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- Harrah’s New Orleans rises up off the foot of Canal Street 26 stories marking its place in the New Orleans, Lousiana landscape as an important figure. The resort is rated Four Diamond by AAA, and enjoys top rankings on all user review sites — rarely being rated less than ‘Excellent’ even when 100’s or 1,000’s of individual reviews are taken into account.
It’s a device that’s decidedly simple by today’s definition of a computer; one designed for a single task — beating roulette — as opposed to a more general-purpose machine. It was also a homebrew.
- How to Play
Predict which number, color or group the ball will land on
Thirty-eight numbers — One little ball
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Roulette is an easy game to understand, and it’s even easier to play. The object is simple: predict which number, color or group of numbers the ball will fall into.
The roulette wheel color scheme is red, black and green. In American roulette, there are 18 red spaces, 18 black spaces and two green spaces. In single zero — and European — roulette, there is just one green space.
Roulette Chips
Roulette chips have no value in any other area of the Casino. They do not specifically have a value; it is based on the player buy-in. Also, every player on a table plays with a different color chip. This helps the dealer keep track of wagers.
How to Bet while Playing Roulette
The dealer will clearly announce that bets are open. Players are then free to place their chips anywhere on the table. It is the player’s responsibility to correctly place wagers, even when placed by the dealer as a courtesy.
Outside Wagers
Outside wagers can be placed with either casino cheques or roulette chips.
B — Column: 2 to 1
C — Dozen: 2 to 1
D — Red/Black: 1 to 1
E — Odd/Even: 1 to 1
F — High (19/36)/Low (1–18): 1 to 1
Inside Wagers
Inside wagers can be placed with either casino cheques or roulette chips. Only one player per color is allowed to play casino checks on the inside at any given time.
A — Straight Up: 35 to 1
G — Split: 17 to 1
H — Street or Basket: 11 to 1
I — Corner: 8 to 1
J — Top Line: 6 to 1
K — Double Street: 5 to 1
The Spin
The dealer spins the ball clockwise while the wheel moves counter clockwise. As the ball begins to slow down, the dealer waves an arm over the table, indicating no more bets. At this point, players are not allowed to add or remove anything from the table. Once the ball comes to a stop, the dealer marks the number with the dolly (point marker) and announces the number rolled, color and odd or even.
Once the dolly is placed on a number, players can not add or remove any cheques or chips from the table until all bets have been paid. The dealer will remove the dolly once payouts are complete and announce that bets are now open. A new game begins and players are allowed to remove their winnings and place wagers for the upcoming spin.
Leaving the Table
When leaving, indicate to your dealer that you are doing so. The dealer will convert your roulette chips into casino cheques.
Watching Roulette
- Please allow playing guests to sit or stand nearest to the table.
- Please do not lean against the protective glass surrounding the wheel.
Photo by Bryan Dorrough
For the most part, parking on the streets of the French Quarter is a very bad proposition for visitors. Stringent parking control measures are in effect and meter limits are strictly enforced by dour and determined meter maids. Tow trucks are always on the streets, even at night — especially at night — and many a visitor’s trip has been ruined by an expensive detour to the City Pound to retrieve a car illegally left in a no-parking zone, too close to a corner or in a protected zone. Here are a few tips to help you skip the fuss and find trouble-free parking in the French Quarter.
Photo: Lonesome Yellow Bike by Theodore Lee
Navigate Parking Like the Locals
In the back of the Quarter, a residential parking program gives local registered parkers an advantage and a pass, but even registered parkers have to play a tricky game of hopscotch parking to stay ahead of street cleaning and time limits. Many residents arrange to park their vehicles in private lots or parking buildings nearby, at significant cost, we might add. Savvy Quarterites walk, bike, scoot and generally take advantage of the historic district’s appealing scale.
Parking at Your Hotel
Visitors with reservations at French Quarter hotels can park their vehicles with the hotel but should be aware that it is an extra charge and can be as much as $30 to $45 a day. Don’t even think of bringing an oversized vehicle onto the streets of the Quarter without some good and defensible reason, prior permissions and permits from the Police Department. Anything bigger than an SUV is likely to get jammed at the corners and stymied on the narrow streets that were originally laid out for horse-drawn vehicles.
New Orleans, LA (French Quarter) by Jason Paris
Parking Lots and Garages in the French Quarter
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But don’t despair, there is ample and convenient parking available all along the riverfront side of the French Quarter. Download a pdf of French Quarter Riverside Parking Lots.
- Beginning at the Canal Street upriver border of the district near the Aquarium, Canal Place and Custom House there is multi-story covered parking in the Canal Place Garage. The entrance is at the end of Iberville and the River.
- Moving downriver along North Peters there are large lighted lots at Iberville and North Peters, Conti and North Peters, and Toulouse and Decatur, all convenient to the Jax and Millhouse developments and Jackson Square. These lots extend to the levee wall and streetcar tracks running along the riverfront and are much bigger than they appear from the street.
- At St. Peter and Decatur is the entrance to the French Market parking lot that is between the Market and the Moonwalk and extends all the way to Barracks Street and the Old U.S. Mint.
- Just at the downriver border of the Quarter is another French Market lot at the corner of Decatur and Elysian Fields.
Here’s some good advice: park anywhere in these riverfront lots and enjoy the French Quarter without risking the nasty loss that accompanies the street-side game of parking roulette.
To reserve French Quarter parking in advance, click here.
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