By: Andy Fullard
Submitted: 2008-11-22 12:30:12 | Word Count: 505
Roulette is a very popular game in the casinos. Like most other casino games, roulette is a gambling game that is dependent on luck. The player of live online roulette needs no special ability to win this game of coincidence; they just have to be lucky. The word roulette in French means a French wheel, it also translates as small wheel. The original casino game was invented by Blaise Pascal in the seventeenth century in France and has remained popular to this very day.
In roulette, a wheel is set spinning and the participants bet varying amounts on different numbers or colors, there are a lot of bets to choose from. Live online roulette is playing the game of roulette online by using the Internet. In live roulette there is a “casino certified” wheel and live audience and live dealer.
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For playing live online roulette, you have to register in an online casino. You have to fill up a certain amount of money as registration fees. There are some gaming sites that do not ask for registration fees. If you are lucky enough you can win a bonus amount as a first time player. The registration fees depend on the popularity of the site, however usually the lowest amount with which you can start to play live roulette is around the $20 mark.
On registering online to play, you will be able to choose from a large number of websites which feature the game of live online roulette. In each live roulette game, there is a dealer or croupier. He spins the roulette wheel on one side and then on the opposite. The circumference of the wheel has a tilted surface which has the ball spinning on it. As the motion of the roulette ball decreases in speed, the ball falls into the numbered boxes to create a winning result. European roulette wheels have 37 numbers on then starting from 0 to 36. The American roulette wheel, on the other hand, has 38 numbers with an extra number in the form of ‘00’. The European wheel is often considered the best for the player due to its lack of the extra double zero. In a European live online roulette wheel, the numbers are not placed serially. Irrespective of the type of the wheel, the numbers are placed opposite to its preceding number. 0 is placed opposite 00 or 1, depending on the wheel. The numbered boxes are colored black and red each and the zero slots are colored green. The numbers opposite each other are usually colored differently.
With the decreasing speed of the roulette wheel, the ball drops in the boxes and bounces from one to the other. Occasionally during the game the croupier might spin the ball so fast that the ball might fall out of the wheel, calling for a fresh spin. The box in which the number finally settles down is the winning number. The participants who had placed their bet on that particular number are declared as winners. You can practice with free playing sessions in live online roulette.
