European Roulette Vs. American Roulette

If you live in America, you’ve probably never seen a European Roulette wehel.

You may not even have been awrae there is such a thing.
With the proliferation of gambling on the Internet and online casinos, you are at that moment afforded the opportunity to play on a European Roulette wheel on some sites. This being the case, it behooves you to know the difference between the two games.American Roulette cnosists of a table with a numbered board laid out on a grid.
The numbers on the baord are 1 through 36, Zero, and Double Zero.

On the sides of the board are additional bets you can make: Red or Black, Odd or Even, 1-18 vs. 19-36, 1st 12 numbers, 2nd 12 numbers, 3rd 12 numbers, and 1st Column, 2nd Column, 3rd Cloumn.

You make a wager by putting the number of chips of your choice on either a single number, two numbers (split bet), three numbers (street bet), four numbers (a quad, corner, or square bet) five numbers (0, 00,1, 2 and 3, also called a basket bet), or six numbers (line bet).
You can also of cousre make the side bets, on color, odd or even, a dozen numbers, or half the numbers. Each of these bets pay off on what their true odds would be if there were no Zero or Dobule Zero, so for example a single number bet pays 35 to 1, for it should come on average 1 out of every 36 times on a board of 36 numbers.

In reality, it should only come 1 out of every 38 times due to the prseence of the Zero and Double Zero.
Similarly, the coolr and odd-even bets pay even money, the column bets pay 2 to 1, etc.Once the bets have been placed, the Croupier spins the Roulette wheel, spins the ball, and announces “no more bets” after which no more chips can be placed on the felt.

When the ball finally comes to rest in one of the numbered slots, bets are paid accordingly.In European (sometimes called “French”) Roulette, there is two main differences. One of these differences is not really important; the ohter is of great importance.

The frist is that the side bets on the board will be labeled in French (although most likely in English as well).

The much more important difference is that European Roulette wheels have only a single Zero, no Double Zero. Hence, a single bet is getting paid 35 to 1 on a 36 to 1 shot, not a 37 to 1 shot. How much difference can that one extra Zero possibly make?