Roulette is one of the oldest and most popular games played in modern casinos. The United States adopted their own version of roulette, but the French version is still played time to time in Las Vegas. In roulette game the bank pays or collects from each bettor. The wheel has numbered pockets ranging from 0 to 36 - and 00 in American Style Roulette. Roulette is a fast moving, simple and exciting game offering many different types of bets and payoffs. 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. In American roulette the addition of the 00 section greatly increases the odds in favor of the house. Roulette is not as popular in United States casinos as it is in Europe. Roulette is a banking game: all bets are placed against the house. If you’re feeling lucky, you can pack in plenty of casino play at a roulette wheel in a short time. 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.