How to play roulette here: the method in short
Learning how to play roulette here rests on one rule: a number is never typed from memory. Payouts, the chance of each bet and the house edge on each wheel come from a small set of tested payout rules, and the tables, drills, calculator and simulations all read from that one source.
The rules are tested pocket by pocket. For each bet the expected return is added up across all 38 pockets of the American wheel or all 37 of a single-zero wheel. A straight-up bet on the American wheel returns 36 units for every 38 staked, which gives the familiar 5.26 percent.
How the payout drills and simulations work
A payout drill puts chips on the cloth, names the winning number and asks how many chips the dealer pays. The answer is calculated when the page is built, so a typo in the question stops the build. That is deliberate: when you learn how to play roulette, a drill with a wrong answer teaches the wrong habit.
The strategy simulations run a thousand players with the bankroll, base stake and table maximum you choose. The spins come from your browser’s own random number source, so each run differs a little. That is the point: you see the spread of real outcomes rather than one lucky session, and the cost per dollar staked does not move.
Who writes the workbook
Dana Whitcomb writes the lessons in the practice table, the guides to the table layout and the wheel, and the payout drills. Marcus Ellery checks every number and writes the guides where the arithmetic carries the argument, such as roulette payouts, roulette strategy and the comparison of American and European wheels.
Both write under pen names. A name on its own proves little; the method above is what you can actually check. Every figure can be reproduced with a pencil and the pocket counts, and the tools on the site let you test the claims yourself instead of trusting them. If a page fails that test, it should be corrected.
How the pages stay current
Real-world details that change from casino to casino, such as table minimums, house rules on surrender of even-money bets or which rooms deal single-zero games, are kept general. Where a page needs a fact about a regulator or a wheel maker, it states only what can be checked. Each article carries the date it was last reviewed beside its byline.
The workbook grows through new lessons and drills over time. When a page changes, its review date changes with it, and a corrected number in the payout rules updates every page that uses it at the same moment. If you want to start at the beginning, the practice table on the home page opens with the first lesson.