1. roulette - Noun
2. roulette - Verb
A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid.
Source: Webster's dictionary1800s engraving of the French roulette In the 19th century, roulette spread all over Europe and the US, becoming one of the most famous and most popular casino games. Source: Internet
According to Gaming Enactments law, all gambling that involves slots, blackjack, and roulette is banned. Source: Internet
A legend says that François Blanc supposedly bargained with the devil to obtain the secrets of roulette. Source: Internet
An even earlier reference to a game of this name was published in regulations for New France ( Québec ) in 1758, which banned the games of "dice, hoca, faro, and roulette". Source: Internet
As an example, consider a roulette wheel that has landed on red in three consecutive spins. Source: Internet
An early description of the roulette game in its current form is found in a French novel La Roulette, ou le Jour by Jaques Lablee, which describes a roulette wheel in the Palais Royal in Paris in 1796. Source: Internet