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> American vs European Roulette
29 August 2005
American vs European
Roulette
What's Your Best
Bet?
Online
casino players
often have a choice of American and European roulette when
they play in internet casinos or UK casinos. What are the
differences between the games and does the online version
offer a better chance of winning than the offline
version?
Roulette is a game of pure
chance, and, although various people have claimed that their
'system' has enabled them to beat the wheel, it is
essentially luck that decides the winner.
There are sometimes two
types of roulette available to play in online and in some
land-based casinos - European and American roulette.
European roulette is the older version, with its origins in
17th-century France.
In both games, the wheel
is divided into numbered slots that are alternately black
and red. There are differences in the types of chips used in
the two games, and in that, in European roulette, the
croupier uses a rake to collect the bets, while in the
American version, they use their hands.
House
Advantage
As far as the gambler is
concerned, however, the main difference between European and
American roulette lies in the respective house advantages.
European roulette has one green slot for zero, while
American roulette has two green slots - one slot for zero
and one slot for double zero. In European roulette, there
are 37 slots, while in American roulette there are
38.
The zero spaces represent
the house advantage and in the case of European roulette
this is 2.7 per cent, which most gamblers would think pretty
reasonable. However, in American roulette, with its double
zero, the house advantage is 5.26 per cent, which is
obviously less favourable to the player.
Roulette essentially
consists of betting on what number slot you think the ball
is going to fall into when the wheel stops spinning.
However, you can choose to make various kinds of
bets.
Although the payouts are
the same for European and American roulette, the odds are
different.
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Bet
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American
roulette odds
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European
roulette odds
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Payout
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Single
number
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37 to
1
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36 to
1
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35 to
1
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Two number Split
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18 to
1
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17.5 to
1
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17 to
1
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Even
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1.05 to
1
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1 to 1
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1 to 1
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Playing
Online
Although some have faith
in various mathematical strategies,
or systems many gamblers believe that playing online is one
of the best ways to maximise the chances of winning at
roulette.
Firstly, you can always
find an online casino offering European roulette, which
gives you a greater advantage. Also, unlike a land-based
casino, there are no distractions, either from other players
or the croupier. When you're playing online, you can
organise your environment to allow you to concentrate fully
on your game.
There is also the question
of the wheel. Although casinos regularly check their wheels,
the idea of the biased wheel, or the dealer signature in
which the croupier unconsciously rolls the ball so that it
falls in particular sections of the wheel, persists. This
isn't a problem in online casinos, which use a
computer-based random number generator. So provided you play
in an online reputable casino, there can't be any doubts
about fairness.
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