13.02.2025
Chris Mwangi creates educational content focused on roulette rules, bets, odds, and payouts. At Roulette77, he collaborates with an international team to provide clear explanations, accurate localization, and responsible gaming standards for the UAE and other regulated markets.
Welcome to the ultimate guide for beginners on how to play online roulette. In this detailed breakdown of one of the very best games you can find at an online casino, we will walk you through everything you need to know about the game. We will examine its different variants, answer many of your most frequently asked questions, and break open the secrets of this storied casino game!
The Goal of the Roulette
The goal of the game is to try and predict where the ball will land on a wheel that has a fixed number of sectors. Each sector has a number – from 0 to 36, and these sectors are also coloured in alternating order of black and red, as well as green. Players may bet on one single number or various combinations of numbers. Similarly, players may also bet on the colours themselves if they prefer. Based on the type of bet you place, the probability of a successful outcome and the amount of payout you can expect will vary.
To get through a game of roulette, you need not worry about over-complicated sequences. We are here to provide you with a clean and quick way to find your way around the table – whether it is digital or physical. We have broken the entire process into four distinct phases. Each phase will be important, so let’s check out what they consist of and how you get through them.
The first step is to, of course, place your roulette bets. You get to pick numbers from 0 to 36 and may also bet on colours. Each colour and number on the roulette table represents different outcomes, and you are free to wager on any of them as you think would fit your strategy best. Now, one small drawback to the roulette wheel is that you won’t see how much each type of bet pays, and in fact, the payout values will range from 35:1 for a straight bet to 1:1 for an even money bet. Check the columns below to get an idea of how much you stand to win for each type of bet.
To get yourself quickly acquainted with what a regular game of roulette looks like, it’s important to catch yourself up on announced bets. To many players, they are known as “French bets,” and they do exactly what their name suggests. Because not all bets in a game of roulette are placed with physical chips, it’s possible to simply tell the croupier that you are betting on a certain number but not place physical chips. The croupier will quickly check if you have the chips and announce the bet you have made for the table to hear. Then, any outcome is calculated as usual. If you win – the bank pays you. If you lose, you need to forfeit your chips physically. In a game of online roulette, you can use the racetrack in order to make an announced bet.
Another crucial part of the experience is understanding how table and bet limits work in a game of roulette. These tables are different at each table, and there is no fixed value of reference. You need to look up these things yourself. Essentially, the table limit is how much you can maximumly bet on any given wager in a game of roulette. For example, this could be 2,000 AED for some versions of roulette but less for others.
Then, you have the bet limits. This means that different versions of roulette will also limit the maximum amount of money you may place on a specific bet type. This is important to know because it may come in handy when you use progressive betting strategies such as Martingale, in which case, the higher the table limit is, the better. Bet limits will usually apply to bets that are not even money, i.e. that have a smaller chance to happen but offer a much bigger payout.
To give you a quick practical example, just imagine that you can bet 2,000 AED on an even money bet, such as red/black or odd/even. This is great. However, if you are betting on a straight-up, split or something different, the bet limit may now change to 500 AED. Yes, you can still bet the maximum table limit of 2,000 AED, but only on specific bets.
| Bet | Premium European Roulette (Playtech) | Golden Chip Roulette (Yggdrasil) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight up | 0.1 Min | 100 Max | 0.1 Min | 50 Max |
| Split | 0.1 Min | 200 Max | 0.1 Min | 100 Max |
| Street | 0.1 Min | 300 Max | 0.1 Min | 150 Max |
| Corner | 0.1 Min | 400 Max | 0.1 Min | 200 Max |
| Six Line | 0.1 Min | 600 Max | 0.1 Min | 300 Max |
| Column | 1 Min | 1000 Max | 0.1 Min | 500 Max |
| Dozen | 1 Min | 1000 Max | 0.1 Min | 500 Max |
| Even/Odd | 1 Min | 1000 Max | 0.1 Min | 1000 Max |
| Red/Black | 1 Min | 1000 Max | 0.1 Min | 1000 Max |
| High/Low | 1 Min | 1000 Max | 0.1 Min | 1000 Max |
Players who play at physical locations should comply with their croupiers’ commands – this is the etiquette. A croupier will say, “no more bets,” at which point you cannot make any more bets. This is when the second phase of roulette begins with the croupier spinning the wheel and dropping the ball into the wheel. No player may touch the wheel or in any way interfere at this point or they may be asked to leave. In online roulette, this is automated.
The third step of the game is the results. The results will essentially show you how much money you have won – or lost, although you will know this based on how much money you have bet. For example, if you win a straight-up bet, which pays at 35:1, this means that for every 1 AED you bet, you will win 35 AED in total.
| Bet | Payout | Example (initial bet 10 AED) |
|---|---|---|
| Straight up | 35:1 | 10+35*10=360 |
| Split | 17:1 | 10+17*10=180 |
| Street | 11:1 | 10+11*10=120 |
| Corner | 8:1 | 10+8*10=90 |
| Basket | 6:1 | 10+6*10=70 |
| Six Line | 5:1 | 10+5*10=60 |
| Column | 2:1 | 10+2*10=30 |
| Dozen | 2:1 | 10+2*10=30 |
| Even/Odd | 1:1 | 10+1*10=20 |
| Red/Black | 1:1 | 10+1*10=20 |
| High/Low | 1:1 | 10+1*10=20 |
However, most players do not only place a single bet. In fact, many players prefer to have multiple selections going on for them. Here are a couple of good examples to observe and see how roulette works in practice.
Right, you have made it this far! The next step is to decide whether you want to withdraw or play again. This is completely down to you and there is no rush to do either.
The basic versions of roulette are European, American, and French. These games all share virtually the same rules with small exceptions we have covered in the tables below.
As you can see, the French and American versions of the game do have their specificity and with this said, you may want to take a closer look at the other rules that are generally available for a game of roulette, depending on what version it is.
La Partage rule is a type of rule in French Roulette where if the wheel comes up with a 0 but you haven’t bet on 0, you will get back half of your wager. This puts the house edge at 1.35%.
The En Prison rule works in a similar way, however, instead of giving you half your wager back, you respin the wheel for a chance to win it back on the second round.
The Surrender Rule pretty much acts like La Partage but only applies to American Roulette. If you didn’t bet on any of the zeroes, but a zero came up on the wheel, half of your money is returned The house edge is thus 2.63%.
The house edge is a specific metric that is used to indicate how much money you are likely to lose per 100 AED. If a roulette’s house edge is 2.70%, that means that for every 100 AED you wager, you can only expect to get 97.30% back; i.e. the house edge is 2.70%.
To calculate the payout, just reference the actual payout value of the wager or wagers you have placed. If you have bet on a column bet, a payout of 2:1, the payout you get will be 20 AED.
The most cited RTP for a game of roulette is 97.30%. This means that if you wager 100 AED in total, you will get around 97.30 AED back.
The version that is arguably the best for the player is the version of French Roulette, which features the La Partage rule. This puts the house edge at merely 1.35% and is most certainly one of the very best versions you will ever play.
Hot and cold numbers are numbers that have appeared or not appeared for a long time on the wheel. Basically, this is a known bias among players who sometimes monitor hot and cold numbers to try to get a statistical edge. However, most games of roulette are 100% random.
An even money bet is any bet type that you place, and that has a payout of 1:1. In other word,s you can expect to get paid as much as you have wagered on the section. If you bet 5 units and won on an even money bet, you get back 5 units.
If you are betting on the zero, this is just a straight-up bet. In other words, you get a 35:1 payout, or for every 1 AED you bet, you can expect to cash out 35 AED.
The roulette wheel is just a wheel that is, however, perfectly balanced to not be influenced by any external forces. The wheel is a complicated mechanism that ensures the safety and impartiality of each outcome. In online casinos, the wheel is based on a Random Number Generator.
Quantum Roulette is a special type of roulette. The game will have randomly-selected straight-up bets enhanced, which will add multipliers to their value, and such a bet may pay even 500:1.
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