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European Roulette Today
Walk into a Monte Carlo casino today, and you’ll find a vibrantly colored wheel that belongs to the game of Roulette. This exciting game hasn’t changed much over the years. The game of European Roulette you play in in Monte Carlo today is quite similar to the game first introduced to the people of 18th century France.
Playing European Roulette is fun and simple to learn. And there are distinct advantages to choosing this type of Roulette over its American counterpart. Read on, and you’ll learn a bit more about the rules of this classic game.
The European Roulette Wheel
The centerpiece of a game of European Roulette is the ever-spinning Roulette Wheel. This well-known wheel’s circumference consists of a series of slots labeled with numbers 1-36, and a special slot with the number 0. Numbers 1-36 are arranged in non-sequential order on alternating red and black spaces. The zero slot stands alone in a background of bright green.
Playing European Roulette
European Roulette begins as players place their bets on the roulette table. On one side of the table are the numbers 1-36, arranged in three rows of twelve numbers.
Placing your bet on this side of the table is called placing an inside bet. You can choose up to six adjacent numbers when placing an inside bet.
The other half of the table is printed with different betting options, called outside bets. When placing an outside bet, you choose more numbers, in a more general way. For example, you can choose all evens, all odds, all reds, or all blacks. These bets tend to have higher odds, but lower returns.
After the bets are placed, the dealer, or croupier, spins the wheel in one direction, and spins the ball around the wheel in the other. As the wheel slows, the ball falls into one of the numbered slots. Winning are distributed, and the game of Roulette ends.
Playing European Roulette With En Prison
Some casinos employ a unique game rule when the player has bet on all even numbers, and the ball falls into zero. This rule, known as En Prison, holds the player’s bet hostage as the dealer spins the wheel one more time. If the ball lands on zero again, the player loses their bet. Otherwise, their bet amount is returned.
European Roulette Advantages over American Roulette
The biggest advantage to playing European Roulette rather than American is that the player has higher odds of winning. In a game of American Roulette, there are two “wild card” slots- a zero and a double zero. Since European Roulette has only one zero, the odds of the ball landing in any numbered pocket are one to 36 instead of one to 37.
Playing a game of European Roulette will take you back to the early days of gambling ingenuity. There’s not much room for change with a great game like Roulette. Now you know a bit more about how to play European Roulette. You’re ready to experience this sensational game for yourself.
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