American Roulette is a fun and exciting chance game that can be played over the Internet. Most of the rules are the same in the video version as in the game played all over the world in casinos from Las Vegas to Monte Carlo.

The games played on the Internet are becoming more and more popular as people discover they can have fun and even have the chance to win real money by playing online. Just place your bet and watch as the animated green balls spins past all the numbers and finally comes to rest when you can see if you are a winner.

The Roulette wheel has numbered pockets ranging from 00 to 36. Before play, you can select the amount you want to wager by clicking on the coin that's says "increase or decrease" your bet. Then you can place your bets on the virtual table. There are also sorts of different types of bets you can place, as we will explain soon. Once the bets are played, you click play and the ball starts rolling. As the ball stops in one of the numbered pockets of the Roulette wheel, you find out whether you have won and how much.

The amount you win depends on how much you bet and what you place your bets on. There are two types of bets: Inside bets and outside bets.

Inside bets are bets that are placed on the interior of the table. The simplest is the straight up bet. Pick a number, 1 to 36. place your bet on that number. If the ball lands there, you win. Simple as that. How much do you win? In a straight up bet, you win $36 for every dollar bet.

Next up, the split bet. Place your bet on the line between two numbers. You have twice as much chance of winning since you win if either of the two numbers adjacent to your bet comes up. What do you win? You win $16 for every one bet.

A Street bet is when you bet on a "street' of three numbers. You win $10 for every $1 bet. This is a popular bet since you have three times as many chances to win as in a straight up bet yet you still have a great payout if you win.

Like it sounds, a square bet is when you bet in the middle of a square of four numbers. You win $8 for every $1 bet.

In a five number line bet, you are betting on the only row with 5 numbers. That is the row that includes the numbers 00, 0, 1, 2 and 3. The odds are 6:1. The rest of the rows have six numbers and a Six-Number Line bet pays 5:1.

Outside Bets are traditionally placed on the outside of a roulette table.

A column contains one third the numbers on the board and a Column bet pays 2:1. Bet $10 get $20 when you win. The chip is placed at the bottom of the column in a column bet. Same odds for a Dozen bet. Bet either High, Middle or Low. The chip is placed on one of the following areas: First 12, Second 12 or Third 12.

Finally we have the easy Even-Money bet. In this bet, you bet on half the numbers of the table. (Eighteen total). The chip is placed on one of the following squares, Even, Odd, Red, Black, 1-18 or 19-36.

When you are placing bets, you can place as many different bet types as you want. Once the ball is rolling, there is no more betting allowed that round.

American roulette: A game of chance played on a board with 36 numbered squares. A ball is spun around a wheel with 36 numbered slots plus slots fore zero and double zero. If the ball lands on a number on which a bet is place, that bet wins.

Inside bet: A bet placed on the inside of the roulette table. Inside bets include straight up, split, street, square, five number, and six number bets.

Outside bet: A bet place on the outside of a roulette table. Outside bets include column bets, dozen bets, and even money bets.

Straight Up: Placing a bet on a single numbered square.

Split: Placing a bet between two numbered squares.

Street: Placing a bet between three numbered squares.

Square: A bet on four numbered squares.

Column: Betting on a column that includes 12 numbered squares.

Dozen: Betting that the ball will land on either the first, middle, or last third of the numbers.

Even Money: A bet on eighteen (half) the number squares that returns you the money bet place an equal amount. You can bet on either a color or even/odd numbers in an even money bet.