Roulette is a popular game, especially for inexperience players. Although it has one of the highest house edges of all the games in the casino, it really is fun, and can be played if you know the game and how to play. If you take the proper precautions, then you can enjoy long hours of fun roulette without having to sell the farm. A few Roulette tips might be in order at this point.
We’ll begin with the fact that Roulette is the easiest game to play in the casino. The player has 11 different ways to make a wager. The player can select one number, two numbers, three, four, five, six, twelve, or eighteen numbers, red/black, odd/even, or 1-18/19 - 36. The house edge on roulette with a double-zero wheel is 5.26% regardless of how one bets (with one exception). For every bet won the house will keep that percent. However, the edge may go up with certain bets. The five-number bet (0,00,1,2,3,) is the worst bet in roulette; the house edge goes to whopping 7.89%.
However, the edge at roulette can be reduced significantly. When visiting Las Vegas, Reno or Atlantic City, try to find a wheel with only a single zero. This is known as a French wheel and the house odds drop to only 2.7%, which is much better for the player. One option at roulette is to play black or red, odd or even, low (1-18) or high (19-36). The house pays even money on these bets. These are known as the “outside” bets. The house has to pay salaries, lighting, and all the overhead cost. The built-in house edge of 5.26% is how they do it. Another way to look at the house advantage is to consider starting with $100. After cycling that 100 through the roulette table, you will end up losing $5.26 (double zero) or $2.70 (single zero wheel).
The more numbers selected for each individual wager, the lower the payout. The house will pay 35 chips for one chip bet on one single number, seventeen on two numbers, eleven on three, eight on four, six on five, five for six, two to one on columns (12 numbers) and even money on the outside bets (red/black, odd/even, high/low). Playing the outside spots and the columns do have a smaller payout, but the odds are greatly improved compared to the single, two, three, four, five and six bet spots.
These tips might not make you a consistent winner at roulette, but it should make your visit to the table a little more fun and maybe help reduce your losses to a reasonable and acceptable amount.
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