Roulette originally takes its name from the French diminutive for ‘little wheel’ and is also sometimes referred to as ‘rulet’. The Roulette game was initially introduced to the United States of America in the early 1800s, further to increase house odds, a second zero, "00", was introduced.

Roulette then began to spread nationwide and was introduced to both Europe and various other places. It quickly became one of the most popular and famous casino games. The roulette game even took the nickname the "King of Casino Games", this is more than likely because it was associated with the glamour of the casinos in Monte Carlo. The legendary Francois Blanc actually opened the doors of his first casino here.

There is in fact a legend concerning Francois Blanc and how he supposedly negotiated with the devil to get hold of the secrets of roulette. The legend comes from the theory that if you add up all the numbers on the roulette wheel, beginning with 1 and ending at 36, the resulting number is "666", which is also the number associated with the devil.

The only casino towns to exist in the 20th century were located in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas. Monte Carlo housed the traditional French wheel, which consisted of a single zero where as Las Vegas showcased the American double zero wheel. A few years later casinos went global and can now be found all over the world, in 2008 there was in fact a total of several hundred establishments offering roulette games and this figure is only set to grow.

The double wheel can be mostly found in the Caribbean and South America whilst the single zero wheel is prime elsewhere. Visit http://onlinecasino.org.uk for a complete online casino experience!