Roulette Spins

Straight Roulette

Roulette is a game that originated in Europe. Although French in origin, it is not absolutely necessary to know any French or even speak the language when playing this game. As long as you have roulette chips and can make all the bets yourself, you are good to go.

Roulette chips are of a special kind. The table using an American wheel has different color chips for different players while the one using the European wheel has chips of the same color for each player. The latter often causes confusion when the table is averagely busy.

On the roulette table, columned numbers from 1 to 36 can be found in individual boxes, with the addition of the zero and double zero on one side. Atop the column of numbers opposite the 0 and 00 are the boxes marked 2 to 1. Miscellaneous boxes are strategically placed alongside for more choices to put your bets on.

Placing bets is not as easy as just putting chips to follow a hunch with a particular number or box. There are a lot of ways to put on your wager. A known form of betting that is easy to follow are Straight Bets.

Straight bets are easy to understand. The individual numbered pockets is where players put wagers for Straight bets. There are various ways to do this. First of, there is what we call the Straight Up position. It is a straight bet whereby a chip is placed on a single number and also may be made on 0 and 00, the odds for this kind of bet is 35-1. Column bet is also a form of straight betting done by placing the wager at the head of the layout covering a column of 12 numbers.

For example, if a chip is placed on the second column, any number from 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, and 35 can be a win. This pays off 2 to 1. Another straight bet that has 2 to 1 odds is the Dozens bet. This is an outside bet covering 12 numbers as well. Should the ball lose its velocity on a 0 and 00, column and dozens wager become a losing bet.

Finally, the Red or Black, High or Low, and Odd or Even bet is most favored for beginners in roulette. This kind of straight betting pays of 1 to 1 or known as even money.