The Roulette Wheel
Two main types of roulette wheels are possible to meet in casinos today:
The American Roulette Wheel
The American Roulette wheel has 38 numbers and two zero pockets: "0" and "00". All slots are red and black and zero slots are green. Also all numbers divided into the odd and even numbers. Zero slots give the house of 6% advantage. It pays out for about 37 to 1.
The European Wheel
This type of the Roulette wheel has only one zero slot "0". This creates a large difference between European and American wheel. Presence of one zero on the wheel gives the modest advantage to the house of two percent. So, playing at the European Roulette table one has more chances of winning.
European tables have two special playing options which can increase the odds of winning:
- The En Prison rule gives the player the opportunity to recover the bet after zero spin, if it is an outside bet (high or low, even or odd, red or black). According to this rule, this bet is left to the next spin; the dealer marks the bet with a special marker in order to show that the bet is "in prison". And then if the bet loses it will go to the house, and if it is wins, the player will get his money back. So, it gives the player an additional opportunity to win. Tables that use En prison rule have a 0, 5% of house advantage.
- The La Partage rule is the En Prison rule's variation. The principle is almost the same. The only difference is that only half of the bet moves over the next spin.
So, that is the difference between these two types of the Roulette wheel. The only and the main disadvantage of playing at the European Wheel is that the majority of US based brick and mortal casinos prefer not have European Wheel table because of the odds and it may be rather difficult for Americans to find European roulette. In this case US Roulette players can try to play Roulette online. There is a great variety of online casinos on the internet which offer European Roulette table.
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