Archive for October, 2009
American Roulette Glossary
American Roulette Wheel
This version of roulette wheel has 38 slots or pockets, with numbers 1 through 36 in addition to a single zero “0″ and a double zero “00″. Traditional colors are alternating black and red bands for each pocket. The edge for the house is 5.4%.
Column
A bet on the 12 numbers in a column.
1st Column (1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34);
2nd Column (2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35);
3rd Column (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36)
Payout is 2:1
Corner
A bet on the 4 numbers that make up a square. To make this bet, place your chips at the crossroads of the 4 numbers you want to play. In French this s called “carre”. Payout is 8:1
Dozen
A bet on 12 numbers on the wheel, (1-12, 13-24, 25-36). Normally called First Dozen (”premier douzaine”), Second Dozen (”mayenee douzaine”) and Third Dozen (”`derniere douzaine”)