Roulette is a very popular game the world over, but especially in Europe Roulette is the third most popular casino game in the world behind craps and blackjack and it is an excellent choice of casino game for people who are newbies when it comes to games at the casino. Roulette is known to have one of the “highest house advantages” of all forms of gambling at the casino, which makes it a popular choice for many people. Roulette also happens to be the oldest casino game around. Roulette does not require any special skills to play and the only real decisions that players have to make is what numbers they want to choose and how much money they wish to play for.

In the game of roulette a player is given 11 ways in which they can put forth a wager. The player can choose one number or two through six, or twelve or eighteen or the player can choose odd/even or red/black or 1-18/19-36. The roulette table and roulette wheel were originally designed by a man named Francois Blanc in the 1860s. He is the same man who created the Monte Carlo casino. We still use the exact same roulette table and roulette wheel.

In the game of roulette, the house edge is 5.26 percent when there is a double-zero wheel and this is the case no matter how a person chooses to bet. There is one exception to this rule and that is that for every single bet that is won, the house is able to hold onto that percent of the win. Be aware that the worst bet in all of the game of roulette is the five number bet such as 0,00,1,2,3 as this takes the house edge to 7.89 percent.

When you choose to visit some of the bigger casino such as in Las Vegas, Atlantic City or Reno it is best to look for a roulette wheel that has only a single zero. This is considered to be a French wheel and when you use this kind of wheel the house odds then drop down to approximately 2.7 percent, which makes the odds so much better for the players involved in the game.

When playing roulette you can choose to play red or black, even or odd or low (which is 1-18) or high (which is 19-36). Even money is paid on the house for these bets, which are referred to as outside bets. Be aware that when all roulette numbers are added up the equation equals the number 666.