Di Rules of Roulette

Wetin di game want

Dem dey spin one ballequipmentBallDi small ball wey dem dey throw for di track against di rotor. Modern balls na ivorine or Teflon, 18–21 mm.Read di whole tin → round one wheel wey get 37 pocketsequipmentPocketOne of di 37 small boxes wey get number for di rotor. Dem also dey call am: slot, cup.Read di whole tin → with numbers, 0 to 36. Before e drop, you go put chipsmoniChipToken wey stand for one fixed amount, wey you put on top di layout to make bet. Dem also dey call am: check.Read di whole tin → for one printed layoutequipmentLayoutDi betting grid wey dem print for di table. Dem also dey call am: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole tin → to predict where e go land: one number, group of numbers, one colour, odd or even, high or low. Everytin wey no one of your chips cover go lose when di ball settle. No dealer hand dey wey you go beat, and no decision dey to make afta dem don launch di ball. Roulette na pure bet on one random event, wey dey repeat.

Di basic roulette rules below dey describe di European single-zerowheelZeroDi one green pocket wey no even-money, dozen or column bet dey cover; na im be di source of di house edge. Dem also dey call am: single zero, 0.Read di whole tin → game. Di American wheel dey add 00 pocket and di French game dey add two rules about zero; both get dia own pages.

American Roulette: Di Wheel and Di Rules

How to put bets

Chips dey go di layout from di moment wey dem pay di last round until di dealer call “no more betsprocedureNo more betsDi call of di dealer (or di prompt for screen) wey dey close betting. Nobody fit put, move or remove chips again.Read di whole tin →”, usually when di ball remain three or four turns. Inside betsbetInside betAny bet wey you put on top or between di numbers of di grid: straight up, split, street, corner, six line.Read di whole tin → dey sit on top or between di numbers of di grid; outside betsbetOutside betBet on di boxes wey surround di grid: dozens, columns and even-money bets.Read di whole tin → dey sit for di boxes wey surround am. You fit put as many bets as you like for one round, including bets wey cover di same numbers or wey go against each oda.

Each table dey show minimum and maximum, and both na part of di roulette table rules. Most tables dey use di minimum separately: your total for inside bets must reach am, and each outside bet must reach am by imself. So $5 table go accept five $1 chips for five different numbers, but e no go accept one $1 chip for redbetRedEven-money bet on di 18 red numbers. For French: rouge.Read di whole tin →.

Di bets and wetin dem dey pay

Every payoutmoniPayoutWetin bet wey win dey return, wey dem dey quote as “X to 1” on top di stake wey dem return.Read di whole tin → dey come from one formula: 36 divide by di number of pockets wey e cover, minus one. Cover one number and win 35 to 1. Cover two and win 17 to 1. Cover eighteen and win 1 to 1. Di formula dey pretend sey di wheel get 36 pockets. E get 37, and dat one pocket wey dem no pay for na di whole house edgemathsHouse edgeDi part of each stake wey di casino dey keep for average: 2.70% for European roulette.Read di whole tin →.

How dem dey settle di spin

When di ball settle, di dealer go announce di number and di colour, put one marker wey dem dey call dollyequipmentDollyDi marker wey dem put on top di number wey win for di layout while dem dey settle di bets.Read di whole tin → for di number wey win, and clear di table for one fixed order: dem go first sweep di losing chips, then pay outside bets, then inside bets, and di ones wey near di dealer go come last. Dem dey put winnings near your original chip. Di original chip go stay for di layout and e go play again unless you pick am up.

When di dolly dey on di table, nobody fit put or move anytin. Di dealer go lift am only when dem don pay every bet, and na dat one be di sign sey di next round don open.

• “No more bets” na final. Chip wey land afta di call, dem go return am, dem no go pay am, even if e for win.
• Chip wey sit for between two bets in a way wey no clear, dem go settle am di way di dealer read am. Ask di dealer to confirm any tricky placement before di spin.
• Chips wey win and wey you leave for di table na bet for di next spin. Collect dem if no be wetin you mean.

Zero

For inside bets, zero na number like any oda one: straight upbetStraight upOne single number, e dey pay 35:1.Read di whole tin → for 0 dey pay 35 to 1, splitbetSplitTwo numbers wey dey near each oda, e dey pay 17:1.Read di whole tin → 0–1 dey pay 17 to 1, and di four-number basketbetBasketFor single-zero wheel: 0, 1, 2, 3 with one chip, e dey pay 8:1. Dem also dey call am: first four, quatre premiers.Read di whole tin → 0-1-2-3 dey pay 8 to 1. For outside bets, e be loss. Red, blackbetBlackEven-money bet for di 18 black numbers. For French: noir.Read di whole tin →, odd, even, high, low, dozensbetDozen1–12, 13–24 or 25–36, e dey pay 2:1.Read di whole tin → and columnsbetColumnTwelve numbers for one column of di layout wey stand from up to down, e dey pay 2:1.Read di whole tin → no include am. For plain European table, you go lose di whole stake when zero land. For French table, di la partageruleLa partageFrench rule: when zero come out, dem go return half of even-money stake. E dey cut di house edge for dose bets into half, to 1.35%.Read di whole tin → rule go return half of even-money stake, or en prisonruleEn prisonFrench rule: when zero come out, dem go hold even-money bet for di next spin instead make e lose. E dey cut di house edge for dose bets into half.Read di whole tin → go hold am for one more spin.

En Prison Rule for RouletteFrench Roulette

Wetin di rules of roulette no tok

Di rules of di roulette game no tok anytin about sequences, streaks, hot numbersmythHot numberNumber wey don show pass wetin dem expect recently. For fair wheel e no dey predict anytin.Read di whole tin → or systems, becos dem no need am. Dem dey settle every spin by imself and di wheel no dey carry any memory from one spin go di next. Di results board for live table na courtesy, no be clue.

Roulette Results: How to Read Di BoardRoulette Spins Wey No Dey Depend on One Anoda

Short round wey we work out

You put $5 on red, $5 for di second dozen and $1 straight up for 17. Di ball land for 17 (black, second dozen). Red lose: −$5. Di dozen pay 2 to 1: +$10. Di straight up pay 35 to 1: +$35. Net for di round: +$40, and $11 of chips still dey for di layout for di next spin unless you lift dem.

If di ball land for 0, you for lose all di three bets, $11. If e land for 5 (red, first dozen), you for win $5 for red and lose $6 for di oda two, net −$1.

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