Roulette 178

Roulette was one of the simplest games in a casino.

Taking American roulette as an example, the wheel was divided into thirty-eight slots: thirty-six alternating red and black numbered slots, one green 0 slot, and one green 00 slot. Players most commonly placed bets in two ways:

The first was betting on color. They placed chips on the area marked "Red" or "Black." If the ball ultimately landed on a slot of the corresponding color, they won an amount equal to their wager.

For example, bet one chip to win one chip; bet two chips to win two chips.

The second was betting directly on a number. They could choose any number from 1 to 36, and if the ball landed on that exact number, they received a thirty-fivefold return. This method carried greater risk, but also greater rewards.

As for more detailed bets such as ranges and the like, those were not common at the Gemini Blue banquet's gaming tables.

The guests here still favored betting on colors and numbers. The former was for amusement, while the latter was for fully indulging in the thrill of madness and victory.

Each gaming table at the banquet had two dealers: a mechanical dealer authorized by the table, and a human dealer employed by Cerberus. The reason for having two dealers was to guard against unforeseen circumstances.

Hackers who thought themselves clever had once tried to breach a mechanical dealer and manipulate the results. After winning money he should never have won, one of them was discovered with more than forty bullets in his back, having supposedly committed suicide in an alley off the street. Since then, nearly every casino had prepared two dealers, one mechanical and one human, allowing them to assist and monitor each other.

After all, humans could be