At the outset it must be stated categorically that Roulette is the game most loved by Casino operators as it is the game which gives them the best odds. This is especially true of American Roulette where the double 0 automatically increases the odds in favour of the house to 5.72% . On a European wheel the edge is a much more modest 2.63%.

But make sure you note that for the outset. When you play Roulette you are playing against the house which has an advantage and over 100,000 spins of the wheel the house is going to collect. It is therefore worse than a zero sum game where for one person to win another has to lose. Here the house is guaranteed to win.

But Roulette is a game of luck. Luck is that elusive element and if luck runs your way then a big win is possible. This article discusses some of these ways.

The first suggestion is never play roulette online unless you are absolutely certain that the game is legitimate and not a scam. If you wish to play online find a site where you play with imaginary chips. The trustworthy online games, there are a few, use random number generators to produce the numbers while the scam operators have a computerised system that always calculates what number allows the casino to pay out the least and collect the most on each spread of bets and then the ball will ‘miraculously’ drop into that slot.

The second suggestion is to remember firstly that there is no progression of chance. Just because a red has come up 5 times on the trot the next spin of the wheel still produces the same odds that the red will come up 18 out of 38 (USA) or 37 (Europe) times. So actually betting on a colour, or a 0dd/Even, or 1st18/2nd 18 and then doubling your bet if you lose and so on is a good way to go through a lot of chips very fast. Consider
Bet 1 1chip lose total loss 1
Bet 2 2 chips lose total loss 3
Bet 3 4 chips lose total loss 7
Bet 4 8 chips lose total loss 15
Bet 5 16 chips lose total loss 31
And so on inexorably, with no improvement that you are going to get any better odds of winning than 47%, and when you do win all you have in fact won is that 1 chip in the initial bet. If you bet 32 on the 6th spin and win then you get back 32 and clear your system with a net win of 1 chip. But the chances on spin 6 are better that you will lose.

This tip therefore is not to use this system unless you have an awful lot of chips and even then ultimately you are likely to lose.

Two very strong hints are to play on a European wheel if you can (You get better odds) and never play more than you can afford to lose. It is best to take your gambling stake and regard it as already lost and NEVER add to it in a session.

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