French Roulette

French roulette is considered to be a progenitor of American and European game variants. This very roulette was invented in France in 1655.

Today French roulette rules are practically the same as European roulette’s. The wheel of the French roulette is divided into 37 sectors (numbers from 0 to 36), that are distributed randomly. All the sectors alternate between red and black colors with one exception – zero which occupies green cell on the wheel.

Zeros’ Number

The main difference between American and French roulette lies in the wheel sectors number. The first one has 38 cells (1-36, zero and double zero), the second has only one zero pocket which gradually diminishes the house edge – 2.7%. Besides, “La Partage” rule, according to which the player loses half of the Even money bet when zero comes out, can reduce the casino advantage even more – to 1.35%.

French Roulette Speaks French

Another distinguishing feature that makes French roulette stand out from the crowd of other roulette types is that all the usual terms have French equivalents which are used in the game process.

French roulette bet in English	French roulette bet in French	Payouts
Straight bet	En plein	35:1
Split bet	A cheval	17:1
Street bet	Transversale plein	11:1
Corner bet	En carre	8:1
Line bet	Transversale simple	5:1
Black/red bet	Noir/rouge	1:1
Odd/even bet	Impair/pair	1:1
High/low bet	Passe/manqué	1:1
Dozen bet	Douzaine	2:1
Column bet	Colonne	2:1

Call Bets

French roulette players can also make additional bets, which are widely known as “Call bets”.

Call bet (English)	Call bet (French)	Description
Neighbours bet	Voisin du nombre	The chips are placed on the number and on 4 numbers surrounding the number pocket. E.g. 11 – 30 – 8 – 23 – 10.
Zero neighbours bet	Voisins du zero	The chips are placed on zero and surrounding it numbers – 7 on the right and 9 on the left (all the numbers from 22 to 25 on the wheel).
A third section of the wheel bet	Tiers du cylindre	The chips are placed on 12 numbers from 27 to 33.
Full orphans bet	Orphelin plein	The chips are placed on the numbers 1, 20, 14, 31, and 9.
Orphans split bet	Orphelin cheval	The chips are placed on the numbers 17, 34, and 6.

As a rule all the call bets are isolated on the table layout and have their own field no matter whether you play online or in real casino.