European Roulette Layout
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- American Roulette Wheel & Table American Roulette is a game that developed in the United States, as the name suggests, with a particular twist to its sequence of numbers and layout – the addition of double zero. Because of the double zero, however, the game is also cited as the roulette version with the highest house edge at 5.26%.
- First time roulette players oftentimes assume that the numbers on the roulette wheel simply go in sequence from 0 to 36. In fact, the numbers are aligned in a seemingly random order around the wheel, and the sequence is different depending on whether you are playing European or American Roulette.
There are a number of different layouts for different roulette tables around the world.
Roulette Wheel Layout Diagram
Some of the different types include:
American Roulette usually refers to a double zero table but not necessarily as the term 'American roulette' can mean different things in different places.
In French casinos 'American Roulette' means a roulette game with double zeros (0, 00 - on the table layout and on the wheel), the same as used in the USA. The American roulette with one zero (or the European version) is referred to as English Roulette to distinguish it from the double-zero American Roulette and to emphasize that it has one zero. Brief History of the Roulette Wheel. According to a French novel called “La Roulette”, the game has been played as it’s known today since 1796. These early games included both a 0 and 00. The earliest form of a roulette wheel dates all the way back to the 1600’s from a French mathematician called Blaise Pascal, pictured right.
American Roulette in more popular terms refers to the double zero game where at the top of the layout there are 2 zero numbers, as single zero and a double zero. On the roulette wheel, The order of numbers is not the same as European or French roulette wheel.
European Roulette, generally refers to a single zero game indpendent of the table layout.
French Roulette is a single zero game but the it is easily spotted as the table is much wider and there are usually three people operating it inclusing 2 people with sticks who manage the chips.
English Roulette is used by the French and describes an American Roulette with a single zero.
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Roulette Wheel Layout American
The above image shows the layout of a European roulette table which has a total of 37 numbers including one single zero(0). The American roulette table layout has a total of 38 numbers and includes an extra zero, the double zero(00).
The table layout is split into 3 section:
Roulette Wheel Layout Card
1. The main roulette number layout which includes the numbers from 0 to 36 (European) and 00, 0 to 36 (American)
2. The right outside roulette bet section which includes 1 to 18 and 19 to 36, red and black, odd and even and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd groups.
3. The bottom outside bet section which has the 1st, 2nd and 3rd column bets.
4. There is also a section of the layout that is used by the dealer to place neighbours and other call bets.
The Roulette Spin
What you will notice is that the dealer spins the ball in opposite directions while alternating every spin. The spin also has to have a certain amount of speed otherwise a 'no spin' is called.