Roulette Games

In roulette games you place your bets, the ball spins and you wait to see which pocket it lands in. You play with play chips, no real money: you can't win or lose actual money. There are about 20 games, and they're a good place to understand how roulette works before you meet it somewhere else.

How it works

The table has two parts: the wheel, with the numbered pockets, and the layout, where you place your chips. Bets come in two kinds. Simple ones, like red or black, odd or even, or the low half (1 to 18) or high half (19 to 36), have close to even odds and pay little. Single-number bets have very low odds and pay much more: roulette pays 35 to 1 for hitting one number. In between there are bets on dozens, columns or groups of numbers.

European roulette has 37 pockets (0 to 36), and American has 38, because it adds the double zero. The zero is green, and it's what gives the house its edge: when it comes up, simple bets lose. That means no strategy changes the odds, and each spin is independent of the ones before. If a game suggests that an earlier streak is "due" to change color, don't believe it.

Which games there are

For casino roulette you have Vegas Roulette, Lucky Vegas Roulette, Casino Roulette, Blue Roulette, Bet Roulette and Ruleta. La ruleta de la suerte (wheel of fortune) and Pet Roulette may work differently, so read the instructions before you start.

Getting the most from it

Use it to learn what each bet is and how much it pays, with no consequences. After a few rounds you'll see why simple bets last longer and single-number bets are pure luck. You use the mouse or a finger: pick a chip value, place it on the layout and click to spin.