Explaining Roulette’s Rules

Betting on The Roulette

The reason why Roulette is so interesting and popular is there are a lot of different kinds of bets than be made, along with their odds, which are all different. This list explains the possible bets and what you earn by making them. The terms listed are in English and French, specifically.

2 to 1 Payouts

First dozen or premiere douzaine: Betting on the first dozen. 12P on a French mat.

Middle dozen / Moyenne douzaine: betting on 13-24. Marked as 12M on a French mat.

Last Dozen / dernier douzaine: betting on 25-36. Marked as 12D on a French mat.

Colum bet / Colonne: betting on a specific column of twelve numerals. On a French mat, this is represented by a special square near one of the 3 columns of numerals.

Longer Odds

5 to 1 line bet / Sixain: Six numbers. On the French Mat, you’d be placing a stake on the connecting area of 2 rows to bet on those rows.

8 to 1: Corner Bet/ Carre: 4 numerals. Set your piece on the connecting area of 4 numbers.

11 to 1: Street Bet, also known as Carre simple: a row of three numerals. Set the stake on the line, halfway, end of the row of 3 numbers.

17 to 1: Split Bet, also known as En Chaval: two numbers. Set your piece across the line division of the numerals you’re betting on.

35 to 1: Straight up / en plein: a single number. Set the stake on that number. You can bet on zero.

If you’re betting on six numerals or lesser, that’s considered what’s called an ‘inside bet’, where as numbers with 12 or greater are referred to as ‘outside bets’.

Rule Called ‘La Partage’

This is very similar to the above rule, except the player only loses half the bet when a zero turns up and cannot gamble on a second spin.

Rule Called ‘La Partage’

This is very similar to the above rule, except the player only loses half the bet when a zero turns up and cannot gamble on a second spin.

Rule Called ‘En Prison’

This is a rule that applies to even bets only. If the ball hits zero, this gives a player two separate options:

Recover half of your bet.
Leave the bet ‘in prison’, which is where the name comes, for the next spin of roulette to gamble it completely. If the bet matches, the money is returned. Otherwise, you lose all the money on that bet.

Rule Called ‘En Prison’

This is a rule that applies to even bets only. If the ball hits zero, this gives a player two separate options:

Recover half of your bet.
Leave the bet ‘in prison’, which is where the name comes, for the next spin of roulette to gamble it completely. If the bet matches, the money is returned. Otherwise, you lose all the money on that bet.

Rules for European Roulette

Once all bets are clear, Roulette is a very easy game to play. It is not difficult. Once all the bets are set, using chips that have different colors to tell each player apart from one another, the game begins. The croupier stops betting, and the wheel spins and the balls begins to roll in the other direction.

The ball stops in a division. The croupier collects all losing bets, announcing the result in the process, and then pays the winner.

As with many different gambling games, there are other rules that some casinos use. Some of these rules, such as ones like La Partage or En Prison can really help cut down on the house edge for most even-money bets.

If you’re doing home play, decide what rules you want to use and which you don’t want to before the game begins.

Maximum and Minimum Stakes

This is very normal in other games as well. This rule can sometimes apply to normal fun play, too. These stipulate how little and how much someone is able to bet at a time. These may be complex and interact with each other. Usually, a minimum bet will be something like $5 or $10. Whereas the max bet will show whatever the max is for a straight bet. This all depends on whatever casino or establishment that you’re in.

North Americal Roulette Rules

There are different rules for North America. In both NA and the Carribean, there is a double zero. All bets are lost, except a zero bet, when zero turns up. This is far, far worse statistically for the player and increases the house’s edge considerably. Roulette is unpopular in America for these reasons.

The rules work the same besides this, in American casinos.

There is a variant rule where another bet is allowed called a ‘strawbasket bet’. This is a unique stake that allows you to place chips identically for a line bet, on the outside of the separating section between the row featuring 1, 2, and 3. This has a 6 to 1 roulette bet which is worse than almost any other.

Original Roulette

The fist roulette game in France actually had the two zeroes. The zero was red and counted as even and eighteen and below, and the double zero was black and conunted as odd and 19 and above.

If the ball hit zero, all stakes were collected. But if it matched being odd, even, red, black, high or low the bet was taken until the next spin. The bet would lose if it wasn’t correct – and otherwise, the stake was returned the player without any additional profit.