Getting the Lowest
Casino Edge at Online RouletteIn
terms of House Edge, American Roulette is not one of the
best online casino games to play - nor is it the worst. With a
5.26% House Edge on all of the bets at the table, playing
online American Roulette for a long period of time is likely to end up
putting some strain on one's bankroll.
However, just like any other gambling game,
roulette is full of
chance. Many roulette players go on lucky streaks,
which after they feel they have used up, will walk away
from the table with profit in their pocket. They
know that with a Casino Edge of 5.6%, a losing streak can
be lurking just around the corner.
Smart online roulette
players also know that if given the opportunity, one
should always stick to playing European Roulette, or,
American Roulette with Atlantic City rules. European
Roulette does not have the double zero space on the table
(as does American Roulette), and offers a feature called
en prison that brings down the casinos advantage even more.
Without the double zero, European roulette has a House
Edge of 2.7% on all bets.
In order to put the en
prison rule into effect, a player must make an even
money, outside bet. Outside bets are Red/Black,
Odd/Even, 1-18/19-36, columns and dozens bets. If
the single zero is hit when a player makes this bet, en
prison goes into effect. What it does is that it
"imprisons" a players bet and requires it to remain on the
board for the next spin (to be played out according to
standard rules). Therefore, no money is lost,
thereby cutting the House Edge in half for the
"imprisoned" bet (1.35%). This now becomes one of
the best bets in the House. And thanks to the
accessibility of the internet, European Roulette is widely
available to gamblers seeking to take advantage of the
lower House Edge.
In regards to particular roulette
systems, players are advised to use caution. For
instance, one particular roulette system urges players to
make bets in a manner so that the wheel is uniformly
covered. In other words, if you were to divide the
roulette wheel into four equal quadrants, bets on 1, 2, 31
and 31 would place a bet in each of these quadrants, thus
equally covering the entire wheel. While this may seem to
make sense to a new roulette player or to someone who does
not understand mathematical probability, however, there is
actually no mathematical basis for this system, since
every number has an equal chance of coming up on the
wheel.
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