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Betting on Cylinder

All the numbers have been very carefully placed on the wheel. There is very complicated theory behind the numbering system. There is always a red number beside a black number except the numbers 32 and 3. Between these numbers is the zero, green. The zero is the number for the bank, it is the 37th number. When you place a bet straight up and win, you will get paid 35 times your bet and your initial bet will stay standing. This means that you have 36 times your initial bet and not 37, which you would expect. The whole system behind this is that the bank will have won once after spinning the wheel 37 times.

On a lot of American roulette tables there are two zeroes, a single zero and double zero. This means that the odds are slightly more in favour of the bank than when there is only one zero.

You can divide the wheel into two equal halves - from 0 to 5 and 10 to 0. The total in each half is 333. The numbers have also been placed in the wheel so that there is always a high number beside a low number. This becomes clear when you are playing 1-18 and 19-36. There is one exception to this and this is found at the numbers 5 and 10.

A lot of roulette tables have an exact print of the wheel beside the normal print, this is called the neighbour’s print The reason for this is because the wheel has a few of its own games.

Instead of betting on numbers on the table you can bet on a section of the wheel where you think the ball will fall. If wheels are not well looked after and kept clean then this can sometimes affect where the ball falls. You still often see this happening in casinos nowadays. If you wish to place a bet on the neighbour’s print then you always have to ask the croupier to do this for you. You are not allowed to place these bets yourself.