Roulette is one of the oldest and most popular games played in modern casinos. The Roulette wheel has numbered pockets ranging from 00 to 36. An American roulette wheel has an extra slot; 00. A European roulette wheel has the numbers 1-36, plus a slot for zero. Before you get confused, standard American roulette rules have the table use different chips than other table games at the same casino. In a casino, the person who spins the wheel is called a croupier. All roulette players place their bets. The dealer spins a small ball in the opposite direction of the spinning roulette wheel. The ball slows and eventually stops in one of the numbered pockets in the Roulette wheel. When you get your roulette chips they will not be marked with a denomination, you choose it, and all of the chips will reflect that worth - the dealer keeps track of that by associating the amount and color with a 'lammer'. Roulette is a banking game: all bets are placed against the house. Once the roulette ball has found its slot, the dealer will call out the winning number and place a marker on that number's spot on the layout. You should remember to exchange the colored non-value Roulette chips for valued gaming chips prior to leaving a particular Roulette table. When you finish beating the house at roulette, you will have to ask the dealer to "color out" for you, the dealer will then take your chips and give you casino checks which you may then use on other games or cash out at the cashier.