Roulette at online casinos

Roulette is the classic casino game easily identified by its distinctive spinning wheel. It is named after the French word meaning “small wheel”. In the game, a croupier spins a wheel in one direction, then spins a ball in the opposite direction around a tilted circular surface running around the circumference of the wheel. The ball eventually falls on to the wheel and into one of 37 (in European roulette) or 38 (in American roulette) colored and numbered pockets on the wheel. Players place bets on the winning number and the color of the pocket, whether the number is odd or even, etc.

The roulette wheel makes roulette arguably the most active and dynamic game on the casino floor. The game always gathers a huge crowd drawn in by the ever present clickity-clank of the wheel and the excitement of the game itself. Online roulette obviously doesn’t have the same attraction, but it is still very popular because you can play at any level of experience and still win. Nearly all online casinos offer roulette.