Online roulette wheel

Roulette is one of the most popular casino games today. According to most historians, roulette was developed in the 17th century by a French mathematician. The game has a traditional charm and elegance; we are accustomed to seeing high-rolling gamblers dressed in tuxedos spinning the night away. The roulette wheel is an interesting device and knowing the components is certainly the first step in learning the game.

The wheel is designed to place all the red and black, even and odd, small and big numbers equally on the wheel. The design is a standard in every casino. Dealer rotates the wheel in one direction and rolls the ivory ball in the opposite direction. The ball eventually starts to slow down until it lands on one of the pockets on the wheel.

There are 2 different types of roulette wheel, European and American. Both wheels are made up of alternating black and red pockets which are numbered 1-36. The European roulette wheel has a single green 0 whereas the American roulette wheel has a green single 0 and a green double 00.

The numbers on the wheel look like they are randomly spread out with no logical intent. However they are arranged in a fashion to split up the key bets as best possible so that the wheel layout is indeed as random as it could possibly be designed.

Upon creating the European roulette wheel and losing the green double 00 they could not stick with the same layout as the American roulette wheel because two red pockets (numbers 1 and 27) would have been next to each other. The creators of the new version therefore had to totally recreate the wheel layout and and again make it as random as best possible. So the difference between the 2 roulette wheels is not just the addition of the double zero but the numbers run in a different order on both wheels.

The actual wheel is the part of the device that is moveable and spins. The table is additionally divided into sections: black and red with alternatively numbered spaces from 1 to 36. The compartments also have one zero and in the American version of the game, a double-zero space. Also included in the Roulette wheel is the small plastic ball that bobbles around as the wheel is spun.

As you begin betting on the roulette wheel, you will be given the option to either place an inside or an outside bet. An inside bet is a wager on a number or numbers ranging from 1 to 36 or zero or double-zero. An outside bet is a wager on segments of one third of the possible numbers to come up, excluding 0 and 00. Because the odds ratio is much higher with an outside bet, the payouts are also higher.