Gambling with the Weather: Roulette, 2012. Inkjet print on newsprint, 48 pp. booklet, 8 ½ x 7 in. Roulette is a casino game named after a French diminutive for little wheel. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even. Gambling with the Weather: Roulette uses weather data from May 2011 to create a strategy for betting at the roulette table tested in February 2012 at the El Cortez Casino in Las Vegas, NV.