Roulette (pronounced roullety) is a casino game of chance featuring a rotating wheel with black and white spaces and a table where bets are placed. One of the oldest gambling establishments, it supposedly originated in France although its spinning-wheel design may have been borrowed from English games such as roly-poly. Bets may be placed on individual numbers, groups of numbers, colors like red or black, as well as odd or even numbers. Players bet using chips that don’t display printed denomination values allowing players to wager with no printed value printed value denomination. Players may place bets on individual numbers, groups of numbers as well as odds or even numbers as odds or evenness of numbers placed by bettors using chips with no printed value denomination printed printed value denomination printed anywhere allowing bettors.

Outside bets offer lower payouts but higher odds at winning, and also lose when zeros or double-zeros appear in a spin. They’re known as Premiere douzaine (P12), Moyenne douzaine (M12) and Derniere douzaine (D12). Players may make as many outside bets as desired but each bet must cover all numbers in its chosen range.