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The American roulette wheel contains 38 numbered ball pockets .They alternate red and black and have 0 and 00 , called zero and double zero.The sequence of the numbers is different from the French wheel.In Atlantic City , the surrender rule is in effect for even money outside bets which gives the player an advantage.The French wheel has 37 pockets 1-36 and 0.And French roulette has the "en prison" rule which gives the player an advantage.There is a third wheel becoming more popular and this wheel is American style number sequence with a single zero.This a hybrid between the French and American wheels.The zero is between numbers 1 and 27 or 2 and 28.The surrender rule does not apply to these wheels even in Atlantic City.
The roulette wheel has two major parts , the bowl , the outer section , and wheelhead where the ball lands. The dealer is often called the croupier.
In American roulette the wheel is spun clockwise.In European roulette , the wheel alternates direction between payoffs.Bets can be placed while the ball spins till the croupier announces no more bets can be placed.
The betting area has a grid with 36 numbers .At one end of the betting area are the numbers 0 and 00 and the other end has 2 to 1 payoff written down.And on the side , groups of numbers are labelled 1st , 2nd and 3rd dozen for dozen bets , 1-18 and 19-36 for high low bets , even or odd and red and black for each type of these bets.