Roulette is one of Fortune Lounge’s most simple and fun games. Where exactly the game of Roulette came from will always remain a mystery, but some historians have argued that Pascal, a mathematician, invented that game in the 17th century. Others note that it could have originated in China and was brought to European shores by monks who were trading in China. Personally, I think cave men, a couple of thousand years ago, amused themselves by betting twigs on which hole in the ground a stone would land in when tossed.
Roulette is a game of chance and means "small wheel", probably because the game consists of a wheel with numbered pockets ranging from 0/00 to 36, a small white ball and a table marked with numbers. Players can place bets on any particular number or a set of numbers. Once the bets have been placed the ball is released into the spinning wheel. If the ball settles in a groove marked with one of the numbers bet on, guess what…you win!
The objective of Roulette is to predict the number the ball will stop on. You place a bet on your prediction. Unless you are psychic this game will be one of chance, during which you will have to woo lady luck in any way you can think of. But if you win, it can pay off big! You may place bets on any number or combination of numbers; on red or black; on odd or even; or even high or low. With the Fortune Lounge casino software you can even set an optimal betting strategy and let the software autoplay for you, using this strategy.
Different types of Roulette have developed over the years, and we offer the following variations:
- American Roulette - uses a 0 and a 00
- European Roulette - uses only a 0
- French Roulette - 36 numbers and a single zero, in addition to a range of special wagers known as call bets
- Roulette Royale - incorporates a progressive jackpot
European Roulette has a single “0” and was developed in France in the 18th century, when gambling was illegal. The game grew in popularity in Germany. Later Francois, one of the game’s French inventors, brought the game back to France for the Prince of Monaco. The result was the glamorous gambling oasis of Monte Carlo.
Roulette hit America in the early 19th century, but with a double "00", resulting in American Roulette. The game became popular in the old American West.
For the purposes of this tutorial we will focus on European Roulette, the most commonly played kind. Are you paying attention? Ready, set, spin…