European Roulet

Roulette is a very popular casino game that appears complicated on initially, but after a short introduction to the game, the player wil realize that roulette is a simple, interesting, and quite intriguing game.

There are 2 popular variations of the roulette game that have minor, but important distinctions. This web page describes the European ("Single zero") Roulette. European roulette has the same wager payoffs as American roulette (see bleow for its description), but lacks the double zero slots, and the house advantage is definitely lower in European roulette.

European Roulette table has a spinning wheel with 37 pockets or slots. Thes slots are numbered from 1 to 36 and colored either red or black except for a special "zero" slot that is marked with a green indicator. Players make bets on results of the round. The roulette wheel is spun and a ball is thrown into it against the direction of spinning. When the ball settles down and rests in a slot, the number on the slot that has caught the ball, is the winning number. All slots are identical and the order and position of numbers are mathematically arranged for even distribution by color, value, odd or even, and high or low, so that the ball has an equal probability of winding up in any one of them.

The more complicated part of roulette is betting. The betting table consists of 2 portions, the "Inside" portion and the "Outside" portion. Bets made on the inside portion are called inside bets. Similarly, bets made on the outside portion are called outside bets.

A roulette table is made of "inside" and "outside" betting fields which function differently. Roulette tables have composite maximum and minimumtable limits. Otherwise, players are not limited in betting.

Other than in betting, there are no other rules in roulette. Once the bets are made and the wheel has spun, there are no further choices that players make.

When betting on the "inside", a player is required to make bets that at least add up to the table's minimum.

The table is comprised of colored squares, from 1 to 36. Zero is the green square that is located on the inside table usually on top of the number columns.

On the inside table, different combinations of bets are available. Combinations are only valid within the inner table.

\ Here are the types of Inside bets available:

• Straight up bet - This is a bet on a single number. The payoff is 35-to-1.

• "Split bet - This allows you to place a bet on 2 contiguous squares. The odds here are 17-to-1.

• Street bet - This type of bet permits you to bet on an entire row (i.e., 3 numbers). The betting indicator must be placed on the row's outer edge. Odds here are 11-to-1.

• Line bet - This type of bet permits you to make 2 street bets (i.e., 6 numbers), and pays off at 5-to-1.

• Corner bet - This bet permits you to bet on 4 adjacent squares. Corner bets (known as "corners") pay 8-to-1.

• Five bet - This bet type does not exist in European roulette.

When betting on the "outside", every bet a player makes must at least match the table minimum.

"Zeroes" are not covered on Outside bets. Online casinos do not normally offer the surrender rule.

The types of Outside bet types available, are as follows:

• Dozens - This bet refers to 3 squares that gives results from 1-to-12, 13-to-24 and 25-to-36. 2-to-1 payoff. This is a double bet.

• High and low - With this bet, 2 squares for the bottom half of the numbers (1-to-18, and 19-to-35) are selected. 1-to-1 payoff - this is an even bet.

• Colors - This bet has 2 squares for red and black outcomes. This is also an even bet.

• Odd and even - This bet has 2 squares representing odd and even outcomes respectively. This too, is an even bet.

• Columns - With this bet, 3 squares are selected that are attached to the bottom of the inside table. Columns typically have "2:1" written inside the square. With these types of bets, you can bet on an entire column of numbers. This is a double bet.