Roulette: what’s in a name?

What comes to mind when someone says the word roulette? Glitz and glamour of Monte Carlo? James Bond films? Or is it Christopher Walken in the Deer Hunter?

Whatever your thoughts, roulette is just one of those words that seems to be massively overused, a bit like adding the suffix -gate to anything that is vaguely scandalous or politically dodgy.

A quick glance at Google and we see headlines such as ‘Reduce your risk of raw egg roulette’, ‘99 Words About … the holiday roulette of A Christmas Story’ and many more warnings amid references to Russian roulette.
Raw egg roulette? Sounds messy. At any rate it’s all very confusing to anyone trying to find out about roulette.

Maybe it’s because it’s Christmas, or perhaps it’s just a general lethargy on the part of writers who seem to be drawn to cliches like moths to a flame. But either way, trying to get useful information on roulette can prove tricky.

A quick task of searching for roulette to hire online can easily be spent trawling through various articles on the perils of legal highs and big casinos in the US breaking the law.

So in the interests of clarity and providing a service to our readers, we are going to deliver a series of guides to this great game over the coming weeks to help you get to grips with it.

To start, a quick history lesson: Roulette began life in 18th Century France, the product of a mixture of various different wheel-based games, some English, others Italian.

In that sense it’s was always a truly international game – no wonder it’s the iconic game of the casinos of Monte Carlo.

The zero was added in America in the 19th Century to improve the house odds and ever since it has grown to become one of the most popularity casino games around.

What’s included?

When you hire a roulette table, a croupier comes as standard. You get a full size 8ft x 4ft table with large professional roulette wheels.

The free standing tables are also finished in classic red cloth, complemented with a padded black surround and mahogany legs.

For us, roulette is all about one thing: fun. Especially with Christmas here, lots of people are hiring roulette wheels for parties, whether they’re hosting family and friends or if it’s a corporate event.