Tips for Playing Roulette at the Online Casino
December 12, 2006
Roulette belongs to a group of the most popular gambling games both at the online and the brick and mortar casinos. Roulette is so beloved by the players mostly due to its simplicity and easiness. Casino games played online can be divided into two groups: based on strategy and based on fortune.
The result of most of first group of games (mostly card games, for instance poker and Blackjack) depends on player’s skills, tactics, experience and thinking. The second group of games, which includes roulette and slots works only on the basis of luck, for example turning of a wheel or pulling of a handle. These games are usually very quick and simple. Players are not able to influence in any way on the result of the game, however they can increase their probability of winning by following a few tips.
Let’s start from the fact that you can play two kinds of roulette: European roulette and American roulette. American roulette has all the 37 numbers that European has (1 to 36 and 0) and additional 0 double zero (so altogether 38 slots). This is the main dissimilarity between these two kinds of roulette. As a result of this the probability of winning at the European roulette is higher than at American roulette, so if you can choose between these two kinds of roulette, it’s better to decide on European one. Secondly, the player should be fully familiar with the rules of roulette at the virtual casino especially the betting system and the odds based on the chosen numbers. It is possible to place many various bets at an online roulette and the payouts depend on type of a bet.
The simplest bet - straight bet is just a bet on a single number. If the ball lands on this number your prize is 35-1. The payout is the highest possible in a roulette but the possibility of winning is the lowest. Oppositely the highest probability of winning is with colour. You place a bet on one of two colors: black or red and if you become a winner (the ball must land on number marked by your colour) you are paid even money, or 1-to-1; your are paid exactly the same money you wagered before. If the ball lands on other colour number or zero you become a loser. When placing a bet on colour, you have 50% chance of winning.
The same chance is with the bets on odd or even. If you place your token on even you will become a winner if the ball stops on an even number. If the ball stops on an odd number or zero you become a loser. The similar situation is with bets on odd. Another possibility of even money bets are: 1 through 18 and 19 through 36 bets. In case you place a bet on 1 through 18 you will win if the ball lands on any number between 1 and 18; otherwise (zero or numbers 19 to 36) you will become a loser. And again the same rules are applicable to bets 19 through 36. That’s enough of theory, now is your time to find out how the roulette playing looks like and the best way to do this is just to place some bets.
