Roulette Strategy

There are several Roulette strategies. Martingale system has been considered to be the best one for a long period of time. But even now there are a lot of people who try to develop their own strategies to beat the house edge, though in fact it is very difficult even to decrease it. An interesting thing about the game of Roulette is that all table bets has the house edge of 5.25% and a five-number bet-7.29.

But still every player refers to a strategy, but what is suggested for it can be different by different players. In fact there is hardly any strategy that can really beat the house edge, but there are some concepts that can at least keep the house edge as low as possible.

First and foremost when choosing a casino for playing the game of Roulette it is better to play at a casinos that offer a Surrender option. NOTE: Surrender in Roulette and Blackjack are two different things. The rule applies to outside bets which pay even money only. These include red/black, odd/even and the high/low bets. If the ball lands on a 0 or 00 you only lose half of your bet, instead of all of it. As you already know, it's the 0 and 00 that ramp the house edge up so much in American roulette, so surrender does a good job at significantly lowering this house edge. With this option the house edge is as low as 2.63%. Single zero roulette wheels rarely offer surrender.

Play Roulette with a single zero on the wheel. It is European Roulette. American Roulette has the double zero in addition to the single zero, which increases the house edge greatly. As it can be understood from the name European Roulette mostly can be found in European casinos, while American Roulette is played both in Europe and America.

For players casinos that offer ‘En Prison’ rule are more profitable. This rule is offered in European casinos. This rule can be applied only to even-money bets. It works like this: say you're placing an even-money outside bet and the ball lands in the 0 pocket. If En Prison is offered, the bet will not be swept away after the rest of the bets, but it won't be returned to you either. The bet is said to be 'in prison' and remains on the board to have its fate decided on the next spin. If on the next spin the bet 'wins', your money is returned to you, but with no extra winnings. If the number next spin is a loss for your imprisoned bet, it gets swept away. If 0 comes up again, the bet remains in prison. This rule reduces the house edge on even-money bets to a more advantageous 1.35%. Those who do not employ this strategy must contend with a much greater house edge.