To make a bet, simply place however many chips you wish on that number, or on outside bets. If someone else already has a bet on your number, simply place your chip on top. You can place bets even while wheel is spinning, up until time dealer calls "no more bets" or waves his hand over table.

Once ball has landed in a slot, dealer calls out number and color, places a marker on that number on betting table, and pays off winners. Be sure to take your winning chips off table if you don't want to let them ride on next spin.

That's all there is to it! There is no thinking required, other than deciding which bet you want to make, and you can place your bets with your eyes closed and still have same odds of winning.

Good Luck!

* The individual numbers: you can bet on 1 number, 2 numbers, as many as you like

* The three marked columns of 12 numbers each

* The 1st Dozen, 2nd Dozen, or 3rd Dozen

* The high numbers, indicated on table as 1-18

* The low numbers, indicated on table as 19-36

* Even Numbers or Odd Numbers

* Red Numbers or Black Numbers (note that this excludes 0 and 00)

Here are odds paid on various bets:

* Individual numbers pay 35

* The 12 number columns pays 2 to 1

* The Dozens pays 2 to 1

* The high numbers and low numbers pay even money

* The even and odd numbers pay even money

* The red and black numbers pay even money

Important Note About Odds in Roulette: All bets have exactly same house edge against you: 5.26%! That's right - it makes no difference which bet you make, house edge is same.

This is due to presence of 0 and double 00. These numbers do not win for any bet except for if you bet them as a number. In other words, they do not count for high, low, odd, oven, red or black, dozens or rows of 12 numbers.

Since these two out of 38 numbers don't count except as a number, this is what gives house it's 5.26% edge. (2 divided by 38 equals 5.26%). Also, a winning on a single number pays 35 to 1, while there are 38 numbers on table, which again gives house it's 5.26% edge.

You cannot overcome this edge in long run, so just relax and place whatever bets seem interesting to you (although we do have a recommended betting strategy, which we explain in a different article).

Good luck!