How to Play Roulette

Roulette is based on a wheel with 37 numbers from 0 to 36. The dealer or croupier spins a ball around the wheel and the ball randomly lands in one of the numbered slots on the wheel. This is then indicates winning number.

By placing your bets on the layout (see page on layout) the player can select various types of bets which relate to the numbers (0 to 36) or groups of numbers (such as 0 to 18 or 1st 12 numbers) or colour of the number which can be either red, black or green for the number 0.

If the player has placed bets relating to the winning number the player is paid out according to the payout for each type of bet.

Roulette can be both a very simple game where players select indivdual numbers and place bets on them or at the same time can be very complex with section bets, neighbor bets and others.

Also read up on roulette probability, odds and statistics and the roulette tips page.

This is a very basic overview of how to play roulette, please look at the other sections such roulette table , roulette wheel and rules and bets , these will give you a better idea of how to play roulette .