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Roulette

Roulette, roo LEHT, is a popular game in gambling casinos. A roulette table consists of a wheel located at one end and a betting layout extending across the rest of the table surface. There are 38 symbols around the circumference of the wheel, numbered 1 through 36 plus a 0 and 00. Many wheels in Europe do not have 00. Each symbol has an identical small slot on the wheel. The numbers are marked on a background alternately of red and black, with the 0 and 00 on a green background.

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