Roulette is a casino game with many betting options. Some of these bets are riskier than others. Before you play, be sure to understand the odds for each variant of the game.

Once you’ve chosen the bet type, place your chips on the table and watch the ball come to rest. Then, find out if you’ve won!

Origin

Roulette is a game that involves spinning a wheel with 38 (or 37 on modern European/Latin American tables) divisions and rolling a ball into one of them. The game has been a staple of casinos and gambling houses since the 18th century. There are many theories about its origin, with the most popular being that 17th-century French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented it in the course of his attempts to produce a perpetual motion machine. Other theories point to supposed ancestors including English games like roscoe, portique and even-odd, as well as Italian games such as hoca and biribi. However, these claims are not supported by historical records.