You have to know that roulette comes in two forms—the European and American roulette. Basically these two are similar to each other and there is no major difference apart from the fact that European roulette has one zero and the American roulette has two zeroes.

In spite of this difference, the two games are really played in virtually the same way. They feature the same rules regardless of the difference in the number of zeroes and house edge—American roulette has 5.7% house edge while the European version has 2.7%. Moreover, the wheel, table layout and payouts are just similar in both except for the 0 and 00. As stated earlier, the single difference between American roulette and European roulette is the number of zeroes on the wheel and in that difference alone lies ALL the difference. The European roullette is the most popular of the two as it is the traditional French (European) version of the game.

An Overview of European Roulette Rules:

The common rules of the game are the following:

• The house edge is 2.6%

• The wager can be on 0 and numbers 1-36 in this single-zero game

• The outside bets pay out 1-1 and 2-1

• The inside wagers pay out from 5 to 1 and may reach 35 to 1 Guide in Playing Online European Roulette:

• Visit an Online Casino and Click ‘Play’ – The first thing you want to do is to visit a site that provides a platform for European roulette to be played.

• Select Your Stake/ Chip – Next, you’ll have the opportunity to choose either to play for free or play with real money down (i.e. betting). Taking into consideration that you are playing for free, use the chips that would allow you to assign an amount of your wager. Some roulette machines will just ask you to make a stake choice but some will need you to click the “bet now” button before you can select the chip.

• Put Your Wager – Now is the time to be placing your wager. Move your mouse over a betting field of your choice on the table. The selection will be highlighted and sometimes the corresponding payouts will be shown. Simply click on it and place your bet.

• Turn the wheel – This is the final step and you only have to click SPIN to start the wheel turning. Watch it go and as it comes to rest, you’ll find out if you’ve won or not.

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by PokerWriter on May 13th, 2010 | RSS | trackback