Almost every large and reputable internet casino offers their visitors to play online roulette. Its rules are fairly simple and your winnings will depend on your luck most of all. However, the more you know about various types of these game and types of bets you can place, the better your winning chances are. In this article we will take a look on 2 basic types of online roulette and their principal differences.
First of all, you need to understand that every casino game including online roulette has a house edge. No matter how hard you try online casino owners will have more chances to win than you. I do personally advise all beginners to start their acquaintance with roulette with a free mode, because it’s a great opportunity to learn the rules and practice the game without any investments.
Online roulette interface doesn’t really differ from what we have in large brick-and-mortar casinos. You see a wheel and a marble. You place a bet on any slot and virtual Croupier throws a marble. It goes round and finally falls in one of the roulette slots.
However, there two historically different types of Roulette. There are European and American roulette. European roulette was first to appear in France and then it was transferred to land-based gambling establishments of North America. The main difference between them is a number of slots. American roulette has 38 slots from 1 to 36 and two zero slots ( one zero and double zero) while European roulette has only 37 slots without a double zero slot.
European roulette has one interesting feature compare to American type of this game. If marble falls on a zero slot, then your bet is called ‘imprisoned’ and can turn to be winning or losing in the next round. Such ‘en-prison’ rule is now practised by the most online casinos in the web.
Speaking of the bets in online roulette players can usually wager on 1 slot, on a group of 2,3,4,5,6 or 16 slots, on a table of 12 slots, on red or black colours, on even or odd numbers, on field sectors from 1 to 18 or from 19 to 36. Every type of bet leads to different odds and that’s why has various payouts.
Here is a standard payout table that you can see in online casinos:
Straight Up bet (betting on a one number) has 35 to 1 payout.
Split Bet( betting on two numbers) has 17 to 1 payout.
Street Bet( betting on a certain row- 3 numbers) has 11 to 1 payout.
Corner Bet ( betting on a certain corner – 4 numbers) has 8 to 1 payout
Four Bet( betting on four numbers) has 8 to 1 payout.
Line Bet (betting on a certain line- 6 numbers) has 5 to 1 payout.
Dozen Bet ( betting on twelve numbers) has 2 to 1 payout.
Column Bet( betting on a column of numbers- 6 numbers) has 2 to 1 payout.
Red/Black( betting on a red or a black colour)has 1 to 1 payout
Even/Odd ( betting on even or odd numbers)has 1 to 1 payout
Low/High Bets( betting on filed sectors from 1 to 18 or 19 to 36) has 1 to 1 payout
Thus, the more risk you take, the more money you can win in the end. This principle works for all online casino games, as the matter of fact. So, if you want to begin gambling, you should place a bet, push a ‘Spin’ button and wait till a marble falls in one of the slots.If you don’t want to place a new bet, but to repeat a previous one, you can press a ‘Rebet’ button.
Playing online roulette is extremely absorbing and entertaining. Modern online casino software allows gamblers to feel the same thrill and positive emotions that they have playing roulette in a large land-based casinos. The largest and most innovative US online casinos also offer players an opportunity to enjoy roulette in a real time mode, where you can communicate with a dealer via webcam and microphone.
