European Roulette: Your Win on a Spin!

The use of wheel as its gaming apparatus is what marks roulette from any other casino game. The type of wheel being used sets the type of roulette being played.

Based on the type of wheel being used, there are two varieties of roulette: American Roulette and European Roulette. Of the two, European Roulette has the lower house edge. This is the reason why European Roulette is quite a crowd-magnet in European casinos and resorts including Monte Carlo.

European Roulette makes use of French wheel. It bears numerical markings 0 - 36. That makes 37 slots on the wheel and a house edge of 2.63 percent. The numbers are not necessarily arranged in order.

Roulette wheels look like a gigantic dartboard without the eye center. It has radial divisions, with each column alternating between red and black.

At the foot of the wheel, there is a roulette table where European Roulette players can place their bet on. The table is divided into colored and numbered boxes corresponding to the numbers and colors on the roulette wheel. The table consists of 3 columns and 12 rows.

The croupier or banker who manages the game throws an ivory marble opposite the direction of the spinning wheel. When the wheel stops, the marble rolls into one of the compartments. The player who has made a bet on that compartment wins.

The house edge in European Roulette comes from its 0, being neither of the bipolar pairings of the wheel: odd or even, red or black.

If the ball rests on 0, the croupier pays the players with the amount equal to the type of odds on that bet.

Bettors on odd and even numbers, on the other hand, benefits from a European Roulette rule known as en prison. En prison means that the player's bet is being held for the next spin. The non-winning players, therefore, have neither won nor lost on that particular spin.

En prison reduces house advantage by 50%. At 1.4% house edge, European Roulette remains a popular attraction in European casinos.

European Roulette is a variety of roulette that has a relatively lower house edge of 2.63%. This house edge comes from the 0 on the French wheel, the wheel that European Roulette uses. This 0 differentiates European Roulette from another variety of roulette. Despite being merely a game relying on chance than on skill, European Roulette remains on a competitive edge with other casino games because of its minimal house edge.