Some declare that it is derived from China and was brought by traders and Dominican monks from the Far East to the Americas. Others claim that the roulette game comes from France, the word being French word for “small wheel”, and was created by an unruly French mathematician, Blaise Pascal in the 17th century.
Baadhi ya kutangaza kwamba imechukuliwa kutoka China na aliletwa kwa wafanyabiashara na watawa Dominican kutoka Mashariki ya Mbali na Marekani. Wengine kudai kuwa mchezo Roulette huja kutoka Ufaransa, neno kuwa Kifaransa neno kwa gurudumu “ndogo”, na aliumbwa na hisabati ni wakaidi Kifaransa, Blaise Pascal katika karne ya 17.