Roulette offers a wide variety of bets and betting options. The process of roulette betting is not a complicated one, and fortunately, unlike craps, you are given a good length of time at the table to choose where you want to lay your money down. Two types of betting you can practice at the wheel are called the outside bets and the inside bets. You are required to play the table minimum at least on each of your outside bets; on inside roulette betting 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 delve right into some roulette betting action. Lets start by describing each bet and how/where you play it. Roulette betting - outside bets
The outside bets on a roulette board are simply the bets that reside 'outside' of the main playing area of 38 numbers. There are no winning outside bets for 0 or 00 results. Different types of outside bets: Red or Black - you can choose to bet on the outcome either being a red number, or a black number. Place this bet right in the area with the words 'red' or 'black' in them, which should be easy to reach from beside the table. This is a very common form of roulette betting, as it is easy to understand that you have almost half a chance of winning. People often make the bet making the incorrect assumption that if 5 blacks were spun, there is a better than 50% chance the sixth spin will be red. This is not logical and the reason why is described in more detail on our

1 - Buy Bet Here you can guess that a certain number will be rolled before a 7. It's the same as a place bet but a Buy Bet pays true odds with a 5% charge with a win.
2 - Don't Come Bet Opposite of a 'Come Bet'. Odds are the same.
3 - Place Bet Here you can bet that a certain number will be rolled before a 7. The odds are 9:5 on a 4 and 10, 7:5 on a 5 and 9 and 7:6 on a 6 and 8 roll.
4 - Come Bet Is basically the same as the 'Pass Line Bet' but the bet is made after the shooter gets point. The shooters next roll then becomes this bets come out roll. This bet wins with 7 and 11 and loses with 2, 3 and 12. If another number is rolled then your counter is moved to the corresponding place (see number 10 on diagram) And for you to win a point must be regained before a 7 is rolled. The odds are 1:1.
5 - Field Bet Is where you bet if the outcome of the next roll will be a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12. Any other figures lose. 2:1 are the odds for 2 and 12, and the rest are 1:1.
6 - 6 & 8 You bet if a 6 or 8 will be rolled before the next 7. Odds are 1:1.
7 - Don't Pass Bet A simple bet, that the shooter does NOT win the game. The odds are 1:1.
8 - Pass Line Bet The simplest bet; you bet that the shooter wins the game. The odds are 1:1.
9 - Odds Bet This strengthens your 'Don't Pass Bet' or your 'Pass Line Bet' but this bet is made after point on the shooters come out roll. The odds are 2:1 for a 4 and 10, 3:" for a 5 and 9 roll and 6:5 for a 6 and 8 roll.
10 Number 10 corresponds with information in the 'Come Bet'.

After everyone has put their minimum bet in the center of the table then the game will commence. The dealer will deal 5 cards faced down to each person. Everyone looks at their cards and you have to "call" to stay in the game, if you do not want to continue that you say "fold" and you will still lose your minimum bet. I recommend that you "call" first as you have nothing to lose. Then each person decides which cards you want to keep and which cards you want to throw away, that can be upto 5. Make sure you choose correctly which cards to discard as it is a huge part of the game. If you do not have anything at all then keep your highest card and throw the rest away. If you have a pair, keep them and discard the rest. If you have 4 cards to a straight or royal flush then go for it. The dealer will then give each player the same amount of cards that they discarded so that everyone now has 5 cards again. Hopefully, you will have been given some great cards which enables you to win . Then you go round the table saying whatever you want to do. Here are the three options :-

• Call - If you "call" it means that you do not want to raise anymore and that you have paid enough to stay in the game.
• Raise - If you "raise" then it means that you raise the bet by so much, a table can have a betting limit, but some do not. If you raise say $10, then everyone else on the table has to raise $10 also. If someone has raised before you then you must raise that amount before you raise any further. For instance Bob raised $50 before you, you put $80 in the pot, so therefore you have raised $30, Bob must put in $30 to stay in the game. Bob still may want to raise you even further if he is confident that he has a good enough hand.
• Fold - When you "fold" then you drop out of the game whatsoever, this should be done if you feel that the amount of money "raised" is not worth risking for the hand that you have. You will lose all chance of winning the pot but you do not have to add anything into the pot.

When all the raising is complete and everyone is happy everyone reveals their cards to each other and the pot is given to the winner. Here are all the way you can win ranked from highest to lowest :-