a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
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a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations
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a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in
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Roulette \Rou*lette"\, v. t. To make short incisions in with a roulette; to separate by incisions made with a roulette; as, to roulette a sheet of postage stamps. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Roulette \Rou*lette"\, n. [F., properly, a little wheel or ball. See {Rouleau}, {Roll}.] 1. A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
2. (Fine Arts) (a) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots. (b) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
3. (Geom.) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. See {Cycloid}, and {Epycycloid}.
4. A small toothed wheel used to make short incisions in paper, as a sheet of postage stamps to facilitate their separation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
"Don't play recession roulette with the liberal governor of Massachusetts," and said.
The grit on the roulette wheel is that the stock exchange has failed to get its new computerised system, Taurus, ready in time.
French chess expert Catherine Jaeg said the contest resembled "roulette."
"Parimutuel betting, lotteries, roulette, craps and many other casino games are zero-sum games.
President Saddam Hussein has bet on war as other addictive gamblers play roulette.
A biased roulette wheel deters punters from the casino.
"It's like playing black and red on the roulette wheel," says Scott Black, president of Delphi Management.
White, a proponent of keeping the reservation's casinos in business, said the plan would allow bingo, card games like poker and blackjack, and roulette in Indian gaming houses.
He also recommends such conservative wagers as merely betting that the roulette ball will land on a number that's even or odd, or in a red or black nook.
"The Delta crew played Russian roulette with the lives of their passengers," said Kathlynn Fadely, a government attorney, during opening arguments in the complex case.
The turning point was 1975 when a bicheiro known as Anisio hired a top carnival designer, Joazinho Trinta, to produce a spectacular parade with huge papier-mache animals, spinning roulette wheels and fabulous costumes for his school, Beija Flor.
Unlike games such as roulette or blackjack, where gamblers bet against the house, poker players bet against one another.
The result is a hybrid of chess and Russian roulette; in other words, a superb spy thriller.
Cheap hotels and restaurants served truck drivers, and Las Trojes even had a small casino with rudimentary versions of craps and roulette.
Casino games such as blackjack, poker, craps, roulette and video gambling machines are illegal, he said.