Some online roulette casino tables may have minimum and maximum bets in place. Once you have selected your table, players can place their inside or outside bets. After all bets have been placed, the dealer – or croupier – will spin the wheel in one direction, and the ball in the opposite.

Once the ball has fallen into a colored pocket the winning number will be announced and a marker, called the “dolly”, will be placed on top of its corresponding table number. While this marker is in place, bets will be collected by the house and returned to winners and no more bets can be made until the croupier has removed the “dolly” and the next round begins.

En-Prison is a rule that is sometimes offered by casinos, but typically only in European versions of roulette. The En-Prison rule is only available to players who place even money outside bets. The rule comes into play if the ball lands in the 0 pocket. If this occurs, the croupier will offer the player two options.

 First, the player can choose to forfeit half of their wager and continue onto the next round. If the player wishes to invoke En-Prison, however, they must risk their wager again. For example, let us say that the player has wagered $20 on Black.

If the next spin lands in the 0 pocket again, or on Red, the player loses their $20. However, if the ball lands on Black, the original wager of $20 is returned to the player with neither a loss nor win.

Since there are no specific strategies in which to follow for either version of roulette it is enough to simply know the difference between calculated bets and unwise wagers. A Straight Up bet may payout at 35 to 1, but the chance that the ball will land on that number is extremely slim. Making calculated decisions and outside betting are recommended for roulette novices, there is big money to be made if you play intelligently.