The history of roulette dates back to the year 1655. The term roulette in French means a ‘small wheel’. It was the mathematician, Blaise Pascal who invented the roulette wheel. He found out this roulette wheel in his attempt to invent a perpetual motion machine. Though his attempt in inventing the perpetual motion machine was a failure, his invention of roulette wheel was a great success in the gambling world.

His idea of roulette wheel was later altered and developed as new game by two French men named Francois and Louis Blanc. Changes like alternating the pockets with red and black colors and numbering from 1 to 36 and adding a green 0 pocket were made by these French brothers. Later, this spread to America during the 19th century. It was considered as a famous entertainment game. Most of the saloons in the city staged this roulette game and almost every cowboy started to try their luck. Soon, the American casinos staged this game by adding another 00 pocket to the wheel which increased the house edge. From the day of its coming in the casinos, the game has continued to be one of the best exciting games in the casinos.

With the introduction of online casinos, many people have started playing this game for its fun and excitement.