French Roulette is a single-zero European-style roulette table that includes the
En Prison Rule. This allows players to keep half their even-money outside bets
when the spin result is a Zero (Green 0), or take an all-or-nothing chance on
the next spin.
History:
Roulette comes from the French term for "small wheel". Variations
of wheeled games have been around for millennia. Legend has it that Roman soldiers
tipped their chariots over to play games on the spinning wheel as a diversion
between campaigns, and others tell of monks bringing a wheeled game back from
China in the middle ages. By all accounts, roulette became widespread in Europe
during the 18th and 19th centuries, especially in France and Monte Carlo.
Today, the roulette wheel is perhaps the best internationally recognized icon
symbolizing the glamour, excitement and prestige of high-class casino gaming.
European Roulette wheels are divided into 37 evenly spaced slots numbered 0,
and 1 through 36. The zero slot is green and the other numbers are either red
or black. The evenly balanced wheel, usually made of polished wood, turns on
a spindle. The dealer spins the wheel in one direction and releases a small
ivory ball in the opposite direction into the outer edge of the wheel, where
it circles many times before slowing down. As the ball loses momentum it falls
toward the centre of the wheel and drops into one of the slots. It may bounce
around from slot to slot but eventually it settles into a single slot to end
that round of the game.
The fascination of the game comes from the many ways to place a bet and the
excitement and anticipation of watching the ball fall into a slot.
Game Play:
Players make bets against the House by placing chips in various boxes or on
the lines between the boxes on the layout table.
The "Spin" button will not become active until at least one bet is
placed on the layout. Players can place additional bets, modify existing bets
or move chips from one location to another. The "Re-bet" button will
place the same amount of chips on the same bets as you had on the previous spin.
Once all desired bets are placed, players click the "Spin" button
to spin up the wheel and release the ball. After a few seconds, the ball begins
to fall toward the centre as the wheel slows down. When the ball comes to rest
in one of the slots all bets are settled.
