Roulette is of French origin and was first played in New Orleans. It is played in virtually every gambling house in North and South America and in Europe, where it is even more popular. The Roulette wheel that is mounted horizontally on the end of the table. 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. The marked area of roulette is called the game layout, and you may place bets on any particular number, any 4 adjacent numbers, a column or a dozen bet. When all bets are placed, the croupier spins the wheel and a ball bounces from slot to slot until finally coming to rest in one of them. If the roulette ball lands in the 0 slot, the game ends and all players receive half their original bets back. The ball slows and eventually stops in one of the numbered pockets in the Roulette wheel. Numbers 1-18 are considered the lows numbers, 19-36 are the highs. Losing roulette bets are collected and winning bets are paid. Wait til the dealer says "place your bets" before putting any roulette chips down for the next round. 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.