned was down on his luck in Las Vegas. He had gambled away all his money and had to borrow a dime from another gambler just to use the men's room. The stall happened to be open, so he used the dime in a slot machine and hit the jackpot. He took his winnings and went to the blackjack table and turned his small winnings into ten million dollars.
Wealthy beyond his wildest dreams, Ned went on the lecture circuit, where he told his incredible story. He told his audiences that he was eternally grateful to his benefactor, and if he ever found the man he would share his fortune with him. After months of lectures, a man in the audience jumped up and said, "I'm that man. I was the one who gave you the dime."
"You're not the one I'm looking for. I'm looking for the guy who left the door open!"
A man comes home to find his wife packing her bags. "Where are you going?" demands the surprised husband. "To Las Vegas! I found out that there are men that will pay me $500 to do what I do for you for free!"
The man pondered that thought for a moment, and then began packing HIS bags. "What do you think you are doing?" she screamed.
"I'm going to Las Vegas with you... I want to see how you're going to live on $1000 a year!"
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