Extra · Question an ansa · 7 minute
Roulette fi beginner: di usual question dem
Roulette fi beginner: di question dem weh people shame fi ask at di table, ansa plain.
Short ansa
Wah di chip dem mean, weh fi put dem, wah di dealer a seh, wen yuh can touch tings, an if zero a a trick: a roulette guide fi beginner, inna question. Nutten yah nuh obvious till smaddy tell yuh.
fus bet fi learn
red or black
fus word fi learn
“nuh more bet”
fus rule fi learn
hands off afta di wave
fus numba fi know
2.70%
Bifo yuh siddung
Mi haffi know anyting?
No. Roulette nuh have no decision afta di bet. If yuh know di payoutmoney mattaPayoutWah a bet weh win gi yuh back, weh dem quote as “X to 1” on top a di stake weh come back.Read di whole ting → dem, it help yuh undastand wah yuh win; if yuh know di edge, it help yuh decide ow much fi spend.
Ow much money mi need?
Di table minimum times bout twenty, fi a even-money session weh las. A $5 table: $100.
Mi can jus watch?
Yes, but stand up. Di seat dem at busy table a fi playa.
Which table fi pick?
Single zeropon di wheelZeroDi one green pocket weh no even-money, dozen or column bet nuh cover; a weh di house edge come fram. Nex name: single zero, 0.Read di whole ting →. If yuh have a choice, di one weh have la partagerule demLa partageFrench rule: wen zero hit, half a di even-money stake come back. It cut di house edge pon dem bet deh inna half, to 1.35%.Read di whole ting → inna di rule dem.
Di La Partage rule inna rouletteDi table limit dem inna roulette
Chip dem
Wah mek fi mi chip dem a different colour fram evrybody else own?
Evry playa at a real table get a colour suh nobaddy nuh mix up di bet dem. Dem only good at dis table; cash dem in bifo yuh lef.
Ow much a chip worth?
Whatever yuh did seh wen yuh buy in. A marker pon di wheel rim keep track a wah yuh colour worth.
Mi can use cash pon di layout?
Most times only fi outside betbet demOutside betA bet pon di box dem roun di grid: dozen, column an even-money bet.Read di whole ting →, an it simpler fi buy chipmoney mattaChipA token weh stand fi a fix amount, weh yuh put pon di betting layout fi mek a bet. Nex name: check.Read di whole ting →. Put di cash flat pon di felt; nuh han it to di dealer.
Put dung a bet
Weh di chip go fi red?
Inna di redbet demRedEven-money bet pon di 18 red numba. Inna French: rouge.Read di whole ting → diamond box mongst di outside bet dem. Fi a numba, inside it own box. Fi two numba, pon di line between dem.
Wah if mi cyaan reach?
Ask di dealer an seh di bet exactly: “five pon red”, “ten pon di cornerbet demCornerFour numba weh share a corner pon di betting layout, pay 8:1.Read di whole ting → sixteen seventeen nineteen twenty”.
Mi can bet pon more dan one ting?
Yes, as much as yuh like, even bet weh go gainst one anodda.
Ow long mi have?
Till di dealer wave an seh “nuh more bethow di table runNuh more betDi dealer call (or di prompt pon di screen) weh close di bettin. Nobaddy cyaan put dung, move or tek up chip again.Read di whole ting →”, mostly wen di ballgearBallDi likkle ball weh di dealer fling roun di track di opposite way to di rotor. Modern ball mek outta ivorine or Teflon, 18–21 mm.Read di whole ting → have tree or four lap lef. Online, a timer weh yuh can see.
During an afta di spin
Wah mek di dealer wave at mi?
Dat mean “nuh more bet”. Hands off di layoutgearBetting layoutDi bettin grid weh print pon di table. Nex name: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole ting →.
Wah di likkle marker be?
Di dollygearDollyDi marker weh di dealer put pon di numba weh win pon di betting layout while dem a settle di bet dem.Read di whole ting →. It siddung pon di winnin numba while dem pay di bet dem. Nuh touch nutten till dem lift it up.
Mi win. Mi tek up mi chip dem?
Dem put di winnins nex to yuh original chip. Tek up both wen di dolly lift, or lef dem fi bet again. Chip weh lef pon di table a a bet.
Mi lose. Weh mi chip go?
Di dealer sweep it weh. Dem clear di losin chip dem bifo dem pay di winna dem.
Wah mek di dealer pay smaddy else fus?
Dem pay outside bet bifo inside betbet demInside betAny bet weh yuh put pon or between di numba dem pon di grid: straight up, split, street, corner, six line.Read di whole ting →, an di one dem closest to di dealer las. A di fix order dat, nuh favouritism.
Zero an di odds
Zero a a trick?
A di house edgemathsHouse edgeDi part a evry stake weh di casino keep pon average: 2.70% inna European roulette.Read di whole ting → dat. Evry outside bet lose pon zero; dem work out evry payout like seh zero nuh deh. It a numba yuh can bet pon too.
Red a 50/50?
48.65%. Di zero a di difference, an a di whole house edge pon dat bet.
Wah 35 to 1 mean?
A $1 chip weh win give yuh back $35 a winnins plus di $1 stake. “35 fi 1” woulda include di stake an it worse.
Ow much mi a go lose?
Pon average 2.70% a wah yuh bet; pon a $5 red bet, 13.5 cent a spin. A normal evenin wi end up far fram average, one way or di odda.
Online
A di same game?
Same odds. RNG table a software; live table a a wheel pon camera. Both pay European odds pon a European table.
Wah mek dem reject mi bet?
Di bettin time done. Di bet dem close bifo di ball slow dung, pon purpose.
Wah di racetrack be?
Di oval strip weh show di wheel order. If yuh tap it, it put dung sectorpon di wheelSectorA piece a di wheel weh di pocket dem follow one anodda roun di arc, nuh a group pon di betting layout.Read di whole ting → bet. Yuh nuh need it.
Mi can practice?
Di Demo Game pon dis site a a play-money table wid evry bet an a wheel weh work.
Question dem
Wah mi fus bet fi be?
Red or blackbet demBlackEven-money bet pon di 18 black numba. Inna French: noir.Read di whole ting → at di table minimum. It win nearly half di time an it teach yuh di rhythm a a roun.
It rude fi ask di dealer question?
Nuh bout di game. Ask between spin. Dealer nuh give strategy advice, an di honest one dem wi tell yuh seh no roulette strategy nuh deh fi beginner or fi nobaddy else.
Sumting fi laugh
Nutten nuh obvious till smaddy tell yuh. Now smaddy tell yuh.
Source dem
- Ethier, S. N. The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling.
- Epstein, R. A. The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic, 2nd ed.