Casino roulette

Roulette is an extremely popular game and has become one of the classic offerings of both online and brick and mortar casinos. Even those individuals who have never visited a land casino are familiar with the physical appearance of a roulette wheel.

One of the reasons for the popularity of roulette is the wide range of betting options it presents. Players also love roulette because of its simple rules and the fact that its outcome is purely dependant on chance; also, to play roulette online does not require the learning and implementation of complex gaming strategies.

Roulette Basics

The best online roulette casinos offer a wider range of roulette variants such as American Roulette, French Roulette, European Roulette and Mini Roulette. However, each variant is based on the same rules with slight modifications. For instance, American Roulette has an additional slot "00" on its wheel while European Roulette has only one "0." The roulette wheel has alternating black and red pockets with numbers ranging from 1 to 36.

Roulette players are required to make a wager on a number, colour, or combination of numbers and if the roulette ball comes to rest on their choice, they will win their bets.

Roulette Bet Types

Roulette has two major types of bets, namely Outside wagers and Inside wagers. When a player places an "Inside Bet," he is betting on numbers or combinations of numbers and when a player opts to make one of the Outside wagers, he will be betting on pocket colours and odd/even numbers.

Inside Bets

The Inside Bets of roulette are as follows:

• Straight or Single Number Bets are placed on one number
• Split Bets are placed on two numbers
• Street or Line Bets are placed on three horizontal numbers
• Corner or Square Bets are placed on four numbers arranged in the form of a square
• Six Line or Double Street Bets are placed on two rows of three horizontal numbers
• Trio Bets are placed on the point where 0, 2 and 3 or 0, 1 and 2 intersect
• Basket Bets are placed on the number range 0 - 3
• Top Line Bets are placed on the number range 0, 00 and 1 - 3

Outside Bets

Outside Bets are the bets placed on the first 18 numbers (1to 18) or the next 18 numbers (19 to 36), black or red pockets, or even or odd numbers. Here are some more types of Outside Bets:

• Dozen Bets are bets placed on the number ranges 1 to 12, 13 to 24 and 25 to 36
• Column Bets are placed on 12 numbers placed vertically
• Snake Bet is a special variety of wager and is one of the unique dozen bets, in which a bet is placed on the number combination 1, 5, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23, 27, 30, 32 and 34.

Each variety of bet is associated with a different payout, but the same house advantage and the best strategy is to place a mixture of Inside and Outside Bets.