{"id":4074,"date":"2021-09-16T15:18:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T15:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.com\/blog\/\/blog\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2024-05-20T18:24:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:24:21","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/16\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Roulette Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Roulette is a simple game, but you may come across words that you haven\u2019t seen before. So, we have created this short glossary to help you fully understand the most important roulette terms that you might not have seen before.<\/span><\/p>\n

50\/30\/20 budget<\/span> \u2013 A budgeting method popularized by US Senator Elizabeth Warren. Using this method, you set aside 50% of your income for important \u2018needs\u2019, 30% to \u2018wants\u2019, and the remaining 20% should be saved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Action<\/span> \u2013 Whenever a bet is placed during a specific round of Roulette, it is referred to as the \u201caction.\u201d Action can entail any bet, big or small.<\/span><\/p>\n

Advantage play<\/span> \u2013 This term describes various legal playing methods that reduce the house edge or give the player an edge over the <\/span>casino<\/span><\/a>. The most widely known type of advantage play is <\/span>blackjack<\/span><\/a> card counting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Airball Roulette <\/span>\u2013 A fairly unique and uncommon type of roulette wheel construction. Though it is a bit more complicated, it essentially works electronically by using air pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n

American roulette<\/span> \u2013 A <\/span>variation of roulette<\/span><\/a> that has two zero pockets (0 and 00), so which has 38 numbers in total to bet on, rather than the 37 numbers that European and French roulette have.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrucci system<\/span> \u2013 A <\/span>roulette betting system<\/span><\/a> in which you watch the roulette wheel for approximately 35 spins and bet on the numbers that come in more often than the others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Backtrack<\/span> \u2013 There are multiple parts of the wheel. The Backtrack is the outer part of the wheel that remains stationary. This is where the ball is initially spun.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bankroll<\/span> \u2013 Your bankroll is the money you have set aside to play casino games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Biased Wheel<\/span> \u2013 A roulette wheel that possesses a specific imperfection, causing certain numbers or even sections of numbers to appear at a greater frequency than what is normal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blacks\/Black Bet\/Black Action<\/span> \u2013 Any bet that is made using a black chip (typically $100).<\/span><\/p>\n

Blaise Pascal<\/span> \u2013 A French mathematician who is commonly believed to be the inventor of roulette.<\/span><\/p>\n

Call bets<\/span> \u2013 These are bets that cover all the numbers within certain sections of the roulette wheel. The most common call bets are Voisins du Z\u00e9ro, Le Tiers du Cylindre, and Orphelins.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cancellation Betting<\/span> \u2013 This is a betting system that uses a series of numbers. When a winning bet is made, numbers are canceled. When a bet loses, numbers are added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Casino Advantage<\/span> \u2013 The \u201chouse\u201d edge, the percentage of an advantage that the casino has over a player.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chip<\/span> \u2013 This is the marker you place on the roulette table\u2019s betting area, to show the dealer which number or numbers you have chosen and how much you want to wager.<\/span><\/p>\n

Columns<\/span> \u2013 The numbers on a roulette table are arranged in three columns of 12 numbers, and you can bet on which column the ball will land in. Column bets cover the following numbers and pay out at 2:1 odds, but you lose your stake if the ball lands in a zero pocket:<\/span><\/p>\n