The game of roulette traces back to 17th century France. Now one of the most popular casino games in Europe, Monte Carlo and the United States, this relativity simple casino game spread across the globe like wildfire.

Roulette is played with up to eight players who play against the house. The dealer, called the croupier, spins the roulette wheel and takes care of all monetary exchanges. The roulette wheel itself differs from region to region. In the French and European roulette wheels, the wheel consists of 37 slots, numbered from zero to 36. The United States version of the roulette wheel has an extra number, 00, or double zero, so that their wheel contains 37 slots and is numbered 00, 0, 1-36.

In order to play roulette, players purchase colored chips in order to avoid a mix up with bets. If a player wins he/she then exchanges their chips for the regular monetary chips.

In order to start playing roulette a player will place a bet on any number including the zeros. Once all players have placed their bets the croupier starts to spin the wheel, and then 'launches' the ball. In the moment before the ball is about to drop the croupier calls out, “no more bets,” and from that moment no bets are allowed to be placed or changed until after the ball drops and a new game begins. The winning number is whichever numbered slot the ball drops into, and can sometimes correspond with colors, red or black.

After the ball drops and the winning number is announced, the croupier then places a 'dolly' on the winning number at the roulette table, and clears away all losing bets. Once the bets are cleared, bets for a new game can be placed.