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 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.
French Roulette 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.
French Roulette 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.
The result of each spin is
displayed in the tally board
on the left side of your screen,
with most recent results appearing
at the bottom.
Losing bets will be cleared
from the layout and winning
bets will be paid according
to the following table:
French Roulette Inside Bets are bets
placed inside the grid of
numbers on the layout table.
They include:
Straight
Up — placing a bet
on individual numbers (like
0, 4, 23 or 35). Winning singles
bets are paid at 35-to-1.
Split
— placing a bet on
the line between two numbers
(like 2 & 3, or 13 &
16). If the ball lands on
either number, the odds paid
are 17-to-1.
Row
— placing a bet on
the first vertical line in
a horizontal row of three
numbers (like 7, 8, 9). If
the ball lands in any one
of the numbers in a row, the
odds paid are 11-to-1.
Triple
– placing a bet on
three touching numbers. The
only triple bets are the intersections
of (0, 1, 2) or (2, 3, 0).
If the ball lands in any one
of the numbers touching a
triple intersection, the odds
paid are 11-to-1.
Corner
— placing a bet on
the corner of a group of four
numbers (such as 19, 20, 22,
23). If the ball lands on
any one of the four numbers,
odds are paid at 8-to-1.
Top
Line — the first
4 numbers at the top of the
grid (0, 1, 2, 3). If the
ball lands in any one of these
four spots, odds are paid
at 8-to-1. To make this bet,
place your chips on the left-hand
side of the grid at the horizontal
line separating the 0 spot
from the 1, 2, 3 row.
Line
— is a group of six
numbers in two adjacent rows,
all touching the same grid
line. For example, 28, 29,
30 and 31, 32, 33 make up
a Line. If the ball lands
on any one of the six numbers
in the Line, odds are paid
at 5-to-1. To make a Line
bet, place your chips on the
horizontal street line at
the left-hand edge of the
grid.
French Roulette Outside Bets are bets
placed outside the grid of
numbers on the layout table.
They include:
Columns — a vertical
column of numbers in the grid
(for example; 3, 6, 9, 12,
15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33,
36). You place your bet outside
the grid at the bottom of
the column, in the boxes marked
with "2 to 1". If
any one of the numbers in
the column comes up, odds
are paid at 2-to-1. Zero (0)
is not part of any column.
Dozens
— either the first,
second or third dozen non-zero
numbers (1-12, 13-24 and 25-36,
respectively). If the ball
lands in one of the twelve
numbers in a dozen, the odds
paid are 2-to-1.
Red/Black
— bet on whether
the winning number is red
or black. Winning bets are
paid at 1-to-1.
Odd/Even
— bet on whether
the winning number is odd
or even (excluding 0). Winning
bets are paid at 1-to-1.
High/Low
— bet on whether
the winning number is in the
low half (1-18) or the high
half (19-36). Winning bets
are paid at 1-to-1.
For example, if you have a
winning bet of $20 on a single
number (paid at 35-to-1) you
will get back your original
bet of $20 plus 35 times your
bet of $20 ($700) for a total
win of $720. As another example,
if you have a winning bet
of $100 on colour Red (1-to-1
odds), you will get back your
original bet of $100 plus
another $100 for a total win
of $200.
Players cannot wager more
than the maximum for any particular
bet in any one round of the
game. Roulette has two sets
of maximum limits: one for
inside bets and one for outside
bets (see Bet Type Table below).
Bet and Table Limits are posted
at the top center of the screen.
Note that you can wager the
maximum on more than one bet
per spin.
The chips placed on the table
layout below give an example
of each bet:
French Roulette En Prison Rule
The En Prison Rule 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:
Rule
applies when spin result is
Zero (Green 0)
Rule
applies only to even-money
(1:1 odds) outside bets:
Red
Black
Even
Odd
Low (1 - 18)
High (19 - 36)
For each of these bets, player
may choose to:
Surrender
half the bet to the dealer
immediately (and keep the
other half), or
Place
the whole bet En Prison where
it will await the outcome
of the next non-zero spin
result.
Player
may Re-Bet or add new bets
to the board for the next
spin when bets are placed
En Prison.
Bets
selected for En Prison are
moved to a special area for
that bet type (e.g. En Prison
block for Red bets).
If
the next result is another
Zero, the En Prison bets are
held for another spin. If
new bets had been placed on
even-money bet spots for that
spin, then player may choose
to surrender them or add them
to their respective En Prison
blocks.
The first non-zero spin
result will resolve all
En Prison bets. Those bets
En Prison that match the
spin result are returned
to the player. Those that
do not are surrendered to
the house.
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