Roulette is the most popular of the casino games. Easy to learn and play and with a truly fascinating history, roulette is liked also because there are different variations to the game, which make it always new and interesting. You can find all these variants of Roulette not only at the offline or land based casinos but also at the online casinos.
The Basics
Before moving on to the variants of Roulette, it is important to understand the basics of the game. The game involves a croupier or the dealer who spins the wheel and releases a ball into the wheel. Depending upon the variant of the game, the wheel might have 37 or 38 slots. The aim in the game of Roulette is to be able to rightly predict where the ball would land once the spinning stops. Players can bet by putting in their chips at the Roulette board or table, which has the name numbers as the wheel. Let us now discuss the variants of Roulette.
European Roulette
Popular in casinos around the world, the European Roulette features 37 numbers on the Roulette wheel and table. There are numbers from 1 to 36 and a single zero. Zero in this version of the game is not considered an even number. If the ball lands in the Zero slot, all the bets are removed from the board, lost. Only those players who bet on zero get a payout. The house enjoys a nice edge of 2.7 percent in the game because of the zero.
American Roulette
American Roulette is more popular in the American casinos. While most of the things remain similar to the European version, the American Roulette has 38 numbers instead of the usual 37. There is an extra slot, that of the double zero. As you might have guessed it, the extra zero is for the added advantage to the house, and brings the house edge to 5.26 percent.
French Roulette
Many people might not know it but Roulette was invented in France. Therefore, it is not a surprise that the country has a separate version of the game by the name French Roulette. The roulette has a slightly different board layout than the European version. In addition, there are certain different terms written in French on the board, which means that you must know a little bit of French to understand these terms. One of the terms you may hear at the table is La Partage, which in French means the sharing. It is a rule that states that if there are any even money bets when the balls lands on zero, they must be shared with the house. The player must surrender a half of the bet to the house, but can keep the other half, thus reducing the house edge of all even-money bets to just 1.35 percent. Remember that players playing the European or American version of the game get nothing if the ball lands on zero as all even bets are considered lost.
Royal Crown Roulette
Then there are the many versions of these main 3 variants. Royal Crown Roulette European is one of the versions you can find online. Its main feature is its outstanding graphics and animation that make you feel like you were playing in a real environment. The rules are those of the European Roulette.