roulette wheel

Example Sentences

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Most people coming to the Strip aren’t going to be counting the number of zeros on a roulette wheel, and even if they did, it wouldn’t prevent them from sitting down for a few spins.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

“It’s a roulette wheel of excuses,” he said of Cracker Barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

"They expect the house to pay out on the roulette wheel if they bet on number 13 and the ball lands on number 13."

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

A roulette wheel is just as likely to land on a number beginning with 2 as with 1.

From Scientific American • May 8, 2023

My twenty- three paired chromosomes have linked up and crossed over, spinning their roulette wheel, as my papou puts his hand on my mother’s belly and says, “Lucky two!”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides