Roulette is quite a simple game once you know how to play it, and generally no matter where you go in the world (or the online world) you won’t find anything differences about the way that it’s played – well, except for one.

There are two main types of roulette; American and European roulette. Both games are played in exactly the same way by spinning a small white ball around a spinning wheel with numbers. The only difference in the game itself is in the variation of the numbers themselves which I’ll go into now.

In European roulette, you the wheel has thirty-seven numbers. The numbers 1 to 36 in either red or black, and the number zero, all on its own in green. The zero on the European roulette wheel gives the casino its house edge, which works out to be 2.7% over the player in this case.

With American roulette, you have thirty-eight slots this time, but still only have the standard numbers between 1 and 36. The other two slots are taken up by the zero and double-zero (00) slots which are both house-edge spots on the wheel. In this case because the casino has twice as many green slots, their house edge is raised to 5.4% over the player which is a huge margin in the long run.

So really that’s it. There isn’t much in the differences between American and European roulette apart from the zeros giving the casino its edge, and now that you know this, you also know to stay away from American roulette tables, right?

David Morris is a seasoned gambler who has spent years in real-world and online casinos. Click the link for some information on GUARANTEED ROULETTE BEATING PROGRAMS as well as you can check out David’s personal GAMBLING BLOG HERE.