Roulette is a game of chance, thousand islands casino (casinogamblinggold.com) named after the French word meaning "little wheel." Players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even, or if the numbers are high (19–36) or low (1–18). To determine the winning number and color, a croupier spins a wheel in one direction and then spins a ball in the opposite direction around a track that runs around the outer edge of the wheel. The ball will eventually lose momentum and fall onto the wheel and into one of 37 (in French/European Roulette) or 38 (in American Roulette) colored and numbered pockets on the wheel. The objective of this game is for players to correctly guess where on the wheel the ball will end up.