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Order Eha / 3085 / 2011, From 8 Of November, By Which Is Approves The Regulations Basic Of The Game Of The Roulette.

Original Language Title: Orden EHA/3085/2011, de 8 de noviembre, por la que se aprueba la reglamentación básica del juego de la ruleta.

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The development, evolution and diversity of leisure activities is a fact that is evident in all modern societies, constituting an economic area of increasing importance. This implies the need for specific attention on the part of the administration to these activities and a regulation commensurate with its economic and social dimension and impact.

Moreover, the progressive extension of new communication technologies to all social areas has an undeniable impact on the world of leisure, where an important group of users shows preference for develop your options through remote connections.

The approval of Law 13/2011, of 27 May, of regulation of the game, has come to establish the regulatory framework for the access to the exploitation and development of state-wide gaming activities, allowing the opening of the market to a plurality of operators.

This opening of the market is realized through the titles that enable the operators of the game for the exploitation, of a part, of the modalities of the game collected in the Law, through the general licenses and, another, of each of the regulated game types, through the singular licenses.

With this Order, it is necessary to comply with the requirements of prior regulation that, for the granting of the singular licenses, establishes Article 11 of Law 13/2011, of 27 May, of regulation of the game, approving the Basic rulemaking of the game of the Roulette.

This new regulation establishes a basic regulation which can be developed by the National Gaming Commission and which will be complemented by the private rules of private character that the various operators will have to develop and propose together with their application for a singular license and finally govern the development of the game and the operator's relations with the participants.

The bases of a regulation aimed mainly at the protection of the participants and the interests of a public nature that converge in the activities of the game, in particular the protection of minors and dependent persons, prevention of gambling, and compliance with the provisions of Law 10/2010 of 28 April on the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Article 5 of Law 13/2011, of 27 May, of regulation of the game, attributes to the Minister of Economy and Finance the competence to establish, by Ministerial Order, the basic regulation for the development of each game.

In its virtue, I have:

Article 1. Approval of the Basic Ruling Regulation of the Roulette game.

The basic regulation of the State-wide game of Roulette, which is listed as Annex I of this Order, is approved. The provisions of this Order shall be without prejudice to the powers of the Autonomous Communities in matters of planning and regulation of the games and bets developed, in person, in public establishments. dedicated to recreational activities.

Article 2. Limits of the amounts of guarantees linked to the singular license for the operation of the game of Roulette.

The limits corresponding to the amount of guarantees linked to the singular license for the operation of the game of Roulette, listed as Annex II of this Order, are approved.

Article 3. Economic limits to participation in the game of Roulette.

The economic limits to participation in the game of Roulette, which are listed as Annex III of this Order, are approved.

Article 4. Types of the game of the Roulette.

The relationship of the game types of the Roulette game that may be marketed by the game operators and listed as Annex IV of this Order is approved.

Final disposition first. Authorization to the National Gaming Commission.

1. The National Gaming Commission is hereby authorized to lay down the provisions necessary for the development and application of this Order and, in particular, for the modification and inclusion of new types of the game in the list in Annex IV.

2. The National Gaming Commission is authorized to adopt all necessary provisions for the development and implementation of the provisions of the Basic Ruling Regulations.

3. The National Gaming Commission is authorized to establish the procedure governing the granting of singular licenses and the authorization of occasional gaming activities, in accordance with the provisions of this Order. Ministerial and in the regulations of the development of Law 13/2011, of 27 May, of regulation of the game. This procedure shall lay down the requirements to be required of operators and the supporting documentation to be submitted by operators.

Final disposition second. Entry into force.

This Order shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Madrid, November 8, 2011. -Vice President of the Government of Economic Affairs and Minister of Economy and Finance, Elena Salgado Méndez.

ANNEX I

Basic Rule of Ruling Rule

Index

Chapter I. General provisions.

Article 1. Object and scope of application.

Article 2. Definitions.

Chapter II. Enabling titles.

Article 3. Required enabling titles.

Article 4. Validity and extension of the singular license.

Article 5. Guarantees linked to the singular license.

Chapter III. Relationships between the operator and the participants.

Article 6. Particular rules of the Roulette game.

Article 7. Claims of the participants.

Article 8. Reporting obligations to participants.

Article 9. Promotion of the games.

Article 10. Channels and means of participation.

Chapter IV. Developing the game of the Roulette.

Article 11. Goal of the Roulette game.

Article 12. Limits to participation in the game of the Roulette.

Article 13. Participation in the game.

Article 14. Game development, award determination and allocation.

Article 15. Rules specific to the "Live Roulette" variant.

Article 16. Payment of prizes.

CHAPTER I

General provisions

Article 1. Object and scope of application.

purpose of this Regulation is to lay down the basic rules to be followed by operators for the development and exploitation, at the state level, of the game of Roulette, as well as in the drafting and drafting of its rules. Special rules, without prejudice to the powers that correspond to the Autonomous Communities in matters of planning and regulation of the games and bets developed, in person, in public establishments engaged in activities recreational.

Article 2. Definitions.

For the purposes of this Basic Regulation, the terms used in this Regulation shall have the meaning set out in this Article.

1. Game of the Roulette. It is understood by the game of the Roulette that game of chance in which the participants play against the organizing establishment and in which the possibility of winning depends on the coincidence of the participant's bet with the number, color or location of the box in which the representation of a ball that is set in motion is stopped within the representation of a rotating horizontal disk held by an axis and divided into numbered radial cells.

2. Game or game session. The game or game session is the set of games or spins of roulette in which a player participates.

3. Spin or play. It is the event of the game of the Roulette that starts with the realization of the bets of the participants, that it is developed by the turn and the arrest of the ball and that it ends with the obtaining and the payment of the prizes.

4. Banking. This is the name of the operator in the gaming session.

5. Minimum bet unit. It is the amount that corresponds to the minimum amount that can be played on each bet.

6. Game session suspended. It is understood by session suspended game to the game that, once initiated, has been interrupted before reaching its scheduled end. Suspended items can offer valid results if it is set out in the particular rules of the game.

7. Game session cancelled. It is understood by session of the game cancelled to the game that, for reasons other than the operator of the game and the participants, it does not come to be held or, being celebrated, its results are not considered in the game.

8. Play session postponed. It is understood by session of play postponed to that game that, for reasons other than the operator of the game and the participants, it does not start at the time programmed for it. The deferred departure, unless the particular rules of the game establish the opposite, implies the postponement of the results of the game.

9. "Live Roulette." Variant of the game of the Roulette in which the participants will make their bets by electronic means, but linked to the result of spins made on a table of real Roulette, simultaneously with the participants that can be found playing the game at the local where the Roulette table is set.

CHAPTER II

Enabling titles

Article 3. Required enabling titles.

Operators interested in the development and exploitation of the game of Roulette must have a general licence for the modality of other games, as defined in Article 3 (f) of Law 13/2011 of 27 May, of Regulation of the game, granted by the National Gaming Commission and request and obtain the corresponding unique license for the marketing of the type of game of the Roulette that it intends to develop, in accordance with the established procedure to the effect in the regulations of the development of Law 13/2011, of regulation of the game.

Article 4. Validity and extension of the singular license.

1. The special licence for the development and operation of the game of Roulette shall be extended for a period of three years, subject to the application of the person concerned, for successive periods of the same duration, until the expiry of the general licence in which the is amenable.

2. The application for the extension of the singular license shall be addressed to the National Gaming Commission during the last year of its validity and at least four months in advance of the date of its completion, with the following proof:

a) Compliance with the requirements and conditions that were considered for obtaining the corresponding singular license.

b) The uninterrupted exploitation of the license for at least three-fifths of the duration of the singular license.

c) Payment of the tax on gambling activities and fees for the management of the game.

For the purposes of the accrual, settlement and payment of the fee for the administrative management of the game set out in Article 49.5.d) of Law 13/2011, of May 27, of regulation of the game, the extension of a singular license equating to the granting of a new license.

3. In accordance with the conditions referred to in the preceding number, the National Gaming Commission shall grant the requested extension and agree to its registration in the General Register of Game Licenses unless it is motivated to estimate that there are reasons for safeguarding the public interest, the protection of minors or the prevention of gambling addiction phenomena which justify the failure to carry out the requested extension.

Article 5. Guarantees linked to the singular license.

1. The National Gaming Commission may establish the obligation to provide an additional guarantee related to the granting of the singular license for the development and exploitation of the game of Roulette.

The National Gaming Commission, if applicable and by resolution, will determine the amount of the guarantee linked to the unique license for the development and exploitation of the game of Roulette that will satisfy all the operators within the framework of the provisions set out in Annex II to this Order.

2. The guarantee linked to the special licence for the development and exploitation of the game of Roulette is affected by the fulfilment of the general obligations of the operator and, in particular, the specific obligations for the payment of the game of the Roulette operated by the operator and to the fulfilment of any other obligation which, in relation to the corresponding singular license, has been imposed by the National Commission of the Game, respecting in his case the provisions of the Article 77 of Law 58/2003, of 17 December, General Tax in the framework of Article 14 of the Law 13/2011, May 27, regulation of the game and its development regulations.

3. The additional guarantees referred to in this Article shall be constituted in the forms and under the conditions laid down in the Law 13/2011, of 27 May, of regulation of the game.

CHAPTER III

Relationships between the operator and the participants

Article 6. Particular rules of the Roulette game.

1. The development and exploitation of the game of Roulette will be governed by this Basic Regulation, by the provisions that in the development of the same dictate the National Commission of the Game, by the terms of the singular license granted and by the rules details of each set drawn up and published by the operator.

2. The development and exploitation of the game of Roulette requires the prior publication of its particular rules, which have a private nature and are developed by the gaming operator, without prejudice to the Commission's supervisory powers. National of the Game.

In the particular rules the rules of the game of the Roulette will be established, the coefficient corresponding to the calculation of the participants ' winnings and the principles that will govern the relations between the operator and the participants.

3. The particular rules of the game of Roulette must be published by the operator on its website and, by means of techniques appropriate to the means employed, must be accessible to the participants, permanently easy and free.

4. The operator shall notify the National Gaming Commission of the date of publication of the particular rules, as well as any changes they make to them.

Article 7. Claims of the participants.

1. The operator must have a system of care and resolution of any complaints and complaints from the participants and any person who may be affected by the operator's action and shall establish in the particular rules of the (a) the procedures and means which will enable the participants to submit complaints and, in particular, the address or addresses to which they are to be addressed, the time-limits for the submission of complaints and those applicable to the the operator's response to them.

The complaints and complaints system of care and resolution must be easily accessible to potential stakeholders and must have at least an electronic access through the operator's website which will be of the date and time of receipt of the claims submitted by this path.

The attention to the participant must be at least in Spanish.

2. The time limit for the submission of complaints shall be that laid down in the particular rules of the game which shall not be less than three months from the date on which the sitting or game session of the Roulette in which the game was held or was held shall be held. The fact is the object of the claim.

The operator shall issue a communication addressed to the claimant, in which he shall acknowledge receipt of his complaint and in which he shall record the identity of the operator and the time limit in which he shall be informed of the decision taken.

The operator shall resolve the participant's claim within one month from the date on which it was received in the address (s) established for these purposes and shall communicate it to the claimant.

3. If the complaint is settled by the operator or, if applicable, one month after the complaint was filed without the person having communicated its decision, the participant may make a complaint to the National Gaming Commission that will resolve the complaint. within two months from the date on which the complaint was entered in its register, without prejudice, where appropriate, to the opening of the relevant sanctioning procedure if the operator had incurred any of the infringements. collected in Title VI of Law 13/2011, of May 27, of regulation of the game.

4. The expiry of the awards shall be interrupted from the date of receipt of the complaint by the operator until the date on which the operator has communicated its decision to the claimant or, where appropriate, until the notification of the decision of the National Gaming Commission.

Article 8. Reporting obligations to participants.

Game operators must provide complete and up-to-date information to participants, at least, in relation to the following:

(a) Information about the operator of the game and, in particular, on the possession and validity of the enabling titles granted by the National Gaming Commission, trade name, social name, registered office and, if applicable, the address of the representative in Spain.

(b) Information about the system of complaints that the operator has in place and referred to in the previous article. The information shall contain at least: postal and electronic address to which the complaints may be addressed, time limits for the submission of complaints and, where appropriate, standard models, and time limits for the communication of the decision. The operator must also be informed of the operator's obligation to issue a reply for each complaint received. The operator shall be obliged to communicate to the claimants the identity of the staff with whom they interact.

c) Information on the particular rules of the games offered and on the forms of participation in the games that the operator makes available to the participant. This information shall be true and readily available prior to the commencement of the participation and at any time during the participation.

d) Information about the prizes that the participant would have obtained, about the amount that he has played, as well as the balance of his/her game account, in the assumptions in which the participation is made through an account user.

e) Information to the participant about the Responsible Gambling policies developed by the operator.

The information relating to the game, its name and form of presentation shall be offered in such a way as to avoid any similarities with any other games or to induce the confusion of the participant in relation to the nature of the game.

The information that the operator offers to the participant must be provided at least in Spanish.

Article 9. Promotion of the games.

1. In the terms set out in article 7 of Law 13/2011, of May 27, of regulation of the game, the performance by an operator of gambling advertising, sponsorship or promotion of gambling activities, as well as the advertising or promotion of the same, can be performed according to these criteria:

a) That advertising is easily identifiable by its recipients.

b) To ensure that advertising activity is socially responsible, paying due attention to the protection of minors and other particularly vulnerable groups. Thus, in the case of minors, it should be avoided that advertising is aimed at them, or that it is particularly attractive for children and young minors, or that they have a significant role in the particular promotional activity.

c) In the event of its broadcast by audiovisual media, it must also respect the applicable provisions on commercial and self-promotion communications contained in Law 7/2010 of 31 March, General of the Audiovisual Communication, and in particular the provisions of Article 7 on the rights of the child. Special attention shall also be paid to the timing of the advertising of the gambling activity and the age rating of the programme together with which the programme is issued or inserted shall be taken into account.

2. In addition, the operator may carry out promotional activities for the offer of the games which it places on the market and offer bonuses for the registration or participation of the player provided such practices:

a) Do not be contrary to the provisions of this Basic Regulation or the regulatory regulation of the game.

b) Do not contravene the provisions of Law 34/2002 of 11 July of Services of the Information Society and of Electronic Commerce or Law 7/2010 of 31 March, General of Audiovisual Communication.

c) Do not alter the dynamics of the game.

d) Do not induce participant confusion regarding the nature of the game.

3. It is up to the operator to publish on its gaming platform the conditions of application and periods of validity of any promotional initiative that it develops, as well as the terms of it.

4. The National Gaming Commission may limit the maximum amount of promotional initiatives and bonuses to participants developed by the operator, in accordance with the terms of Article 7 of Law 13/2011 of 27 May of Regulation of the game, and in the regulations for which the aforementioned article is regulated.

5. Gaming operators will be able to offer free gaming applications on their platforms, as provided for in the regulatory regulatory framework for the development of Law 13/2011, of May 27, to regulate the game.

Article 10. Channels and means of participation.

1. The participation in the game of the Roulette, in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of Law 13/2011, of 27 May, of regulation of the game, will be carried out through electronic, computer, telematic and interactive channels, in which In-person media, if any, will have an accessory character.

The participation may also be carried out through physical terminals accessories which the operators may install, prior to the appropriate authorization issued to the effect by the Autonomous Community in reason of the territory in the the purpose of the installation of the terminals, in accordance with the relevant state and regional rules on gambling and gambling. These physical accessories must have been previously approved by the National Gaming Commission and their installation can only be performed in those physical locations where the corresponding organ of each Autonomous Community has authorized the game of the Roulette.

2. Participation in the game of Roulette can be performed using any mechanism, installation, equipment or system that allows to produce, store or transmit documents, data and information, including any open communication networks or restricted as television, Internet, fixed and mobile telephony or any other, or interactive communication, either in real time or in deferred time.

CHAPTER IV

Developing the Ruling Game

Article 11. Goal of the Roulette game.

The aim of the Roulette game is to bring the number, colour or location of the box to which a ball is permanently stopped at a wheel, in accordance with the particular rules of the game. horizontal, held by a central axis and divided into numbered radial cells.

Article 12. Limits to participation in the game of the Roulette.

1. The amount of the minimum unit of participation in the game of the Roulette shall be that established by the operator in the particular rules of the game, and shall be expressed in euro.

2. The National Gaming Commission may establish obligations whereby operators are required to establish mechanisms to ensure the temporary limitation of participation in the game.

Article 13. Participation in the game.

1. The participation in the game of the Roulette shall be carried out by means or means established by the operator in its particular rules of the game from among those referred to in Article 10 number 2 of this Basic Regulation.

2. Operators shall issue a communication at the end of each gaming session, which shall be provided to each participant by the same means by which he participated in the session, with the summary of the amounts posted and the results obtained.

3. Operators shall lay down in the particular rules of the game a forecast for the cases of suspension, cancellation or postponement of the sessions. It shall also establish the cases in which the quantities played as a result of the suspensions or deferrals shall be maintained or cancelled. In any event, the right to prizes which may have been obtained by the participants in a session or in a print run prior to their eventual suspension or cancellation shall be guaranteed. Similarly, in cases where a participant's disconnection occurs during the course of a run, the operator must ensure that, if the participant has already made his or her bets, the Roulette run will be developed. automatically until the ball is stopped, and the participant is entitled to be paid the amount corresponding to the ball or those that have been awarded.

4. The full amount corresponding to the participation in a session of the game which, once formalized, is cancelled by the operator in application of its particular rules, will be returned or made available to the participants in the form established in the said particular rules, always without any additional costs or obligations for the participants.

Article 14. Game development, award determination and allocation.

1. The game of the Roulette will be developed in accordance with the established in this Basic Regulation, in the provisions that in the development of the same dictate the National Commission of the Game and in the particular rules of the game published by the operator.

2. The roulette wheel will start with the period of the participants for the performance of their bets. The bets admitted will be those that appear in the particular rules of the game in which they will contain their description and the coefficient of prize that is assigned to each of the admitted bets. The allocation of prize coefficients will be set by the operators according to their initiative and the probability of each of the winning bets.

Operators will inform participants of the award coefficients applied and keep this information at all times available to participants.

3. The operators of the game may include in their particular rules, game tables of the Roulette in which they can bet several participants simultaneously, linking all of them their luck in the circulation to the result that in it occurs. In such cases, all bets placed by the participants must be individually and in return against the bank, and joint or joint bets on the participants against the operator cannot be accepted, nor cross- some of the participants.

At the tables of several concurrent participants, a period of time prior to the roulette run must be established for the participants to place their bets. In any case, this time period should be equal and simultaneous for all participants.

4. The operators of the game may include, in their particular rules, the forecast of having Roulette tables in which the game is practiced in the variant "Live Roulette". The effective implementation of this variant of the game of the Roulette will require the prior application to the National Commission of the Game, in which the identification of the physical location in which the departures of "Live Roulette" will be developed. Only "live Roulette" items may be made in those physical locations on the national territory where the corresponding organ of the Autonomous Community to which they belong has authorised the game of Roulette.

5. Finished the period of making bets, the roulette will start its spin. The spin of the roulette will comprise the rotation of the ball along its circumference, its deceleration and its deposit in the box of the winning number. The spin time of the roulette wheel should be enough to achieve the appearance of reality.

The game operators of the Roulette will not be able to do without the spin action of the Roulette, nor offer the possibility of it to the participants in the game.

The National Gaming Commission may set the minimum roulette time for each run to be performed and the maximum number of roulette spins to be held over a period of time.

6. Once the number on which the ball is deposited is determined, the ball will be displayed and the bet or bets of the participant will be indicated which, if any, would have resulted in winners and the amount in money of the gain obtained. The bet or bets that have not been won will be removed by the Banking.

7. The amount of prizes corresponding to the winning bets will be determined by multiplying the amount of each of the winning bets by the coefficient set for each of them in the particular rules of the game.

Article 15. Rules specific to the "Live Roulette" variant.

1. The nature of the elements of the live roulette game, such as the table, the roulette and the rest of the tools, accessories and apparatus used in the physical game of "live roulette", shall be physical and in no case, virtual. Those elements shall comply with all the approval requirements which, in this respect, have established the Autonomous Community in which the approved place for the practice of the game of the Roulette in which the consignment is held is to be established.

2. "Live Roulette" operators must present particular rules which respect, adapt and match as necessary with the rules which, in this respect, are in force in the Autonomous Community where the approved site is located. for the practice of the game of the Roulette in which the game is physically celebrated. The rules and rules on the development of the game contained in this order and in the particular rules of the operators will govern with respect to the participants who access the game by electronic means.

3. The result of each spin will link participants who access by electronic means. Operators must have a technical and logical system that allows the result obtained in the physical wheel run to be safely incorporated into the software of the gaming platform.

4. Participants in "Live Roulette" who access by electronic means must have a visual access to the table, to the roulette, to the rest of the useful and accessories of the game, to the staff of the local and, in general, to the environment where it is celebrated physically the game. This visual access must be of sufficient quality and breadth for the participants to have all the information they need on the development of the spins and on the adequacy of the performances to the rules of the game.

5. The game operators who have obtained the authorisation for the variant 'Live Roulette' shall record the images of each and every consignment they hold, including all the spins which are made on each consignment. In such recordings, only persons may appear, when permitted by the regulations of the Autonomous Community where the authorized place for the practice of the game of the Roulette is allowed, and the other requirements established by the law are fulfilled. legal. These recordings must be kept by each operator for security reasons and for possible future claims for a minimum period of one year.

6. Images of the development of "Live Roulette" games may be broadcast via television, the Internet or any other means of communication. In such retransmitted images, only persons may appear, when permitted by the regulations of the Autonomous Community where the authorized place for the practice of the game of the Roulette is allowed, and the other requirements established by the legal order.

Article 16. Payment of prizes.

1. The participants who have formalised their participation in the Roulette games or sessions are creditors of the prizes and who, in accordance with the outcome of those games and the particular rules of the game, have been successful.

2. The operator is obliged to pay the prizes obtained in the game since the end of each spin of the roulette that originated them and will proceed to the payment of the prizes to the participating creditors in the terms and conditions set out in the rules particular of the game.

3. The operator shall pay the prizes in accordance with the rules of the game and, failing that, by the same means used for the payment of the participation. Payment of the prize in no case will entail additional cost or obligation for the award-winning participant.

The right to the collection of prizes shall expire within the period laid down in the particular rules of the game which shall not be less than three months from the day following the end of the departure in which the prizes originated.

4. The National Gaming Commission shall establish the additional procedures and obligations that are necessary in relation to the payment of the prizes for the best protection of the participants and the public interest.

ANNEX II

Limits corresponding to the amount of guarantees linked to the singular license for the operation of the Roulette game

Unique.

The National Gaming Commission will, by resolution, determine the amount of the guarantee linked to the singular license for the development and exploitation of the game of the Roulette and that will be fixed between seven and twelve percent of the the operator's net income attributable to the activity subject to a single licence in the preceding year. For this purpose, the net income of the operator shall be understood as set out in Article 48.6 of Law 13/2011 of 27 May of regulation of the game. During the initial period of the individual licences, the lodging of a guarantee shall not be required. The initial period of the singular licenses shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of the Law 13/2011, of May 27, of regulation of the game, which is applicable.

ANNEX III

Relationship of economic limits to participation in the game of Roulette

Unique. Deposit limits.

The amount of deposits made in the game account will be adjusted to the limits, which in this respect, will be established by the National Gaming Commission, in accordance with the terms of Law 13/2011 of May 27, of regulation of the game, and in its regulatory framework for development.

ANNEX IV

Relation of the types of the Roulette game

First. French or European Roulette.

The material of this game is made up of a rotating disc, with the appearance of being held by a metal shaft, from which a device consisting of two cross-linked crossbars at the center of the roulette will apparently stick out. This disc, whose upper part will have a slightly concave surface appearance, will be divided into 37 radial cells, separated by small, metallic-looking partitions. Each of these boxes will have the same theoretical probability of being the one where the ball stops at the end of its turn. These compartments, alternately red and black, are numbered from 1 to 36, plus zero, which can be white or green, but which cannot be red or black. Never two consecutive numbers will be neighbors, and, on the other hand, the numbers whose sum of numbers are even, except for the 19, are always black, in addition to the 10 and the 29.

The French or European Roulette will be played in a long and rectangular table, at which end the wheel. On one side is the board, in which the 36 red and black numbers are drawn, arranged in columns of twelve, a space reserved to the zero and another for the various combinations or luck in which they will be printed, at least in Spanish, the various terms or abbreviations indicative of those.

Second. American Roulette.

The American Roulette disc will be divided into 38 radial cells, separated by small, metallic-looking partitions. These compartments, alternately red and black, are numbered from 1 to 36, plus zero and double zero, which may be white or green, but which cannot be either red or black. Each of these compartments will have the same theoretical probability of being the one where the ball stops at the end of its turn.

The bets are placed on one of the sides of the table mat, in the spaces reserved for the zero and for the other plays, on the corresponding terms or abbreviations and, optionally, on the spaces set for some combinations of more frequent use by players.