Roulette is one of the most popular casino games, with a long history and a huge following. Roulette has origins in 18th-century France, a game created by French physicist, mathematician, and inventor Blaise Pascal. The American variant of the game stemmed from a French version of the game played in New Orleans in the 1800s.
Roulette centres around a spinning wheel commonly composed of 37 or 38 numbered compartments. These numbered compartments alternate between red and black and contain the numbers 0 to 36. The game also features a ball which is spun around the wheel in the opposite direction to which it is spinning. Players bet on where they think the ball will finish up resting or land.