Casino Roulette

Websites these days bombard you with information about roulette, never bothering to differentiate between the online versions available, and classic casino roulette. Some searching for casino roulette of course, are really looking for a good game of real money roulette. While others just want to know a little more about how one goes about playing roulette in the casino.

Walking up to the roulette table in a casino might seem a little intimidating, but truly the game isn't complicated, and the sophisticated air the casinos try to create around the table are just there to make people feel rich. People who feel rich spend more money. So ignore the tuxedos and pay attention to the game. Something many people who have only played roulette online don't know, is that casino roulette is the only game that uses 'casino chips'. Other games in the casino use 'checks', though they are rarely called by their official name (at the craps table you'll hear people asking for 'check change'). At the roulette table when you buy in, you are issued a specific color of chip, and they are all worth the same amount (whatever you choose to buy in for). You're the only person at the table using that color chip, so the dealers know how to pay back bets.

A typical round of casino roulette goes like this: just after the dealer has finished paying off bets for the previous round, the table is declared open for bets. The dealer usually states aloud 'place your bets'. Shortly after the dealer will take the marble and set the wheel in motion. After the ball has been spinning for a while, during which time everybody has placed their bets, the dealer waves their hands over the table and declares 'no more bets'. This is usually a few seconds before the ball falls off of the rim of the wheel and starts tumbling about, trying to find a place to come to rest.

If you place bets after the dealer has called it, the bet may be deemed invalid, and if it wins you wont get paid. Some people have become very good at guessing where the ball will land from just after it starts to tumble off of the upper edge. Small groups of people have then used this by having a player stand by the wheel, indicate as early as possible what they think the winning number will be, then through hand gestures they will indicate to a partner at the end of the table to place the bet. A bet made this late would almost always be called off, so the small team has another accomplice distract the dealer just as the late bet is being made. They usually accomplish this distraction by placing a very obvious false late bet, which the dealer sees and focuses all of his attention on.

Casino roulette hustlers have likely made a good bit of cash this way, but it requires some very skilled observers, not to mention a lot of guts!

Once you've placed your bet on the table, just sit back and wait, if you win the dealer will mark your winning bet (if it's an inside bet) or pay it immediately (if it's an outside bet), then sweep all of the losing bets from the table. After the sweep the winning inside bets are paid off, and a new round begins.