European versus American roulette
Single zero, 37 pocket, 2.70%. Dis a di main wheel pon dis site, an inna most a di worl outside a di United States.
“European” mean one zero. Side by side wid di American double-zero wheel, di house edge come to bout half.
American gainst European roulette an di odda version dem
Di word “roulette” cover tree main game an a handful a novelty format. Dem share di layoutgearBetting layoutDi bettin grid weh print pon di table. Nex name: table, felt, cloth.Read di whole ting →, di bet dem an di payoutmoney mattaPayoutWah a bet weh win gi yuh back, weh dem quote as “X to 1” on top a di stake weh come back.Read di whole ting → table. Weh mek dem different a di numba a pocketgearPocketOne a di 37 compartment wid numba pon di rotor. Nex name: slot, cup.Read di whole ting → an wah happen to even-money betbet demEven-money betRed/black, odd/even, high/low. 18 numba, pay 1:1.Read di whole ting → wen zeropon di wheelZeroDi one green pocket weh no even-money, dozen or column bet nuh cover; a weh di house edge come fram. Nex name: single zero, 0.Read di whole ting → play. Dat alone enough fi move di house edgemathsHouse edgeDi part a evry stake weh di casino keep pon average: 2.70% inna European roulette.Read di whole ting → fram 1.35% to 7.69%.
Wah mek one pocket matta suh much
Di payout dem nuh change wen dem add a pocket. A straight upbet demStraight upOne single numba, pay 35:1.Read di whole ting → pay 35 to 1 pon a 37-pocket wheel an 35 to 1 pon a 38-pocket wheel. Suh evry extra house pocket a pure cost: a one more way fi lose pon evry bet, while di price fi win stay di same. Fram 37 to 38 pocket, di edge go fram 1/37 to 2/38, almost double.
Wah di difference cost
Ova 100 spin at $10, di expected lossmathsExpected lossExpected value times all di money yuh bet; di average amount yuh lose ova a session or a period (di loss yuh fi expec pon average).Read di whole ting → a bout $27 pon a European wheel an bout $53 pon a American one. Ova a year a session evry week, dat a $1,400 gainst $2,700, fi a game weh look an play exac di same. Dis comparison a di stronges piece a practical advice pon dis site: if yuh can pick which wheel, di numba a zero matta more dan any system.
History inna one paragraph
Both zero dem did deh pon di fus Paris wheel dem inna di 1790s. Inna 1843, François an Louis Blanc open a casino at Bad Homburg wid a single-zero wheel fi undacut di spa casino dem a Baden-Baden an Wiesbaden. Di lowa edge draw playa; di wheel follow Blanc go a Monte Carlo inna 1863, an fram deh it tun di European standard. Di double zeroversionDouble zeroDi 00 pocket pon di American wheel. Because it deh deh, di house edge go up fram 2.70% to 5.26%.Read di whole ting → survive inna America, weh di game did reach wid French settla dem bifo di change.
Fi find di right table online
Look fi “European” or “French” inna di table name, an check di info panel fi la partagerule demLa partageFrench rule: wen zero hit, half a di even-money stake come back. It cut di house edge pon dem bet deh inna half, to 1.35%.Read di whole ting →. Online lobby dem show all tree version side by side, an sometime di American one a di main one cause di graphics familiar to US playa. Dem list di pocket dem; count dem.
Question dem
Same wheel. French rouletteversionFrench rouletteSingle-zero wheel wid la partage or en prison, weh bring di even-money house edge dung to 1.35%.Read di whole ting → add la partage or en prisonrule demEn prisonFrench rule: wen zero hit, dem hold a even-money bet fi di nex spin instead a yuh lose it. It cut di house edge pon dem bet deh inna half.Read di whole ting →, an dat cut di edge pon even-money bet inna half. A European table widout dem rule deh a 2.70% pon evryting.
Money fi di house. Single-zero table deh inna US high-limit room, weh di minimum dem mek up fi it.
No. European wheel have 37 pocket an American wheel have 38, an di two a dem use different numba order; check di wheel page.
Sumting fi laugh
Same payout, one more way fi lose.
Source dem
- Ethier, S. N. The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling.
- Schwartz, D. G. Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling.