Roulette tutorial and instruction betting online casino games or
playing games at land based casinos. the rules are the same. Roulette is a glamorous, exciting game that's easy to play.
The "American" roulette wheel
is divided into 38 slots which are numbered 1 to 36 plus 0 and 00. Even numbers are red
and odd numbers black. 0 and 00 are green. (Some casinos offer the "European
Wheel". This wheel has only 37 slots. There is no 00.)
After you place your bets, the dealer
spins a small white ball in the opposite direction of the turning wheel. When the ball
comes to rest in one of the slots, the dealer will call out the winning number and settle
all bets.
Play European Roulette for a great advantage! Unlike
American, European Roulette only has one zero! This makes you 2.7% more likely to hit the
jackpot payout. The best part is, European and American Roulette are both comped the same,
giving European Roulette proportionately more comps for each dollar wagered.
recommended casinos for roulette:
Microgaming category : any of the Microgaming casinos listed on
this site: here's a couple: Riverbelle
GoldenTiger
BlackjackBallroom
HOW TO BET
These are the bets you can place and their corresponding payouts:
- Straight bet
- A bet on a single number pays 35:1
- Split bet
- A bet on 2 adjacent numbers pays 17:1
- Street bet
- A bet on 3 numbers on a horizontal line
pays 11:1
- Corner bet
- A bet on a block of 4 numbers pays 8:1
- Line bet
- A bet on 6 numbers in 2 adjacent rows pays
5:1
- Column bet
- A bet on 1 of 3 vertical columns pays 2:1
- Dozen bet
- A bet on 12 numbers, low (112), middle
(1324) or high (2536) pays 2:1
- Even bet
- A bet on even or odd, red or black, low
(118) or high (1936) pays 1:1
You can place as many bets as you like on a single
spin of the wheel up to the table maximum.
Some casinos use a rule called en
prison. When a zero or double zero hits, the player loses half the bet, or can let the
bet remain in play, with the results to be determined on the next spin. This rule only
applies to even money bets.
Odds
With the 38number American wheel, the
house has a big 5.26 percent edge. (Whenever 0 or 00 are hit, all bets lose.)
With the 37number European wheel, the
house advantage is 2.7 percent. In other words, on every $100 bet the house makes $2.70.
With the en prison rule, this edge drops to just 1.35 percent.
Obviously you want to look for casinos
that offer the European, singlezero wheel and many online casinos do. If you can find
one that also offers en prison, so much the better.
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Payoff
In a winning hand, opening bets are always paid out at even money. Raise bets are paid out
based on the spread as follows:
| Spread |
Payout |
| 1 |
5:1 |
| 2 |
4:1 |
| 3 |
2:1 |
| 4 through 11 |
1:1 |
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