La Boule – The French Casino Game
Casino games have been played for ages. Different games originated from different countries and regions are played across the globe now. These games have found their place in land-based formal casinos as well as online and mobile-based games, One of the games that are native to France is – La Boule. La Boule in English means ‘The Ball’. It is a very popular casino game both online and offline. La Boule can be considered as the younger cousin of Roulette. Roulette was a little complicated. The intention of making Roulette a simpler game gave birth to a less complex version of it, La Boule. La Boule replaced “Little Horses” slowly and slowly. The game is very – very popular in Spain, Denmark, Macao and Switzerland. But the sad part is that it is not found in Anglo Saxon countries.
Game structure of La Boule
The La Boule casino game consists of nine numbers starting from one to nine. There are three colours featuring in it namely- red, black and yellow. It is played on a very large wheel of wood with a ball made of rubber which is slightly smaller in size as compared to the tennis ball. Numbers which are black are one, three, six and eight. If talking of red numbers, they are- two, four, seven and nine. The only number that is yellow is 5
How to play the game of La Boule?
Most of us play Casino games for pleasure and to try our luck, not to train our brain better. There are other games like chess for that. La Boule looks similar to Roulette but is very- very easy to play. You don’t need to be too confused about bets on columns, streets, neighbours etc. These bets are basically made on even and uneven numbers which may be small or big and black or red. The numbers are from one to nine. If you bet on number 5, it is the same as betting on zero. Yellow being neutral, is the correspondent colour. In La Boule if the winning numbers turn out to be a ‘five’ then bets put on all even, uneven black, red, small, big numbers are lost.
If some player is smart enough to guess the winning number, his bet on straight up is paid directly seven times more. The ratio of the stake for red/black, even/uneven and big/small is 1:1. In comparison to Roulette, the minimum betting amount in La Boule is smaller. The bets are stopped as soon as the dealer says “Rein ne van plus”, which is a French phrase. The meaning of this phrase in English is,” No more Bets”. The large wooden wheel is then spun by the dealer. The outcome of the spin is determined by the fact that in which depression the ball lands.
If you calculate and think carefully, you will find that there is a house edge of just 11.11 percentage on every bet. Isn’t it worse when you compare it with the casino game of Roulette? So choosing between Roulette and La Boule is a tricky task. When we talk about La Boule it is less confusing to play and helps you enjoy a lot. On the other hand, Roulette provides you with a better percentage of house edge on every bet. It all depends on which game one wants to invest in. Whatever the decision may, fun is guaranteed!!