American Roulette

The Wheel

Golden Dragon Casino, Tema offers our guests the European Roulette Wheel game.

There are two different roulette wheels. The European wheel has 37 slots numbered 0-36. The house edge is 2.63. The American wheel has 38 numbers because the added a double zero (00). The addition of the extra number increases the house edge to 5.26 percent.

The Layout
Roulette layouts have two betting areas. The inside betting area contains the individual numbers on the layout. The outside betting area has boxes for the columns, red/black and odd/even and different groups of numbers.

Buying In

You may purchase special roulette colour chips when you sit down to play. To avoid disputes each player receives a different colour chip. These chips are good for that table only and you should change them up for cash chips when you are finished playing. These cash chips may redeemed at the cash desks.

Each roulette table has a minimum and maximum bet. Signage on all tables will update you regarding the limits on the table

Inside Bets
There are several inside bets that can be played and the pay-outs are as follows:

• Straight Up bet is a wager on a single number. It pays 35 to 1.
• Split Bet is a wager on any two numbers and it pays 17 to 1. This bet is made by placing chips on the line between any two numbers.
• Street bets or line bets pay 11 to 1. This bet is made by placing chips on the vertical line separating the outside and inside betting areas. The chips straddle the first number in the selected row.
• Corner bets pays 8 to 1. This bet is made by placing chips on the cross covering or touching all 4 corners of any 4 selected numbers.
• Six Line Bet is a wager on six numbers and pays 5 to 1. Chips may be placed on the line separating the outside and inside area of the street bet.
• Outside Bets: The outside bets are any of the bets made in the boxes surrounding the numbers.
• Red Black Odd Even Low Numbers and High Numbers are all even money bets. Place chips in the boxes marked on the layout. When zero comes up the bets lose half.
• Dozens bet are made on the three sets of dozens within the 36 number area, 1-12, 13-24, and 25-36.. These winning dozen bets pay 2 to 1. If zero comes up these dozen bets lose.
• Column bets are also 12 number bets, and they consist of the numbers in each of the three vertical columns and bets are placed in the boxes at the bottom each of the three columns. These bets pay 2 to 1, but if zero comes up they lose.

The Dealer
Dealers are required to keep the wheel moving at all times, even between spins. They spin the ball in the opposite direction of the wheel, and they reverse the wheel direction with every subsequent spin. The dealer marks the winning number with a ‘dolly’. Bets may not be placed around the winning number for the next spin until the dealer removes the ‘dolly’ from the layout.

Playing Tips

If the number you want to bet is already covered with chips, don’t worry. It is permissible to stack your chips on top of another player’s chips. Your bets are defined by your colour which is unique to you, so bets do not get confused between different players. The dealer will alert to to the time when bets may no longer be placed just prior to the ball dropping into the numbers.