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Rules of the Roulette Game

At the casino the roulette table is managed by one or more persons - the number of persons depends on in what country you are playing roulette. The number of roulette spins per hour also varies from country to country. You can expect about 30 spins an hour if you are playing in Europe - and up to about 100 spins per hour if you are playing in the US.

There are also other small differences - the number of players around the table can vary a great deal from casino to casino. Some roulette tables have seats - at other tables you will be standing while paying roulette and using your elbows to defend your small spot around the table. Also the number of tables may be different from casino to casino. The American roulette table normally have one table - the European roulette sometimes have two tables with the roulette table in the middle of the tables.

The person handling the roulette on behalf of the casino is called the croupier. He spins the roulette wheel in one direction thereafter he immediately shoots the roulette ball - made of plastic or ivory - in the other direction along the edge of the roulette wheel. Then the ball loses its speed and is about to come to a rest in the bottom of the wheel - where there are boxes with separate numbers the croupier announces: Rien ne va plus - or - No more bets please - if it's an American roulette wheel. Until that moment the players around the roulette wheel have made there bets according to rules that I will explain to you later.

The roulette ball comes to a rest in one of the boxes at the bottom of the roulette and the croupier announces the winning number and the color - red, black or no color - if the winning number is zero or double zero - those two numbers are green.

Finally the bets that did not win are collected by the croupier - and the winners are paid. Then a new game is ready to begin and the players starts placing their bets once again.

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