Roulette Strategies

The math behind roulette is simple, but it also has some of the worst odds in casino gaming. American roulette gives the house an edge of 5.26% for every bet except one. The other bet gives an even worse house edge of 7.29%.

There is a little known rule called ‘surrender’ in some casinos. If this rule is in place (ask at the table before you play) you're as close as you're going to get to using any roulette strategies.

The surrender rule applies only to outside bets that pay even money, such as red/black, even/odd, and high/low. With the surrender rule, ff the ball lands on 0 or 00 (double zero) you only lose half of your bet instead of all of it. The casinos edge then drops to about 2.63% in this case, and that is about as good as it gets as far as roulette strategies.

The numbers:
Advantage = [18/38 x 1] + [18/38 x (-1)] + [2/38 x (-0.5)] = -1/38 = -0.0263 or a house edge of 2.63% Another one of the well known roulette strategies is to look for wheels that don’t have a double zero. European roulette wheels typically don't have a double zero, but American tables almost always have it, as it increases the house edge. In that case, your best bet is to look for a wheel with no double zero in the online casinos, as well as those in real American casinos.