Interesting Tidbits On Roulette!

A game like roulette whose origins are shrouded in mystery has a lot of stories attached to it, which make interesting reading; especially for roulette aficionados.

Did you know that roulette is called the Devil’s Game?

The total of all the numbers on the roulette wheel is 666. If you do the math, you will see for yourself how adding up all the numbers from 1 to 36 results in 666 – the number of the devil!

Roulette stands third in the game of popularity, with the leaders being slots and craps.

The game of roulette is named after the French word for “small wheel.”

Ashley Reyell from England sold everything he had, to go to Vegas and gamble. He put all the money on red and won $135,300. This is definitely lady luck making her presence felt.

Albert Einstein is reported to have said, “You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.” This saying has become so famous that we now see it everywhere.

The worst odds come from the American roulette table, with a five number bet on 00, 0, 1, 2 and 3. This gives the house an edge of 7.89%.

The reason for the numbers and colors on the roulette table being scattered is because the inventors created it in such a way to ensure it is as mathematically correct as possible.

Learning facts about roulette and understanding why it is the way it is, makes the game itself more interesting.