Roulette Terms

Roulette Wheel Lingo

Here are some terms used to describe the wheel and its operation:

Backtrack/Balltrack - the outer rim of the roulette wheel where the ball spins.

Biased Wheels - a flawed wheel that causes the same numbers to appear repeatedly.

Bottom Track - the inner line of the wheel where the ball slides before it bounces from the wheel to the pockets.

Visual Wheel Tracking - a technique used for predicting where the ball will land by studying the spinning wheel.

Wheel Clocking - studying the roulette wheel to determine if there are any patterns or bias.

Wheel Head - the part of the roulette wheel containing the numbered slots.

Wheel strategies -strategies used by punters that try to exploit any flaws they have detected in the wheel.