Interesting facts about Roulette Wheel s

2025-08-02

Roulette is one of the well-admired casino games. Like other casino games, it is also a game of numbers. It is always dependent upon good luck and is decided by the turning of the roulette wheel. Since roulette wheel is the key functional component in live roulette as well as land-based roulette, therefore the turn of the roulette wheel each time a bet is laid on it, accelerates the heart beat of the gamblers as it may change their fate forever.

Even the most fortunate people just become puppets in the hands of fate when wagering for this famous and thrilling roulette game. The level of excitement among the gamblers increases with the increase in speed of the roulette wheel but it increases all the more with the slowing down of the roulette wheel. All eyes are fixed on the number struck by the controller of fate i.e. the ball on the roulette wheel. And if you are lucky enough to get the number chosen by you, the ball comes in your court. Otherwise, you have to lose your money with a heavy heart. After hearing so much about roulette wheel, you may wish to go somewhat deeper as far as this magical roulette wheel is concerned. Let us discuss about this fate-making wheel in detail. 

First of all, the prospective live online roulette players must be well-versed with the outlining of the roulette wheel which is made of 38 numbers including 1-36, 0 and 00. The European roulette wheel is an exception which has 37 numbers as they don’t play with the double zero. In order to decide the winning number, the live dealer rotates the wheel in one direction and takes a white ball and rotates it in the opposite direction inside the roulette wheel. There is a sloping circular path on the roulette wheel around which the ball revolves. When the ball loses it energy, it generally rebounds around and then ultimately comes to a standstill inside one of the pockets or what are commonly called as numbers on the roulette wheel. And this is the climax period as the number hit by the ball is revealed and players are then paid out correspondingly. There are only two green numbers on the roulette wheel and these are 0 and 00. All others are black and red.

In an European roulette wheel which has single zero, the pattern of numbers is 0-32-15-19-4-21-2-25-17-34-6-27-13-36-11-30-8-23-10-5-24-16-33-1-20-14-31-9-22-18-29-7-28-12-35-3-26.

Similarly, in an American roulette wheel which has double zeros, the pattern of numbers is 0-28-9-26-30-11-7-20-32-17-5-22-34-15-3-24-36-13-1-00-27-10-25-29-12-8-19-31-18-6-21-33-16-4-23-35-14-2.

Do you know that the word roulette itself means a small wheel in French. The preliminary roulette game was also called as French Roulette. In accurate terms, it came to limelight in European Gambling scenario only around the start of 18th century. However, at present nearly all the French Roulette tables across the globe have been substituted by a European edition of the American Roulette. Speaking in terms of outline, the American and European roulette tables are designed in almost similar manner with some minor differences in the series of the numbers on roulette wheel and the positioning of zeros.

Roulette wheels are used in land based casinos as well as online versions of the roulette game. The chief advantage of playing live roulette is that the Spinning wheel uses a Random Number Generator which picks up a number randomly where the ball on the roulette wheel is going to stop. Since everything is based upon randomness, therefore it seems to be perfect if assessed from mathematical point of view. It is better than the land based roulette wheel systems as chances of showing up some particular section of the roulette wheel or stopping of the roulette wheel due to tricks played by the live dealer are far less. So it is more accurate and in favour of the players. Rest luck plays its own role for each player in this game too.