ROULETTE

                                40-Number Version


          It is a game of chance.  For it  to have 40 numbers provides
       a more  balanced version  of the  old 36 numbers as we Roulette
       lovers play  it.  I regard it as an innovation, with  more of a
       payoff and more betting chances to the player.

          This idea was conceived by this author in the spring of 1989
       and wrote out in Commodore BASIC.

          This program is designated  for demonstration. A better ver-
       sion will  include a mouse, better  layouts, and with sensitive
       spots on which  to work the mouse on. The  betting will be more
       complete, such  as pairs. Hopefully,  to be done  by C program-
       ming - this is all written in QuickBasic!

          The rules of playing this game is similar to the Roulette 36
       version. Play a  chip on any place on the  layout and the wheel
       is spun, and  the metal ball falls on the  slot and if it marks
       your number then you have won  some chips. Of course, the chips
       you have  bet on other places  - which the winning  number does
       not fall upon - are lost.

          There are many betting ways to win chips. In this demo, only
       a limited  supply of bets  are available. It  will cover single
       numbers, columns, colors, even-odds,  1-20, 21-40, and dizaines
       (groups  of 10  numbers, i.e.,  1-10). Betting  in pairs, fours
       (corners: i.e., 3, 4, 7, 8), and  lines of 4 (i.e., 5, 6, 7, 8)
       are not available  here but can be done  manually, and doing so
       will be the same in odds  and payoffs. All these, however, will
       be on on the better version.

          The purpose  of this demonstration  is to show  the user how
       this version  would apply as a  game. Any comments as  to inno-
       vate it would be appreciated, and  if this idea is accepted for
       the upgraded version then  a discount will be  considered, pro-
       vided you have made a contribution  in my name. Of course, I do
       not show the  complete layout of the playing  area, and here it
       MAY look like this:

        +----------+----------+----------+----------+
        |   ZERO   |  ZEROES  |  YELLOW  |   GREEN  |
        |     0    |    00    |          |          |
        +----------+----------+----------+----------+
        |   1-10   |  11-20   |  21-30   |  31-40   |
        | 1st diz. | 2nd diz. | 3rd diz. | 4th diz. |
        +----------+----------+----------+----------+
        |   1-20   |  21-40   |   EVEN   |   ODD    |
        |          |          |          |          |
        +----------+----------+----------+----------+
        |   1st    |   2nd    |   3rd    |   4th    |
        |  COLUMN  |  COLUMN  |  COLUMN  |  COLUMN  |
        +----------+----------+----------+----------+

       You  get  the  idea.  Naturally,  this  addition will be placed
       better in the next version. (By the way, there's no room for it
       in this screen of the demo.)

          For want of an English word, I have picked up "dizaines" for
       the tens  we are playing here.  It's similar to a  dozen for 12
       numbers.

          For this  demo, the amount  to start the  game with will  be
       limited to 5000  chips. The amount of chips to  bet will be, of
       course, less or  equal to what you have.  Follow the prompts at
       what to  enter the information  necessary for it.  The boxes at
       the left, top and at the right provide the information you need
       to make your bets.

          Playing the game a few times  will give you the expertise at
       working at the  bettings, and then you will  develop the styles
       or systems  on which to  bet. (The better  version will include
       plans the player may use to play, rather to enter the same num-
       bers again and again.)

          Credit is to  be given to the people who  have made all this
       happen - such as computers, the color in the monitor.

          Whether we  all accept and  follow the shareware  concept of
       programs of  authors I must  say that it  is to my  belief that
       compensation of any  kind be paid to the  person who has worked
       to make his program possible. It  doesn't matter if many of the
       features of any program the author has written were of the work
       of others - it is the writer's own work.

          Here is a little program that should interest you:

            IF (you make a) CONTRIBUTE (to me) THEN
               GOD BLESS!
            END


          For comments  and/or contributions you may  correspond with me
       at:

                               Dale A. Nichols
                               P.O.Box 43491
                               Austin, TX 78745-0491

          or by E-mail:        CompuServe: 71162,2041


          Thank you, and happy playing! ! !

                                                --- Dale Nichols