The European Roulette Wheel is the Choice of the Smart Live Casino Player
If you are in a casino, you should always look for a European roulette wheel. The smart live casino player knows the difference between the European (or French) wheel, and the American one. What are the differences, and how can playing on one type of wheel over the other help or hinder you?
The smart live casino player will always look for the European roulette wheel. Why is this? Well, with roulette wheels there are two similar looking, but very different types. The two types, commonly known as the American wheel, and the European (or French) wheel, are very similar, but slightly different. The main difference between them is the number of house pockets; these are the green pockets that you see breaking up the black and red pockets. On a European wheel, there is only one green pocket (numbered ‘0’), on the American wheel, there are two (numbered ‘0’ and ’00’, referred to as ‘double-zero’).
Both wheels have 36 red and black pockets, numbered (rather unsurprisingly!) from 1 to 36, however the layout is slightly different, with the American wheel aligning the numbers opposite each other as compared to the more random European wheel layout, with the green pockets splitting the two sets of 18 red and black pockets. Many people prefer the aesthetic of the American wheel, but the smart live casino roulette player will ignore that in favour of the better odds offered by the European roulette wheel.
The odds offered by the European wheel are better than those on the American wheel. Outside betting, where you wager on the odd or even sections, or red/black, first twelve, etc, have better odds on the European roulette tables. This is because the, as the smart live casino player knows, these outside bets are not fifty-fifty, or three to one; the green pockets are not included in any of the outside bets, there by reducing your chances of a good win, and increasing the chances of the house winning.
Because the zero numbers are not included in outside betting, then rather than your bets being placed on whether you will cover eighteen of the thirty-six numbers (on a ‘fifty-fifty’ bet), you are betting on whether you have covered eighteen of the thirty-seven numbers in a European table, or eighteen of the thirty-eight numbers on an American table. What this means is that you could place a bet on each of the outside bets, and still loose money! If the ball lands on a green pocket, you will win nothing. Therefore, the smart live casino roulette player will always look for a European roulette table.
