Most of us sometimes have come across a roulette wheel, and majority of them have even tried their luck in this casino game. It is true that almost every roulette game looks like the same at first sight, but even a small difference between the wining amount an even the roulette wheel itself can bring a considerable difference in the result anticipated by the players and the casino as well. Through this piece of writing, we will try to give you an idea about the three prime roulette games offered by most of the American casinos. Along with, we will also take a detailed look into the basic mathematics involved in each game to know about the best variant in the game of roulette. In simple words, we will make it easy for you to locate out the best and the most popular Roulette game in Las Vegas.
You must be familiar with the small slots or pockets on the side of a roulette wheel where the balls finally drop. And, it is always better to choose a roulette wheel that comes with just 36 pockets or slots, because they offer a fair game play. The ‘1-in-36’ or 2.78% probability of winning would exactly balance the ‘35-in-36’ or 97.22% probability of losing the game.
There is no doubt that profit making is the prime business motive of every casino. A casino has to make enough profit to server free liquor, pay the salary to each and every employee, build and keep up the dancing fountains and other expenses as well. A major part of their income is comes from a mathematical advantage, known as House Edge. Every casino enjoys an edge over the player, and it holds true for every casino game.
Almost in every game available in American casinos, the House Edge is rendered by the green colored 0 and 00 slots. They are present on the roulette wheel, as well as at the layout’s top side. Instead of 36 slots, a characteristic American roulette wheel encompasses 38 slots or pockets; they are 1 to 36, 00, and 0. The presence of two zeros (00) results to the formation of “double zero roulette”. So, in this form of roulette, a player has only 2.63% (or 1 in 38) of winning. And, the possibility to lose the game increases to 97.37% (or 37 out of 38). So, it is not a difficult for anyone to understand the hidden disadvantage associated with this format of roulette. In other words, the presence of two zeros (00) provides the casino an edge of 5.26% over the gamblers. Let me put it in a simpler way; for every $1000 a casino gathers in losing bets, it returns back only $947 in winning. Almost every type of bet offered in the double zero roulette games comes with the equal house edge of 5.26%, such as streets, straights, splits, corners, and various lower paying bets as well. Only the “basket” bet offers 7.89% of house edge.
For this reason, if you are quite serious about making some good money through the game of roulette, you need to find out the single zero (0) roulette wheel game in Las Vegas. Playing in single zero roulette wheels certainly offer better chance of winning. And, the reason behind is the absence of double zero (00) pocket. So, the number of pockets present in single zero roulette wheel is just 37. Therefore, it means that gamblers can 2.70% (1 in 37) possibility of winning, and 97.30% (36 in 37) possibility of losing. You might be thinking that it offers increased possibility of winning of just 7 one-hundredths, which seems so insignificant. But, this very little increased wining possibility shows a considerable outcome on the house edge. The house edge in single zero roulette comes down to just 2.70% from 5.26% in double zero roulette. And, this difference results to an increase of around $25 in winning amount per $1000 collected by the casino.
A number of single zero roulette wheel games offer variations with different payouts. If a gambler bets on any one of the even money that falls on the outside of the layout (odd, even, black, red, 19 to 36, or 1 to 18), and the roulette ball falls in the zero (0) pocket, the casino gathers just half of the losing bet amount.
Even in some rarer variation, you may be offered a choice by the dealer, i.e. either lose just half your wager, or put you wager “in prison”. So, let us see what happens when a player lands in roulette jail:
1) The dealer places a marker over the wager (full $100 bet) and it means ‘en prison’. In such a condition, from the next spin the player can neither take away nor add to his bet.
2) The dealer turns the roulette wheel once more for the next level.
Once the ball comes to halt, either of the two (mentioned above) will happen. Once more, let us assume the situation of en prison on $100 bet on black.
1) If the ball comes to halt at black pocket, the player does not win anything; but, it acts similar to a jailbreak for the wager. As a result, dealer has to remove the marker that denotes en prison status, and the player is free to do anything with his $100.
2) But, if the landing occurs at red or zero (0), the player loses it.
The option of ‘en prison’, i.e. half return on even money” slashes down the house edge to just 1.35%. For this reason, this betting option is usually offered at double zero roulette. However, till now we have come across several points that prove single zero roulette is more profitable to play. Most of the casinos in Australia, Caribbean, Pacific Rim, and Europe offer singe zero roulette.
In the United States it is somewhat harder to locate out the single zero roulette games. However, you can certainly find them in most of the big and top casinos in Las Vegas Strip; but, it comes under the high limit gaming category.
If you cannot afford to wager with higher amounts like $50 or $100, then you should definitely move towards Las Vegas, where you can find plenty of low limit gaming casinos out there, such as The Mirage, Nevada Palace, The Venetian, Mandalay Bay, Caesar’s Palace, Stratosphere, etc. To play high limit tables with the option of ‘en prison’, you can head to Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Rio, Wynn Las Vegas, MGM Grand, and Bellagio.
There is no doubt that with the passage of time the list of casinos will change as well. So, you must keep yourself updated with the latest information from the world of casino.
Till now, we have learnt that single zero roulette games offer better chances of winning. Along with, we should also remember that playing for a short run can yield better results, particularly in the case of ‘en prison’ option. For all the reasons mentioned above, roulette enthusiasts always prefer to play the single zero roulette game. So, now you have got adequate knowledge about the game of roulette that can definitely help you to make money.