Roulette is, of course, one of the most popular casino games ever made – When you think of a casino, roulette is likely to be one of the first games which comes to mind.
Roulette is a staple game here at Napoleons and across our casino venues, but before you get near the table, make sure to read on and get the lowdown on how to play roulette!
In this guide, we’re taking a quick look at some of the more popular ways to play roulette, and introducing you to the basic roulette rules if you’re learning how to play roulette for the first time.
Basic Roulette Rules
The basic roulette rules are fairly simple. It’s a numbers game!
A roulette table consists of a wheel, a ball, and a ‘layout’ (which shows the numbers from the wheel and other bets available). All you need to do is place your bets onto the layout based on which number you think the ball is going to land in at the end of its spin.
The roulette ball is spun by the croupier in the opposite direction of the wheel, and all players will be casting a keen eye over where it is likely to stop.
Napoleons Casinos use an American-style roulette wheel with 37 equal-sized compartments – one green colour, marked zero, and the others numbered from one to thirty-six, coloured red or black alternately in an internationally recognised sequence.
Roulette Strategy
When learning how to play roulette, the roulette layout is a great place to start – it’s where you place your bets – here you will choose where you think the ball will land after the croupier spins the ball.
You can choose to gamble on an ‘outside’ bet (i.e. an even chance bet – 1-18 or 19-36), red or black, odd or even, or bet on a whole dozen or column (which would pay odds of 2 to 1).
There are also different types of layout bets which work at different odds for your roulette strategy:
- A bet on a single number (‘straight-up’) would pay 35 to 1.
- Two numbers side by side on the layout (‘split’) e.g. 16/17, 8/11 etc. would pay 17 to 1.
- A bet on three numbers side by side on the layout (‘street’) e.g. 4/5/6, 34/35/36 etc. would pay 11 to 1.
- Four numbers in a block on the layout (‘corner’) e.g. 8/9/11/12, 26/27/29/30 etc. would pay 8 to 1.
- A bet on six numbers in a block on the layout (six-line) e.g. 1/2/3/4/5/6, 22/23/24/25/26/27 etc. would pay 5 to 1.
Each roulette table has “colour” chips specific to that table and player, so you purchase your chips at the table you intend to play.
At the Roulette Table
How to play roulette at Napoleons? First, buy your chips at the Cash Desk, or get them straight from the croupier with cash payment.
Once you’re at the table, you begin betting when the croupier announces “Place your bets” and must stop betting when the croupier announces “No more bets thank you”. Remember, the minimum and maximum stake per bet will be shown at each table.
When the ball falls into the winning number, the croupier places a marker (called a “dolly”) onto the winning number on the layout, removes all losing bets and then pays all winning bets – simple, right?
When you decide to stop playing you must exchange any chips for “cash value” chips with the croupier. These can then be used at other gaming tables or exchanged for cash at the Cash Desk.
That’s our brief overview, but if you have any further questions don’t hesitate to ask our friendly teams at Napoleons!