Roulette Glossary

The Dealer is called Croupier in Baccarat and Roulette games.

To have an advantage over an opponent is to have an edge. The online casino itself may have an edge against the player, as in the game of roulette, with the '0' and '00' slots on the wheel.

Measured either in positive or negative value, it is the statistical percentage a player can expect to win or lose from a bet. The expected value, mathematically calculated, in American Roulette is -5.26%. The meaning is that every dollar bet is expected to lose 5.26%.

Bets in Roulette divide into two categories: inside bets and outside bets. The terms refer to the location on the wheel, as explained in the following.

The various inside bets include:Straight: betting on a single number. The player places the chip (or chips) directly on the number.Split: betting on two adjoining numbers, by placing the chips on the separating line between the two numbers.Street: betting on three numbers, located along the same horizontal line. This is done by placing chips on the edge of the line, depending on the table layout.Corner: also known as a square bet, the player bets on four numbers.Sixline: also known as sixaine, the player bets on two adjoining streets, a total of six numbers, with the chips placed at the corresponding intersection.

Bets in Roulette divide into two categories: inside bets and outside bets. The terms refer to the location on the wheel, as explained in the following.

Outside bets include:Even money bets: betting on (almost) half the options, a total of 18 numbers. Special boxes that represent the various options (black, red, low, high, even or odd) are available on the table.Group Bets: betting on groups of 12 numbers, the first dozen, middle dozen or third group of 12 numbers.Column: betting on 12 numbers as well, only these numbers are on one of the three vertical lines.

Roulette, French for "small wheel", the King of Casino Games, is a popular and highly esteemed gambling game, as its moniker teaches us. Roulette players bet on which slot of the wheel - a rotating disk - the small ball will land and rest on. It involves a classic table layout of numbers in red and black, and various betting options.

The game begins with the croupier, the roulette game's dealer. The croupier spins a special wheel in one direction, and tosses a small ball into the tilted surface in the opposite direction. While the players watch for where the ball will eventually land and rest, bets are accepted over what color and number pocket it will land on. This is the outcome that determines winnings.

A whole cycle of a game, including the bets that were placed during that cycle. Each casino game has its own definition of a round: in roulette it is a spin of the wheel and the bets on the outcome; in poker it is the entire process until the winner takes in the pot.