This game of roulette shows you, that if you keep on betting, you will eventually lose all your money. It is wiser to stop playing while you are ahead. Sometimes, to make a profit, you have to play a large number of rounds. In a real casino, you may not have time to play enough rounds to make a profit.
To start roulette, run the command,
roulette
Press enter to spin the roulette wheel.
Press the letter r to reset the game.
Press the letter q to quit the game.
There are two functions for setting game parameters. Press the page down and page up keys to change the function.
The functions are:
roulette shows the menu on the left of the screen. On the right of the screen, are the running balance, the amount won and lost, the total number of bets, and the last spin of the wheel.
roulette sleeps in between key strokes to allow other programs to run while you are playing the game.
John Scarne
Scarne's New Complete Guide to Gambling
Fully revised, expanded, updated edition
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, 1974, 1986
A Fireside book, 871 p.
ISBN: 0-671-21734-8 hardback
ISBN: 0-671-63063-6 paperback
Chapter 14, Roulette
Section: Possible Roulette Bets, Odds and Percentages
Read this procedure for information on how to run roulette from a remote terminal.