European Roulette Info

Nowadays there are two types of roulette, which you can certainly find at the majority of casinos all over the world. These types are American roulette and European roulette. These types of roulette have a lot of similar features but they also have several differences thanks to which we can distinguish them.

The main and the most obvious difference between these roulettes is zero. European roulette has the roulette wheel, which has one zero and 36 numbers. These numbers are placed in specific order. 18 numbers are black and 18 numbers are red, the same is the quantity of odd and even numbers as well as the quantity of low and high numbers. As for zero, usually it is green, but in general its color doesn't matter. In case of European roulette numbers are placed at the outside surface of roulette wheel and the ball runs along the inner part of the wheel. Usually the ball for roulette is made of ivory or teflon.

As for roulette betting in European roulette, bets are divided into outside bets and inside  bets. Roulette wheel of European roulette is also divided into sectors, where you can make call bets. These sectors are called "Voisins du Zero", "Tier du Cylindre", “Orphans” and “Orphelines”.

It is also necessary to tell about two rules, which are used when you play European roulette. First rule is called “En Prison”. It means that if you made a bet on equal odds, but the ball falls on zero, your bet becomes “en prison”. If next time the bet “en prison” wins, the player  returns it without payout. Other rule is called “La Partage”. In this case  if you make a bet of equal odds and the ball falls on zero, you save the half of your bet. In the Internet it is possible to find roulette software with European roulette in order to figure out with its peculiarities. In case of European roulette the house's edge is 2,7%.