Roulette House Edge

The game of Roulette can hardly have any strategy because it is a pure game of chance and nothing can influence it. It is played the following way: the player makes a bet and the dealer does the rest of the things. The house edge can be different for different bets. For example it will be higher with line bets.

Of course the player can decrease the house edge, but only if he can find a table with this lower house edge. The only way is to choose that Roulette game that has the lowest house edge. Roulette has at least three variations. So the best chance of winning is to play in Europe where the house odds are lower. In America roulette is normally played on a double zero wheel and this gives the house a 5.26% edge over the player. In Europe however the single zero wheel game is played where there is no 00 number and this lowers the house odds to a 2.7% edge, this version of the game has recently been introduced to some American casinos.

Some European casinos offer En Prison option which lowers the house edge to 1.35%. This makes the game of Roulette more popular in Europe than in America.