On the other hand, American roulette has 38 pockets in total, with numbers from 0 to 36, and a double zero ( 00).īefore the start of every round, players can place inside and outside bets. In European and French roulette, the wheel has 37 segments, with pockets that contain the numbers from 0 to 36. Roulette got its name from the French word for ‘ little wheel’, and its origins can be traced back to the Italian game of Biribi from the 18th century.
