Guide for first time roulette players

The first thing to remember about roulette is that the game does not offer the best odds in the casino. Both blackjack and craps offer better odds than roulette. Even though most casino experts agree that roulette involves very little actual strategy. Despite the odds, roulette is still a very glamorous casino game and it can a fun and exciting game to play at either an online or land-based casino.

The most important choice you can make when you play roulette is deciding which roulette game you want to play. Players from the United States are familiar with the roulette wheel that includes numbers 1-36, 0 and 00. European and French Roulette do not contain the 00 slot. This seemingly small difference actually has a big impact on the house odds. On an American roulette wheel the house advantage is 5.4 percent over the player. Taking out that 00 slot cuts the house edge in half to only 2.7 percent. Deciding which roulette wheel to play can often be the most important strategic decision a beginning roulette player can make.

After finding a casino that offers European or French roulette, take some time to consider your bets. First, throw out the most famous of roulette betting systems, the Martingale system. This system tells you to start off with a bet on black for even money. If you win, you’re supposed to leave the casino and call it a day. If you lose, you’re supposed to double your bet. This theoretically covers your loss and you win the amount of the original bet. If the second bet wins, leave the casino. If you lose keep doubling your bet until you finally win. Then leave the casino.

This system seems logical but it is a sure way to lose all your money, especially if players do not leave the casino and keep repeating this process. Very quickly the amount needed to cover your doubled bets rises above the bankroll of most players. Other factors limiting the success of these cheap betting schemes is the limits on many tables. If the table limit removes the ability to double your bet, the system falls apart. No serious gamblers will use this system as it has potential for tremendous risk and only offers minimal returns on your investment. The casino record for most blacks in a row is 32.

Stay away from the cheap betting schemes when it comes to roulette. Keep in the mind that the game is more random than other games in the casino. Unlike Blackjack, there are no mathematical systems that can improve a player’s odds at roulette. If you approach the game of roulette and try to grind out profits as consistently as professionals do in poker or blackjack, you will almost certainly be disappointed. Approach roulette for what it is-a fun, exciting casino game that can be profitable but is not weighted in the player’s favor.