But the arrangement of numbers on the wheel is different in European and American variants of the game. According to the number of pockets on the wheel we differentiate two types of the roulette game - European with 37 pockets (36 plus one zero) and American with 38 pockets as it includes single zero and double zero. Even the term 'roulette' itself means 'small wheel' in French.
The wheel is a crucial component of the roulette game.
