Online Roulette Strategy

Since roulette is one of the oldest and most famous casino games in the world it goes without saying that there must be a strategy to follow while playing the game. As with all casino games there can always be a strategy that some players prefer to follow, others follow maybe their own or another one they have heard or read about.

Here we give you a few strategies for you to choose from if you wish to play roulette.

Well if we look at it mathematically EVERY SPIN HAS THE SAME CHANCE!!

Statistically every spin is an independent event so whatever happened before is immaterial. So by knowing this you can rule out the strategy 'Well it hasn't come up for ages so should come up soon'! This means that if you just want to bet on your birth date or age or some other number personal to you then why not you have the same chance as any other number.

The odds playing on an American Roulette table are worse than those on a European roulette wheel. All bets on the American Roulette table have the same house edge of 5.25% except the five number bets which have a house edge of 7.29%. So the first thing to give yourself a higher chance of winning is not to play the five number bet. The second thing to take note of is that all other bets are equal, so it is up to you as to how you want to play the table. Some people like to go for the bigger bets, others like the even money bets, where you have a good choice of bets and where you can have regular wins. If you have only a few betting units to play with you might choose the lower payouts, or if you have a large bankroll you can go for the thrill of the large payouts.

European Roulette on the other hand has a much higher chance of winning with a 2.70% house edge, so these are the preferred tables to play. You can play exactly the same as you would on a American table only taking into account that there is only the one 0 stop. You don't have to move to Europe either, all you have to do is try one of the many online casinos we can offer (links to these can be found on this website, just click UK or Euro Casinos).

If you do find you have to play on American roulette tables then look out for those that offer the surrender rule, often found in Atlantic City. The surrender rule applies to even money bets on the table, when a 0 or 00 is landed half your wager is returned. On these bets the house edge is only 2.63%, slightly better than European Roulette. Of course the large bets are unavailable to you which may or may not be a problem depending on your preferred betting strategy.