Like all table games you can play at the casino, roulette has what are known as 'table limits'. These limits define how little you must bet at the table, and how much you are allowed to bet. You may be confused as to why casinos would limit the upper amount of what you may spend at one time when you play roulette, but that little secret is revealed on our roulette systems page. The lower limit at a roulette table comes into effect in two different ways: one for inside bets, and another for outside bets. You are required to play the table minimum at least on each of your outside bets; on inside bets the total of all of your bets must meet or exceed the table minimum. This bit of information is all you need to know in order to start to play roulette.

Inside Bets

As we know, there are two types of bet you can place when you play roulette: outside bets and inside bets. Lets start by looking at the inside bets. The inside bets are made up of specific numbers or combinations of numbers within the number layout, or along the border of it. Remember, the total of all of your bets must add up to at least the table minimum. This means if your table minimum is five dollars, you can put one dollar down on five different numbers and be ok. The same is not true for outside bets.

Straight-up bet - This is the bet you may think of first in roulette. Pick a single number, and if it comes up you win. This bet pays back at 35 to 1.

Split bet - This bet allows you to place a single bet on two different numbers if those numbers are beside each other on the table layout. To play this bet put your chips down on the line between them. This bet pays 17 to 1 if either of your chosen numbers come up.

Street bet - This bet is just like the split bet, but you're splitting over three numbers. You accomplish this by placing chips on the outside of the row of numbers you want to bet on. So if you want to bet on the numbers 1, 2, and 3 all at once, put your chips down on the line that is the outside edge of the 3. This bet pays 11 to 1.

Corner bet - The corner bet is another combination wager, letting you bet on four adjoining numbers. Placing your chips at the point where four numbers meet will indicate you want a corner bet. This is sometimes referred to as a square bet. If any of the four numbers come up, you're paid 8 to 1.

Fiver number bet - There is only one five number bet available, and as such, it's referred to as the five number bet. To play this bet put your chips at the intersection of 0 and 1 on the corner (not the corner that joins with two, but the other one) You can win if any of 0, 00, 1, 2, or 3 are hit. You are paid 6 to 1. Sadly this is bet has a higher house edge of any others when you play roulette.

• Low pair and low pair: Split unless holding a king or better, then play two pair in the back.
• Low pair and medium pair: Split unless holding a king or better, then play two pair in the back.
• Low pair and high pair: Split unless holding an ace, then play two pair in the back.
• Medium pair and medium pair: Split unless holding an ace, then play two pair in the back.
• Medium pair and high pair: Always split.
• High pair and high pair: Always split.
• Pair of aces and any other pair: Always split.

• Three pair: Always play highest pair in front.
• Three of a kind: Always play three of a kind in back unless they are aces, then play a pair of aces in back and one ace in front.
• Three of a kind twice: Always play highest pair in front.
• Straights, flushes, straight flushes, and royal flush:
  • With no pair: When choosing whether to play a straight, flush, or straight flush play the category which will allow the highest two cards in front.
  • With 6th or 7th card: Play the lower straight or flush in the back to place the highest cards in front.
  • With one pair: Play pair in the front only if a straight, flush, or straight can be played in the back.
  • With two pair: Use two pair rule.
  • With three pair: Use three pair rule.
  • With three of a kind: Play pair in front.
  • With full house: Use full house rule.
• Full house: Always split unless the pair is twos and you have an ace and a king to play in the front.
• Full house with three of a kind and two pairs: Play the highest pair in front.
• Full house with three of a kind twice: Always play the highest pair in front.
• Play according to the rank of the four of a kind:
  • 2 through 6: Always keep together.
  • 7 through 10: Split unless a king or better can be played in front.
  • Jack through king: Split unless an ace can be played in front.
  • Aces: Always split.
• Four of a kind and a pair: Play pair in front.
• Four of a kind and three of a kind: Play pair in front from the three of a kind.
• Five aces: Split aces and play three aces in back and two aces in front unless you have a pair of kings, then play five aces in back and kings in front.

Play By The Numbers If you're playing to win, know the odds of your game and play accordingly. The numbers may be dull, but they are your roadmap to avoiding the losing plays. Hunches, ESP, clairvoyance, tea leaves, remote viewing and divination are all sorry secondary choices to the mathematics of your game. Take The Winnings And RunHave a plan for when to stop Some folks call it quits when they're up by 50%. Some when they've doubled their session bankroll. Others bail when the tide turns and they lose 20% of their winnings. Whatever your break-point, it's important to have one and stick to it. Otherwise you'll just keep playing until you can't and by then you'll have lost all the money you won. Forget the pot of gold, take the fistful of dollars. Greedy players make big losers.Expect To Loose Casinos do not depend on luck to stay in business. On virtually every bet you make in whatever game you play, the house's win is designed right into the rules of the game. And that edge generally means they'll be the winner a lot more often than you will be. Players can find and play games where the house edge is 1.5% or less but you'll have to do your homework to find them. Sites like ours are a good place to start your education, but never forget that the casinos rule the roost and are in business to take your money.Play The Game That "insurance" bet in Blackjack: house edge around 6%. The so-called "crapless craps": again, about 6%. The side bet in Caribbean Stud: over 25% house edge. What's the moral of this story? Aside from knowing your game and being intimately familiar with the odds you face, the moral is "forget the gimmicks". Sure there's the occasional exception but in general the "add-ons" to the basic games are sucker bets.Have Fun Unless you're a professional player with a proven track record, you're playing for the pleasure of it. For 98% of players casino gambling is recreation you're spending money to be entertained. If the fun stops, so should you.

By adhering to tried and tested playing strategies and sharpening your skills, you can prolong your entertainment, and improve your odds at the casino.

If you realize you have a problem, don't be afraid to contact organizations that can help you. After all, you've already taken the first step. Gamblers Anonymous provides problem gamblers with a support system to help them through the difficult times and can put you in touch with a support group in your area. Contact them on: Gamblers Anonymous

Attitude is everything. Maintain self-control, and whether you win or lose at the casino, you will always be a winner!

As humans we tend to have this systemized pattern of thinking that we already somehow won the game, that we haven't played yet. You psyche yourself up to stay cool and confidant, when you already have these preconceived ideas that you are special and that you hit the big jackpot already.

Although staying confident and optimistic plays a major part in playing the game. On the other hand you can't only rely on that strategy. If a prophet came to you while you where sleeping and foresaw your next winnings, I would say to you lay off the crack. Or if somehow on this planet that had happened, honey, 50 million people and I would be knocki'g at your door.

It's important to map out a personal gambling method that will work for you.
The first step is to ask yourselves a series of questions. What do you anticipate getting out of gambling? Are you looking for an entertaining and leisurely distraction from it all, or are you just an extra on film sets out of work, trying to make fast money to go on that trip to the Caribbean you have been boasting about for months?

Are you the type of person that needs to play with a wad of dough in your hands in order to get your blood pumping, or does one bill make you shake like mad?
Can you handle parting with your " moola" or would that send you straight to the bottle?

You have to decide on an amount you feel good about playing with according to your bank account. Are you capable of sticking to your limits, or in the heat of the moment you lose control, and do something you financially weren't prepared to do?

Or you may have the "yoyo" syndrome, as I like to call it, of changing your mind every single time you get some une'sy 'eeling flickering in your head? The key is to ask how much self-control do I have?

Remember these questions are key components to securing your success, or dealing with failure.

So, before you set out on a "gambling crusade", make a realistic plan for yourself that will suit you. In no time you will have created your own gambling method that will never fail you. And just think about that trip to the Caribbean you can really take. You will always be a winner.