European Roulette is a well known roulette game among other different types of roulette games. It is a thrilling game, which includes considerable amount of money and luck. It is a game of opportunity it consists of one Roulette table and a wheel.
Origin
The name Roulette comes from a French dictionary which means “small wheel”. The roulette wheel was invented by Pascal, a French scientist in the 17th century. He has a great interest in perpetual motion devices. The gambling game became quite popular in Paris. In 1842 Francois and Louis Blanc added an extra ‘0’ to the roulette wheel in order to gain a better house advantage.
Basics of European Roulette
European Roulette has a wheel and a table. The wheel contains 36 black and red numbered pockets and one pocket hosting a ‘0’. The players can place bets on any individual number or a combination numbers at a single bet.
If the rolling ball ends up on the number, combination of numbers or color that you have put your stake on than it means that you have won and your stake is returned to you at special payment rates depending on the type of bet you have placed and the roulette odds of that specific type of bet winning.
The European version has a house advantage of 2.70% which means that in the long run the house (casino) will make a profit of 2.70% of the total betting amounts of the roulette players.
Rules to play Roulette
In European version of the game, bets are placed in the gambling area of the roulette table which is next to the roulette wheel. The ball is then thrown into the spinning wheel (in the reverse direction of the spinning wheel). When the roulette wheel stops the ball finally ends up in one of the numbered squares or pockets.
The player can gamble on Red or Black, Odd or Even. One can put there stake on first half or the second half of the numbers, or the first, second or the third column etc. When zero wins, the La partage rule is applied to decide what happens with the stakes. It states that all even money bets (i.e. even/odd, red/black,1-18/19-36) will lose a half of their bets and while other bets will lose complete, except for the zero bets.
European roulette gives you good odds to win. If the player follows some tips and puts some strategies in the correct places, he can greatly increase his chance to win the game.
Summary
Since it is a game of luck it is always a good idea to follow some roulette tips which might help you in placing correct bets. Many roulette systems and roulette strategies have been devised to increase the chance of winnings.
All these systems were initially devised keeping the European style of the game in mind. If you are new to the roulette gambling world and feel that it is a bit risky to play with real cash than you can always play online roulettes for fun on various casino sites.