The choice of roulette table can make a huge difference to your chances of winning. Be certain you understand the difference in the tables before you play.
You only have to visit Vegas or Monte Carlo to see the money there is in roulette, these fantastic casinos were built on gambling and to be more precise – 'the house edge'. This is the statistical advantage that every Casino has in every game – in roulette it's provided by the roulette tables.
So ok I know we don't need to know about mathematics, to play a little roulette but a basic idea of what's involved can make it more fun to play.
The mighty Las Vegas was in fact built on probablity, the probability that you will lose more than the house. Although you don't need to be a maths major, you would be well advised to keeping an eye out on probability in any gambling game. Roulette is never going to be the professional gamblers choice as there are many other games with better odds – if we disregard the possibility of wheel bias or anything untoward – the one thing you need with roulette is luck.
With the growing popularity of online casinos, the consumer can force a choice of the way we play these games, if you play online roulette, choose your casino carefully.
However the choice of which roulette tables you play at makes a huge difference to the amount of luck you need – there are really two main tables you'll find in most casinos.
French or European Roulette Tables
The single most important fact about this roulette wheel is the fact that it has a single zero. This is primarily the 'house edge' – all your 50/50 bets on red/black or odd/even are biased towards the house because of this number. Originally this didn't actually exist at all until the first Casino in Monte Carlo thought it didn't have any real advantage – the extra digit adds a house advantage of 2.7% if all else is equal.
US Roulette Table
In America, they also used the European wheel until some casinos decided they'd like a bigger advantage (probably checked the real estate prices in Las Vegas). So they added the extra '00' slot which pretty much doubles the house edge. The distribution of the numbers and colors on both wheels are distributed in different ways but both so that there is an equal chance of red/black and odd/even combinations. The advantage of playing on a European table is made even greater by the addition of another rule if it's being used – 'La Partage'.. This rule means that you only lose 50% of your even money wagers if the ball land on zero – another significant statistical advantage. The difference is simple really – if you have a choice always play on a European table and on a
live roulette wheel as opposed to a computer generated one – the house edge is much smaller and you have a much better chance of Lady Luck shining on you.