Roulette is French for “small wheel.” There are several interesting facts about the game’s origin. Here are a couple of them.

• The tale the history of roulette begins in France in 1655. The first revolves around the story of Blaise Pascal trying to find perpetual motion. He created a big wheel to for his experiments. One of his friends saw this and had a good idea to use this big wheel device for gambling.

• Then in 1842 two Frenchmen, Francois and Louis Blanc add a 0 to the numbers of the roulette wheel. There are now 37 numbers on the roulette, ranging from 0 to 36. Adding the 0 increases the house odds of winning. Another tells about the mysterious story of Francois Blanc who founded the first casino in Monte Carlo. They say he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the secret of roulette. You don’t believe this story? Add all the number in the roulette wheel. The total is 666.

• China is another country that tries to take the credit for this game of wheel spinning numerological chance. Rumored to have been created in China and brought to the European countries through trade, the Chinese version of Roulette didn’t have numbers but had “animal” symbols on the wheel, which stood on a foundation that bore the numbers 666.

• The roulette’s current layout first appeared in Paris in 1765. French migrants brought the game to the U.S.A. and the first American casino became operational in New Orleans in the year 1800. A casino was opened in Monaco in 1861 that became the gambling business capital in Europe after a ban of casinos in 1873.

• Roulette history was made by one famous roulette player, Joseph Jagger. In 1873 he hired 6 clerks to record the outcomes of the roulette wheels at the Beaux-Arts Casino in Monte Carlo. Using this information he found that one number would come up more than any of the others and won $450,000 before management caught on.

Today, every casino across the globe has a roulette wheel to play. Roulette history is now over 3 and half centuries old. From its humble beginnings as a side project, roulette is now perhaps the most popular casino game in the world. The game is very popular because it is a simple, very easy to play game that is exciting and thrilling at the same time. It is unlikely that roulette's popularity will ever die.

Poker is now a highly-popular, well-loved game in certain parts of the world. It is a favorite game to play, especially among Americans. Now one may ask, is there a sure way to win in poker, especially if you are playing online poker? The answer is pretty simple. Examine these guidelines and apply them on your next poker game session and see your winnings increase.

Before playing the game:

- Inspect the online poker site. Make sure it’s trustworthy and authentic. You must play in big trusted sites if you don’t want to be scammed. Also ask old time poker players for their recommended sites.
- Read the terms and conditions of the online poker site. Know the minimum bets and the maximum payouts. This is very essential before playing online poker.
- Set a budget for the day. Know how much you are willing to lose and stick to your limit.
- Do not gamble if you cannot afford to lose money.
- Devote time to practice playing the game on free poker games first. You should be familiar with the game before playing with real money.

During the game:

- Don’t play every hand, do fold more. Probably the number one mistake beginning poker players make is that they play far too many hands. When you're just starting out playing poker, you want to play poker, and that means staying in hands that aren't very good just to be part of the action. But playing more doesn't mean winning more, it usually means losing more.
- Don't Bluff Just For Bluffing's Sake. A lot of beginner's understand that bluffing is a part of poker, but not exactly how. There's is NO rule that one must bluff a certain amount or at all during a poker game, but many players don't feel like they've won unless they've tried a poker bluff. Bluffs only work in certain situations & against certain people, and if you know a player always calls to the showdown, it is literally impossible to bluff that player.
- Take notes when you play. On most sites there is a little "notes" box that you can click on and jot down small tidbits of information along and along during a game. An example of this would be keeping a list of hands that a particular player shows down. Another example would be to keep track of your own play so that you can review it at a later time and fine-tune your play.
- Look for Tells. While tells are typically reserved for live games, there is information one can garner from other players online. You need to look for it.

After a game:
- A warning when playing at the table is that: If you do manage to win big, it is always smart to stop. What I do is that I bring two buckets then on one bucket this is the money that I started with. It should be full when I exit the casino. The other bucket is my profit and that’s just the money you should spend and spend until you want. Gambling it all away is a sign of greed.

Have fun playing at online poker rooms!