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The Table Basics
Roulette has been played since the 17th century, and
emanates sophistication and elegance.
This game of pure chance is filled with suspense, while
hopeful players eagerly wait for the roulette wheel to stop
and allow the ball to rest on their chosen numbers. As luck
would have it, roulette is easy to learn! Your simple
objective as player is to predict the ball's final
resting-place when the wheel stops spinning. The roulette
wheel at Gold Club consists of 36 numbers plus zero and
double-zero. Your wager on the roulette table can be placed
on a single number, or be used to cover 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12,
or up to 18 different numbers during one spin. Here is a
summary of the different roulette bets:
Straight Up
This is a wager on a single number, including zero (0) and
double-zero (00). If the ball stops at your number, your bet
pays 35 to 1.
Split Bet
This is a wager on two adjacent numbers in the roulette
table, which is placed on the line dividing the two numbers.
If the ball stops at either number, your bet pays 17 to 1.
Street Bet
Street bets cover three numbers. The chip is placed on the
outer right boundary line of the roulette table, next to the
corresponding row of three numbers. If either number hits,
the street bet pays 11 to 1.
Corner Bet
Corner bets cover four numbers. The chip is placed on the
cross where the four numbers intersect. If any of the four
numbers hit, your corner bet pays 8 to 1.
Five Bet
This bet covers the following numbers: 0, 00, 1, 2 and 3.
The chip is placed on the outer right boundary line of the
roulette table, between 00 and 3. If either number hits,
your five bet pays 6 to 1.
Line Bet
A line bet covers the six different numbers in two rows of
three numbers. For example: 4,5,6 plus 7,8,9). The chip is
placed on outer right boundary line of the roulette table,
where it is intersected by the line dividing the two rows.
If any of the six numbers hit, your line bet pays 5 to 1.
Column Bet
On the short side of the roulette table are three boxes
marked "2 to 1." By placing your chip in one of these boxes,
you mark all twelve numbers above it (0 and 00 excluded). If
the ball stops at either of these numbers, your bet pays 2
to 1.
Dozen Bet
You can bet on a group of twelve numbers by placing your
chip in one of the three boxes marked "1st 12," "2nd 12," or
"3rd 12." A winning dozen bet pays 2 to 1.
Red/Black, Even/Odd, Low/High Bets
A bet placed in one of the boxes on the left, long side of
the table covers half of the roulette numbers (excluding
zero and double zero). Each box covers 18 numbers. These
bets pay even money, 1 to 1.
Where She
Stops...Nobody Knows! Keep this important fact in mind when
you're seated at the roulette table.
The most important way to walk away from the roulette table
as a winner is to budget your money, and know when it's time
to take your winnings and run! By scattering your bets on
the roulette table, you will increase your odds of winning
more in the long run. Instead of betting a stack of chips
straight up on your lucky number 11, place only one chip
straight up on 11, and use the rest to place corner bets. If
you win, use winnings to increase your bets. If you lose, go
back to the minimum bet.
Set aside a small portion of your total gambling till for
wild impulse bets. If that lucky 11 has come up two spins in
a row, and you are
determined to place a bundle straight up on 11 during the
next spin (even though your rationale is faulty), use your
impulse betting till. If you lose, you will only lose a
portion of your stake and can use the rest to place wiser
bets.
Now go for a spin, and enjoy the suspense and thrill of
roulette!
Rules
for Playing Online Baccarat
Baccarat (correctly
pronounced "BAH-kah-rah") has long been a favorite card
game of high rollers, but even many more budgeted
players as well! The rules are incredibly simple and can
be mastered in a few minutes. The object of baccarat is
to correctly predict whether the banker's hand will win,
the player's hand will win, or the game will result in a
tie.
The value of a hand is determined by adding the values
of its individual cards. Tens and face cards count as
zero, while all other cards count as their numerical
value. After summing the total, only the last digit is
used. Therefore, baccarat hands all have values from 0 -
9. The hand with the higher value wins. If the hands
have the same value, the game results in a tie.
Initially, both the banker and the player are dealt two
cards. If the two initial cards total 8 or 9, the hand
is called a "natural", and the game will end at that
point. Otherwise, standard Baccarat "third card rules"
(that Gold Club players need not remember) determine if
a hand should receive a third and final card.
Winning bets on the player's hand are paid at 1:1 odds.
A 5% commission is charged on winnings as a result of a
bet on the banker, making the net odds on banker bets
0.95 to 1. A winning wager on a tie bet is paid at
8:1odds. If the game does result in a tie, bets on the
banker or player are returned.
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