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Origins of Roulette
As with most other gambling games, Roulette has a somewhat confusing history filled with many gaps. But several stabs at pinpointing the games origins have been noted as being most plausible. The name Roulette means “small wheel” and most experts maintain that the game was a child of the European gaming establishments that existed during the 17th and 1800’s.
But before coming to Europe, most people believe that Roulette originated in Rome. Apparently roman solders would turn their chariots on their side and use the wheels as a primitive form of gaming wheel, but it is uncertain exactly how the wheel was used in the playing of a game.
Another theory tells the story of a French inventor who was attempting to build a perpetual motion machine. Unfortunately the laws of thermo dynamics prevent such a device from existing, but fortunately for the gaming world it was most open to the concept of a game involving a spinning wheel, even if it wasn’t quite perpetual. As the story goes the inventor, realizing the potential of the machine he had built, took the device around Paris and talked inn keepers into buying them as games. The theory says that due to the machines spinning and moving parts it made a very exciting and dynamic game that grew increasingly popular.
Modern Roulette as we know it today began showing up in the gaming rooms of Paris sometime around the late 1700’s. It is believed that two brothers, Francois and Louis Blanc invented the idea of adding a zero to the roulette wheel in order to increase the chances of the house winning. However due to their expertise with roulette the two brothers developed a rather undesirable reputation. According to local myths the two Blank brothers were servants of the devil. It was believed, and may still be, that they both signed away their souls to the devil in exchange for the mathematical secrets of roulette. Of course this may seem a little far fetched today, but roulette is a game of incredibly complex mathematical patterns, and back then it’s easy to see why anyone playing roulette would of thought of the usage of numbers and equations as being akin to some kind of black magic.
It is not entirely known what became of the Blanc brothers, some believe that they continued to travel Europe, selling their knowledge of roulette and other games to gambling establishments. Others maintain that the brothers were actually abducted by Persian witch hunters and burned at the steak. Although no documents of the brothers being kidnapped have ever been seen, the two men did seem to disappear sometime in the mid 1800’s, but their contribution to the great game of roulette continues to live on today.
During the same time the Blancs were out and about spreading their Roulette know-how, the game also started to become highly popular in Germany, but soon after it had become a widespread pastime there, France made the game illegal, which spawned superstitious paranoia among the German religious elite, and the game was soon banned there as well. Roulette remained an illicit activity for many years, and there is a good chance that it would have been for many more years were it not for Monaco, which legalized the game as a way to bring money into the state. Gaming venues, with a huge help from roulette, became one of the most popular past times in the region. The money poured in and people were having an excellent time. Soon other countries recognized the potential of roulette and started to make it a legal activity as well. Before too long all of Europe was gleefully engaging in Roulette in the morning, day and night—sending money not only into the pockets of the state, but also the many winners of the incredibly exciting and entertaining game.
Today Roulette can be found anywhere gambling games are played. It is a backbone in the gaming culture seen in TV and film, and has a significant presence on the web as well. Online casinos can be just as entertaining as real world Roulette. The software and technology available today has pushed Roulette into the upper reaches of sensation. Whether you’re playing at home on your computer or in Las Vegas at a table, it’s one great game.
How to Play English Harbour UK Roulette
A small metal ball is dropped into a spinning wheel that has numbers and colors indicating odd or even. You make bets based on where you think the ball is going to land, and when the wheel comes to a stop and the ball lands on a number, you win if you bet on the number!
On the Roulette board is a series of specially marked numbers and boxes. When you want to place a bet all you have to do is left click the mouse button until you have deposited the desired number of chips, to reduce the number of chips all you have to do is right click. Then press the SPIN button to begin the game.
If the number falls with in the range of any one of your bets then you have won.
Bets in English Harbour UK Roulette
Inside Bets or Straight Bets
A bet on a single number.
Split Bet or Two Number Bet
To bet on the ball landing on any two numbers, place your chips on the line between two numbers.
Street Bet or Three Number Bet
Three numbers in a row with one bet. To make this bet place your chip in the outside line of the row you want to bet on.
Corner or Square Bet
Place your chip in the center of four numbers and if one of these numbers comes up you win.
The Six Numbers Bet
Allows you to bet on two rows of three numbers. Place your chip in between the outside line of the last numbers of the two rows.
Outside Bets / Any Red or Black
These bets divide the roulette table into red and black. The bet is on either a black or red number coming up and is placed on either the red or black diamond. If 0 comes up the bet loses.
Any Low Number or High Number Bet
These bets divide the roulette table into the numbers 1 – 18 and 19 – 36. The bet is on either a number from 1 to 18 or from 19 to 36 coming up and is placed on either the 1 to 18 or 19 to 36 rectangle. If 0 comes up the bet loses.
Any Even or Odd Bet
These bets divide the roulette table into even and odd. The bet is on either an even or odd number coming up and is placed on either the even or odd rectangle. If 0 comes up the bet loses.
The Dozens Bet
These bets divide the roulette table into the numbers 1-12, 13-24, and 25-36. The bet is on either a number from 1 to 12 or from 13 to 24 or from 25 to 36 coming up and is placed on the 1st 12, 2nd 12, or 3rd 12 rectangle.
Column Bets
These bets divide the roulette table into columns of 12 numbers. The bet is on any one of the three columns and is placed at the end of the column on the 2 to 1 rectangle.
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English Harbour UK Roulette
