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There are differences in the American and European
roulette tables. If you are new to playing the game, you do need to
spot these differences so that you can improve your chances of winning.
If you are playing
Roulette online
, it is not possible to see the
difference in the table layout just because of the way the game is
played. You would see this difference if you went to a traditional
casino, though.
So, what is different? The European roulette table
is traditionally larger than that of the American. This really does not
affect the game play a lot but it is an indication that you are playing
on a different table. You will notice that the croupier will need to
use a chip rake to pull in the chips after each game play and then
distributes them using the rake as well to the winner. Still, this
small difference indicates what type of table you are playing on.
Two zeros Vs one
You will also notice that on an American Roulette wheel, there are two
zeros, one is a single zero, the other a double zero. The European
wheel only has the single zero. So this does affect the odds of the
game slightly, especially if you are playing the outside chance bets.
In the European Roulette game, if you are playing the outside chance
bets, and the ball lands in the zero number, you will only lose half of
your bet. On the American Roulette game, if the ball lands in either of
the zeros, you lose all of your bet.
Also, when playing the European game, you will see things called “call
bets” or “section bets” being made all the time. This is where a player
can call out a bet, which is essentially a section of the wheel, and
say how much they want to play on that section. Then if the ball lands
on any of the numbers in this section they win. You do not get these
bets on the American game, so this is another significant difference
between the two games.
The numbers are in different places on the two wheels. As the European
Roulette game has these section bets, the wheel is divided up into
three different sections. The American wheel does not have any sections
at all, so there is no correlation between the layout of the numbers on
the American wheel and the European wheel. |
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