Popular Roulette Variations

There are many variations of roulette. It is explained by the fact that roulette is a popular game which is played in land based casinos and also in casinos online. Main rules are basically the same for all types of roulette. But there are certain nuances.

European Roulette

European roulette is a very popular variation of the game. The European roulette wheel has a single zero. This fact has a great influence on the house advantage. It is 2.63%. If you would like to play this kind of roulette online, you are welcome.

American Roulette

American roulette is one of the most popular variations of the roulette casino game. It has much in common with the European type. The American roulette wheel has additional double zero slot, what makes the house edge higher in this kind of roulette. And according to the researches it is the highest and makes 5.26%.

French Roulette

It is well-known that roulette originated in France. Though French roulette is not the most popular variation of this game. There is a rather low house advantage in the French roulette and in this case online casinos can gain less money and prefer not to propose this variation of the game to their players. French roulette also has no double zero slot as American roulette. Nevertheless the house edge is lower in French roulette because of the La Partage rule. This rule means that players lose only 50 % of money for even bets when zero wins. This feature of the French roulette makes it popular for greedy roulette players because they don't lose the entire bet in this case and the half is rest. But in the same time it is less popular in the online casinos.

Type of betting 'call bets' was introduced in French roulette. These roulette bets look like random numbers chosen by the roulette beginner. But it is not so. The 'call bets' are the series of numbers based on their position (next to each other) on the roulette wheel. There are four series of them: voisins du zero, jeu zero, tier, orphelins.

Roulette Royale

Roulette Royale is not rather popular variation. It looks like European roulette. But it has progressive jackpot. The gamblers can win it when the very number is hit 5 times in succession. In this case the player can win rather a lot.

These 4 variations are the most spread, though there are many other types of this famous game of chance. And it's up to you to decide what to choose.