A brief history of the Roulette Casino
Legend tells about François Blanc, who supposedly bargained with the devil to obtain the secrets of roulette. The legend is based on the fact that if you add up all the numbers on the roulette wheel (from 1 to 36), the resulting total is "666", which is the "Number of the Beast" and represents the devil. Maybe that's why we keep losing, but I digress....

The first form of roulette was devised in 17th century France. This roulette wheel was made by the mathematician Blaise Pascal, who was supposedly inspired by a fascination with perpetual motion devices. The problem was, that the first Roulette Casino didn't have the "0" in it. Well,, it was great for the players, not so great for the roulette casino. Without the "0", the house doesn't have an edge, and the roulette casino can't make any money. The roulette casino thoght this was terrible and had to do something about it...

Two Frenchmen François and Louis Blanc added the "0" to the roulette wheel. In the early 1800s, roulette was brought into the U.S. where, to further increase house odds, a second zero, "00", was introduced. (In some forms of early American roulette the double-zero was replaced by an American Eagle.) I guess the 2.7% house edge wasn't enough for the American Roulette Casino. In the 1800s, roulette spread all over both Europe and the U.S., becoming one of the most famous and most popular casino games. Some call roulette the "King of Casino Games", probably because it was associated with the glamour of the casinos in Monte Carlo. (François Blanc actually established the first casinos there).

Two Ways to Play at a Roulette Casino...
There are two versions of roulette played online: American and European. The difference between the two is the number of 0's on the wheel. American online roulette wheels have two "0's", zero and double-zero, which increase the house advantage to 5.3%. In European online roulette , there is only one zero, giving the house an advantage of 2.7%. This means that, in the long run, one loses money twice as fast playing American Roulette Casino than European roulette. Never play at a Roulette Casino that has a wheel with two zero's.

Roulette Casino Bets
Here's a list of common bets that people make at a Roulette Casino:

• Straight: a single number. The chip is placed entirely on this square and no other.intersection of these numbers.
• Sixline (or 'sixaine'): a bet on two adjoining streets, with the chip placed at the corresponding intersection (as in 25-30).
• Column: a bet on all 12 numbers on any of the three vertical lines (such as 1-4-7-10 on down to 34). The chip is placed on the space below the final number in this string.
• Street: a bet on three numbers on a single horizontal line. The chip is placed on the edge of the number at the left or the right, depending on the layout.
• Corner (or square): a bet on four numbers in a square layout (as in 11-12-14-15). The chip is placed at the horizontal and vertical
• Split: a bet on two adjoining numbers, either on the vertical or horizontal (as in 14-17 or 8-9). The chip is placed on the edge between these numbers.