Roulette Rules

Roulette (single player)

Rule Authority:
InterCasino Roulette is played with Atlantic City Gaming rules and an American Roulette wheel with 36 numbers plus 0 and 00.
Authority: New Jersey Casino Control Commission. Rule Exceptions: None.

Premise:

The game of Roulette is played by spinning a small ball on a round wheel with thirty-eight numbered slots. When the wheel stops, the ball comes to rest in one of these slots. The object of Roulette is to correctly predict the slot in which the ball will land. By predicting the right number, you earn a payoff on your bet. The size of the payoff depends on how the bet was placed.

How to Play:

Betting: Your chips are stacked by denomination ($1, $5, $25, $100, $500) at the bottom of the screen above the game menu. Select the amount you would like to wager on a given hand by clicking the left mouse button on the chip of that denomination. This activates that specific chip denomination. Next, place your bet on the Roulette table by clicking on a bet field. To specify a bet that is not equal to an existing chip denomination, simply click on another chip denomination after placing your previous chip on the table. For example, to bet $30, click on the $25 chip and place it on the table then click on the $5 chip and place it on top of the $25 chip. You may repeat your last bet by simply hitting the "0" button of your numeric keyboard. Other numeric keyboard shortcuts are summarized below.

Depending on where you choose to place your chips, you can "cover" (bet on) anywhere from one to eighteen numbers with a single bet. If you place a wager that is lower than the minimum table bet limit, a messagebox will be displayed asking you to adjust your bet amount.

You can spin the roulette wheel by pressing the "SPIN" button in the bottom left corner of the screen or by clicking on the roulette wheel. The history of the previous winning numbers is displayed in a table above the Game Menu. There are three different colored numbers in the history table. The yellow colored numbers mean that they belong to the black set of numbers. The red colored numbers mean they belong to the red set of numbers and the green colored numbers are either '0' or '00'. The "PASS" button may be used to spin the wheel without putting a bet on the table.

You can place nine different kinds of bets on the Roulette table. Each type of bet covers a certain range of numbers, and each type has its own payoff rate. The short lines of three numbers each are called rows on the board, while the longer lines, each holding twelve, are called columns. The first six types of bet are all made on the numbered space or on the lines between them and are called inside bets, while the last three types are made on the special boxes below and to the right of the board and are called outside bets.

These bets are tabulated below:


Bet Type	Explanation
Straight Up	Place your chips directly on any single number (including zero and double-zero).
Split Bet	Place your chips on the line between any two numbers.
Street Bet	Place your chips at the end of any row of numbers. A street bet covers three numbers.
Corner Bet	Place your chips at the corner where four numbers meet. All four numbers are covered.
Five Bet	This bet can be made in only one place and covers five numbers: zero, double zero, one, two and three. Place your chips at the end of the row between the numbers 00 and 3.
Line Bet	Place your chips at the end of two rows at the intersection between them. A line bet covers all the numbers in either row, for a total of six.
Column Bet	Placing a chip in one of the boxes marked "2 to 1" at the end of the columns covers all the numbers in that column, a total of twelve. (Neither the zero nor the double zero are covered by any of the columns).
Dozen Bet	Placing a chip in one of the three boxes marked "1st 12," "2nd 12," or "3rd 12" covers those twelve numbers.
Red/Black, Even/Odd, 1 to 18/19 to 36	A chip placed in one of the six boxes at the bottom of the board covers the half of the board described in that box. (The zero and double zero are not covered by any of these boxes.) Each box covers eighteen numbers.

Once a spin is complete, the winning number will be noted on the table with a marker. Winning bets will have a "W" chip placed on top of them. Bets on red, black, odd, even, 1 to 18, and 19 to 36 will have a "1/2" chip placed on top of them if a zero or double-zero is rolled to signify that half of the bet is returned according to the zero and double-zero rule.

Zero or Double Zero rule:

When the ball lands on "zero" or "double zero", wagers on red, black, odd, even, 1 to 18, and 19 to 36 are not entirely lost. Instead, each player having made such a bet will lose only half of the original amount bet. For example, if a player places a bet of $10 on red and a double zero is rolled, the player will lose $5 and be able to remove the other $5 from the table.

Payoffs:

Bet	Payoff
1 Number	35 to 1
2 Numbers	17 to 1
3 Numbers	11 to 1
4 Numbers	8 to 1
5 Numberss	6 to 1
6 Numbers	5 to 1
12 Numbers	2 to 1
18 Numbers	1 to 1

Please also note the zero and double-zero rule above.

Betting Limits:

$5 minimum bet (can be spread out on the table - i.e. 5 $1 bets).
$500 maximum bet.

Setting your table bet limit:

You may also set your table bet limit below the maximum specified limit by selecting Bet Options from the Game Menu. The Modify Table Bet Limit window will appear on the screen. To reduce your maximum table bet limit type in the new limit in the appropriate box and confirm it by typing your PIN in the box below. Click on the OK button to complete the update. Please be aware that you can modify your table bet limit no more than once per week (Friday 12:00 AM EST) and that using the Modify Table Bet Limit function affects the bet limit for all games and not just the game that you are currently playing.

Note:
You may turn on/off the Sound, Voice and Animation during the game by clicking on the Options button located in the lower left-hand area of the console. The setting is turned on when the checkbox is checked and it is turned off when the checkbox is unchecked. You must exit and re-enter the game to activate the Animation feature.

References:

For further information on roulette, please consult the following references:

Allen, J. Edward. The Basics of Winning Roulette, Cardoza Pub., 1992.
Gollehan, John. All About Roulette, Perigee, 1987.

Jensen, Marten. Secrets of Winning Roulette, Cardoza Pub., 1998.

Patrick, John. John Patrick's Roulette : A Pro's Guide to Managing Your Money and Beating the Wheel, Lyle Stuart, 1996.

Tamburin, Henry. Reference Guide to Casino Gambling, Research Services Unlimited, 1993.