Roulette Terms - Glossary

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American Wheel	A roulette wheel that has the numbers zero, double zero through to and including 36.
Ball	A small plastic ball, spun in the opposite direction of the wheel's spin
Black	A roulette bet on all the black numbers.
Block Betting	The set of numbers on one section of the wheel which are bet in certain roulette strategies.
Column Bet	The roulette table layout is devided into three columns. This term refers to placing a bet on any or all the columns
Corner Bet	Placing a bet on the corner of a number. This results in you touching the corners of 4 separate number in total.
Croupier	A croupier works for the casino at the roulette table. One will spin the wheel, another will manage the "bank", while another will watch table.
D'Alenbert System	One of the many betting systems that have been used in roulette.
Dozens Bet	A bet on any of the three available groups . Numbers 1-12, 13-24, or 25-36.
En Prison	The player has a choice of either surrendering half of the bet or allowing the bet to be imprisoned for another spin, in which case, the entire wager will be returned if won, used mainly in Europe.
Even	A bet on all of the 18 even numbers.
Five Number Bet	Betting on 0, 00, 1, 2, 3 at the same time with a single chip or chips.
French wheel	A wheel that only has the zero(0) and the numbers 1 to 36.
Green Numbers	The zero and double zero.
High-Low Bet	A single bet that covers 18 numbers at the same time. They can be 1 to 18 or 19 to 36
Inside Bet	A wager placed on any individual number on the roulette table layout including 0 or 00, or any combination of the numbers.
Martingale System	A well known roulette system the player doubles his bet after each loss until he wins
Outside Bet	Placing a bet outside of the number grid and row and column section Red, Black, Odd, Even, High, Low
Red	A roulette bet on all the black numbers
Special Line Bet	A bet on the first five numbers; 00,0,1,2,3.
Split Bet	A bet that covers two numbers at the same time.
Straight Up Bet	A single bet on any single number on the table, it can include zero or double zero.
Trio Bet	A combination bet on three numbers at the same time.
Zero, Double-zero	Two of the bets available on the American wheel. The European wheel does not have the double so on this one the single zero would be the only possible zero bet.