There are three popular types of roulette. All have a different house edge, which is the advantage the casino has over you. After all, how would a casino operate if it wasn’t winning more than it was losing? In other words, you aren’t bound to win at roulette on each trip so don’t expect to. Even the best players lose sometimes. Roulette doesn’t have the worst house edge of casino games but it also doesn’t have the best. Here you can find the differences in house edges for European Roulette, American Roulette and French Roulette.

Play European Roulette whenever possible. It has the most favorable house edge. Luckily, European Roulette is also the most common form of the game. Nearly every online casino offers it because it’s the most popular. The house edge is 2.7% because it has 37 slots, and only one zero. The casino has the edge because a single number has a 1 in 37 chance of hitting, but the payout is only 35 to 1 plus your original wager.

American Roulette is the worst type of roulette to play when it comes to the house edge. Most online casinos offer it because it is also popular, especially among U.S. players. It is hard to find anything other than American Roulette in U.S. land-based casinos. That is why it is better to gamble online. Your odds of winning are better. The house edge in American Roulette is 5.26% because it has 38 slots, including a single-zero and double-zero slot. Go to Europe for if you want to play European Roulette in a land-based casino.

French Roulette is actually the best kind of roulette you can play, but it is also the hardest to find. The house edge is 1.35% for outside bets. It is exactly the same as European Roulette except for a rule regarding the zero called the En Prison Rule. When the ball lands on zero, you get half your bet back on any even amount bet (inside bet). For example, if you put $10 on black and the zero comes up, you will get $5 back. It doesn’t sound great, but it’s better than losing the entire $10.

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