Casinos Roulette Wheel

Casinos Roulette Wheel. The wheel weights a hundred pounds and is has a diameter of 3 feet. There are 36 numbers, which are divided among red or black pockets. The pocket is the container that a ball may come to rest in. Depending on the Roulette variation there is one or two green pockets with 0 or 0 and 00. The numbers are not distributed in a random fashion. A balance between red and black, high and low, and odd and even is sought by the wheel makers. For every number on the wheel, directly across from it is the next highest even number. Black and red alternate, pairs of even numbers alternate with pairs of odd numbers (with 0 and 00 exceptions). This roulette wheel design is standard within the industry. The wheel is spinned by the dealer in the counterclockwise direction and then he releases a plastic ball along the top of the wheel’s cavity. As the wheel loses velocity the ball is pulled down off of the track and bounces around until it settles into a pocket. There are a million small buffers and bumps to ensure that the ball is tossed around a good bit randomly before it finds a home.