European Roulette
Roulette is a gambling game that is played in every casino. With the coming of Internet this game has become one of favorite casinos games played in every home. One of the oldest and recognized variant of Roulette is European Roulette. This Roulette variant was founded by Blanc brothers in 18th century and since then the game has been seeking popularity. The players play European Roulette for fun and some like to be part of this game for earning money and excelling in it. A European Roulette wheel has numbers from 1-36 and a single zero which makes total 37 slots.
Rules to play European Roulette
Also known as single-zero Roulette, European Roulette has easy rules and is very simple to learn. European Roulette makes use of regular chips unlike special Roulette chips used in American Roulette. The house edge in European Roulette is less than American Roulette. European Roulette table has inside and outside bets. The inside bets are placed in the inside area of Roulette table and the outside bets are made on larger groups or combinations.
Players have choice to bet on any particular number, any color red or black and any combinations of numbers, but only before spinning of the wheel. This game begins when the players place their bets and the click on the spin button. The spinning wheel eventually slows and the ball stops at a number. The players check the number with their chosen number or color and the winners are determined in this way. An interesting rule, En-Prison rule, can be found in European Roulette which decreases the house edge from 2.7 to 1.35. According to this rule, if the ball stops at zero then the players who have made even-money bets tend to loses
only half of their original bet or can use it for their next round.
Pay outs of different bets in Roulette are-
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A Split Bet pays 17:1
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A Line Bet pays 5:1
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A Four Bet pays 8:1
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A Dozen Bet or Column Bet pays 2:1
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A Straight up Bet pays 35:1
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A Corner Bet pays 8:1
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An Even-Money bet pays 1:1
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A Street Bet pays 11:1
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