Day: June 29, 2023

Roullete is a casino game in which a ball is dropped into a rotating wheel with numbered holes. Players place bets on a single number, various groupings of numbers, the color red or black, whether the number is odd or even, and if the numbers are high (19-36) or low (1-18). The game’s origin is disputed, with fanciful stories including that it was invented by 17th century French mathematician Blaise Pascal or by a Dominican monk. It was probably derived from earlier games such as hoca and portique. It reached its present form in the late 18th century and became one of the most popular games in the casinos and gambling dens of Europe. A roulette wheel consists of a solid, slightly convex wooden disk with metal separators called frets around its rim. Thirty-six of these compartments, painted alternately red and black, are numbered nonconsecutively from 1 to 36; on American wheels the 37th compartment, painted green, carries the number 0. A small, round, ivory-colored ball is spun in the opposite direction as the wheel to drop into any of the numbered pockets. Despite its elegance and prestige in Monte Carlo, Roulette has the smallest following of any casino game in the United States. It is overshadowed by newer games such as video poker and blackjack, though it still draws large crowds at many European resorts. Some professional gamblers have found ways to make the game profitable, but it remains a subfair game and no betting system has proven effective.