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The game of roulette is almost hypnotizing just because of the nature of the spinning wheel. There are many other reasons that players love this game, but when you are in a casino you will notice that this is one of the easiest table games to spot from across the room with the tall display of all the recent numbers and then when you get close and see the wheel, it almost draws you in. Roulette, much like slot machines, is more of a game of chance than skill. Of course there are many systems that some players follow to track the recent winning numbers in belief that the wheels odds actually change based on who is placing the ball, the humidity and many other unforeseen variable that do come into play. Everybody may have their own numbers system to manipulate their own chance, but most of these methods are not really based on logic.
The odds of probability do not change. No matter how many times a single number is hit in a row on a roulette game the odds of it landing on the same number on the next spin are the same. This is something that many players do not believe because their emotions get in the way of their paying. If you want to keep the odds in your favor you must learn to keep your emotions on the side while you are playing cash games at the casino. The roulette table does offer some of the more fair odds in the casino, the zero and double zero in the US on the wheel is what gives the casino there upper hand in this game. Otherwise you could have a 50/50 chance on every spin if you went on evens or odds or even black or red. The zeros are excluded from these bets so unless you bid on them directly you will not win with these numbers.
There are a few different rule sets used in the game of roulette depending on where you are playing. There are certain rules that may apply from casino to casino or depending on the physical location of the casinos you play at. United States and the UK have similar rules but the US wheels add a second "00" to the board to make the odds for the house even better. In Atlantic City there are set house rules that seem to be unique to this city too. Below is a roulette odds table to show you how the breakdown of this game works.
| Bet | Single Zero Odds | Double Zero Odds | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Number | 37 to 1 | 36 to 1 | 35 to 1 |
| Two Number | 18 to 1 | 17.5 to 1 | 17 to 1 |
| Three Number | 11.67 to 1 | 11.33 to 1 | 11 to 1 |
| Four Number | 8.5 to 1 | 8.25 to 1 | 8 to 1 |
| Five Number | 6.6 to 1 | N/A | 6 to 1 |
| Six Number | 5.33 to 1 | 5.17 to 1 | 5 to 1 |
| Column | 2.17 to 1 | 2.08 to 1 | 2 to 1 |
| Dozen | 2.17 to 1 | 2.08 to 1 | 2 to 1 |
| Even | 1.05 to 1 | 1.01 | 1 to 1 |
| Odd | 1.05 to 1 | 1.01 | 1 to 1 |
| Low | 1.05 to 1 | 1.01 | 1 to 1 |
| High | 1.05 to 1 | 1.01 | 1 to 1 |
| Red | 1.05 to 1 | 1.01 | 1 to 1 |
| Black | 1.05 to 1 | 1.01 | 1 to 1 |