A roullete is a spinning wheel with numbered compartments that alternate between black and red. There are also two green compartments marked 0 and 00 on American-style wheels. Each area of the table corresponds to a different type of bet. You can place your chips on one number, a group of numbers, or on a color. Then the croupier spins the wheel and drops the ball.
Origin
It’s impossible to say when exactly roulette came into existence, and there are many fanciful stories out there. One theory is that it was invented in 1655 by Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician and physicist. At the time, he was in the midst of his experiments to create a perpetual motion machine. Other theories suggest that it was based on older games like portique, hoca, and bassette, and that it first emerged in the early 18th century.
What is known is that it was popular in France before it came to America. As more and more Europeans immigrated to the United States, they brought with them some of their favorite pastimes, including roullete. The game consists of a spinning wheel with numbers on it, and players make bets by placing chips on a betting mat.
