In this game a small ball is rolled onto a revolving tray containing thirty-eight numbered compartments. The ball randomly comes to rest in one of these thirty-eight compartments. In addition to the compartments numbered from 1 to 36, there are two extras numbered 0 and 00. It is these last two numbers that provide the casino with their edge.
The bettor has several options when playing roulette. If a particular number is chosen, the player will win $35 for every dollar bet if that number occurs. In this case, if a winning bet of $2 is placed the bettor will receive $72 in return, 35 to 1 on each dollar bet, plus the original $2 bet. The bettor may also choose to bet on the color of the number hit (eighteen are red and eighteen are black), whether the number is even or odd (0 and 00 are considered neither even nor odd), or whether the number hit will be 1 through 18, or 19 through 36.
In each of these bets, the probability of winning is 18/38 because in each case there are eighteen favorable results out of the total number of thirty-eight possible outcomes.
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