Roulette - French

By Wagercomms

The Game

Roulette, a classic game of luck and the game that many have tried to beat using numerous systems, some more lucky than others. There is better ways to play the game and some not so good.

How to Play Roulette

It's an easy game to play and briefly explained with a ball of ivory that rotates in the wheel of total of 37 numbers, 0-36, and the kinetic energy of the ball and the wheel decreases the ball will end its journey haphazardly on one of the 37 numbers.

As a player, one try's to anticipate, where the ball is going to stop and prior to the number coming up making one's choice and place a wager on one or several numbers. The player wagers against the bank independently of other participants. 

Place your Bets

Next step is to choose the value of your chips and then place your bets accordingly. The croupier (dealer) then announces "No more bets, please" and seconds later the wheel starts spinning. Online it is also common with functions for repeating the last bet or bets within the game.

La Partage

When zero (0) is the winning number, all even money bets: Rouge/Noir (red/black), Pair/Impair (even/odd) and Manque/Passe (1-18/19-36) loose only half the amount wagered.

En Prison

When zero (0) is the winning number, all even money bets: Rouge/Noir (red/black), Pair/Impair (even/odd) and Manque/Passe (1-18/19-36) is not lost, but "imprisoned" for the next round and wheel spin. Should the player "win" in the next round the even money bets, original bets, are released back to the player, the player recovers its bet from being in prison.   

La Partage vs. En Prison

There is no difference on house edge per even money bets whether applying La Partage or the En Prison rule, with regards to casino preference, the La Partage rule is more commonly used, as it handles all bets placed within the given round, no bets in prison and pushed to the next round. The La Partage and En Prison rule is either or, they are never used together.   

Single Bets

There is a total of 8 different possibilities to single bets. Each bet covers different numbers and holds a different pay distribution.

Plein

Place your chips on one number only, including the zero. (straight up)

Cheval

Place your chips on the line between two numbers including the zero. (split bet)

Transversal Plein

Select which row, this by the long line. Street bet covers three numbers and a transversal plein bet can also be placed on the zero, i.e. on the cross of 0, 1 and 2. 

Carre

Place the chip in the cross where four numbers meet. You will be playing on all four numbers. (corner bet)

Transversal Simple

A line bet consists of two street bets that are marked by a counter. Along the long line you mark in the t-cross and cover six numbers i.e. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. (line bet)

Dozen Bet

Here you can mark 12 numbers by putting your bet in one of the three marked boxes, 12P (1st dozen), 12M (2nd dozen) and 12D (3rd dozen).

Column Bet

On the short side of the Roulette table there are three "empty" boxes, and by placing your chips in one of these you mark all numbers above, excluding 0. Totally you will be marking 12 numbers.

Rouge/Noir, Pair/Impair, Manque/Passe

A chip put in one of these boxes, put along the long side of the table closest to the player, makes it possible to cover half the table. What you are playing on is described in respectively box. Zero (0) is not covered by these boxes. Each box covers 18 numbers. (red/black), (even/odd), (low/high 1-18 and 19-36)

Wagers Pay

The following is standard pay on winnings in Roulette (French, La Partage).

Wager                Pay            Bet

1 number          35 to 1      Plein

2 numbers        17 to 1      Cheval

3 numbers        11 to 1       Transversal Plein

4 numbers        8 to 1       Carre

6 numbers        5 to 1       Transversal Simple

12 numbers       2 to 1       Dozen Bet

12 numbers       2 to 1       Column Bet

18 numbers        1 to 1       Rouge/Noir, Pair/Impair, Manque/Passe

Winning Number Display

Online as well as land based a winning number display is and should be available that shows the last and previous winning numbers.

French Wheel

The number layout used for a French wheel. (European wheel)

0-32-15-19-4-21-2-25-17-34-6-27-13-36-11-30-8-23-10-5-24-16-33-1-20-14-31-9-22-18-29-7-28-12-35-3-26.

House Edge

Per the definition of above standard rules the following house edge applies.

French roulette (single zero and La Partage, or En Prison) house edge is 1.35%.