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Roulette is a great, classic casino game. Playing roulette at a land-based casino adds the element of the shouting, whooping, and hollering that goes on as the ball bounces and the wheel spins. However, there is good reason to play roulette at an online casino such as Everygame Casino.
We will explore roulette strategies. At first, we will call them mistakes. but, in fact, they are strategies for getting the most fun at the least risk while playing roulette.
Three Big Roulette Mistakes
Players can get mesmerized by the spinning of the wheel. Players can get caught up in the frenzy of betting that precedes the croupier spinning the wheel. Players can make betting mistakes and often make contradictory bets.
It is a lot easier to play roulette with no contradictory bets when you play online. You are never rushed to place your next bet. There is no one at the table to encourage you to put a large bet on the date of your birth if you are there on your birthday or not.
We will explore all of these aspects of land-based roulette later. Here we will focus on the single biggest mistake many players make in roulette: they play American Roulette.
European Roulette is Better for Gamers Than American Roulette
American Roulette has a 0 and a 00. European Roulette has only a 0. A lot of players seem to think that this makes no difference. But there is a great difference. At about 5.5%, the house edge in American Roulette is about double the house edge in European Roulette.
Playing American Roulette when European Roulette is available is a great mistake. European Roulette is usually not offered at an American land-based casino. It is offered at Everygame Casino.
Recognize the Reality of the So-called Even Money Bets
The existence of the 0 means that there are no true even-money bets in roulette. Whenever you bet on a number or on 18 numbers, there is the possibility that the 0 will come up and your bet will lose.
Still, betting on the so-called even money bets is the best way to bet in roulette. There are, of course, many bets in roulette. The payouts are always slightly lower than the odds of hitting the bet. This is true except in the even money bets and in the bets on 8 numbers which pay 2-1.
Please, Be Careful How You Bet
Let’s say that you want to bet on all of the even numbers. This is an even money bet as there are 18 even numbers. But a second bet on the same spin on the first 18 numbers contradicts the bet on even numbers since many even numbers are in the second 18 numbers.
You could win both bets if the ball falls on 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, or 18. You could also lose both bets if the ball lands on an odd number in the set of the second 18 numbers. Finally, you could win one bet and lose the other. So, whatever bet you wish to make, be sure that you are not contradicting yourself.
A standard roulette table is horizontal. The long rows are called columns and the short columns are called rows! To place a bet on a single number, you put a chip in the box of that number. A bet on a point can mean betting on 4 or 6 numbers. A bet on a line can mean betting on 2 or 3 numbers.
Study the Roulette Table before Placing a Bet
It takes some time ─ not a lot of time ─ to get comfortable with the roulette table. We offer free play so gamers can get to know the game and how it works before placing a bet.
Set a Sound Monetary Budget for Gaming
This good strategy in all cases and applies to all games. Roulette is a game that can have a high return-to-player rate with moderate betting. The fewer numbers you bet on, on each spin, the less likely it will be for you to end a session in the winning column.
Bypass the Gambler’s Fallacy
First of all, since you are playing at Everygame Online Casino, you are not gambling, you are gaming! Putting that aside, we have the Gambler’s Fallacy which states that an outcome that has not happened in a long time is “due” to happen.
This is a very incorrect belief in all cases but it is especially incorrect at an online casino where the random number generator determines every outcome of every spin. The random number generator has no memory. It does not know what happened in the last spin or in the last million spins. As much as the temptation is strong to bet on your birthday if it has not come up in a while, placing anything more than a small bet on that number means making a serious mistake.
The Gambler’s Fallacy and the Mesmerization Factor
We see gamers betting too much money on a single number. That is one of the outcomes of simply getting mesmerized by the wheel, the table, the possibility to win big with a well-timed big bet, and so on.
Remember at all times: the random number generator has no knowledge of the history of this gaming session or of any gaming session.
Bypass All Betting Systems
Any betting system that promises to guarantee winning is a betting system to avoid. The same applies to other areas where people put money down such as in investments. There are no guaranteed investments and there are no guaranteed casino betting systems.
All betting systems fail in two areas: they assume that gamers have unlimited resources and they do not take losing streaks into account. In gaming as in many other areas, there are winning streaks and losing streaks. You can win in the long run if you have more short winning streaks than short losing streaks. These streaks are inevitable.
Americans of a certain age may recall that the Baltimore Orioles of the Earl Weaver era won a lot of games. There was one year when they won about 100 games and their longest winning streak that year was a mere six games. But they won two games out of three most of the time!
This is profoundly not the case in casino gaming. The most famous betting system is the Martingale System. The simple procedure is to double the next bet after every losing bet. In roulette, this system “works” only with the even money bets.
Here we will see how the Martingale System doesn’t work:
You bet $5. The bet loses.
You bet $10. The bet wins.
Here you have won $5.
Let’s continue our analysis from the third bet assuming the second bet also loses.
You bet $20. The bet loses.
Now we can see that the Martingale System doesn’t work. It assumes that you will give in to the Gambler’s Fallacy and bet $40 in order to win $5! What if that bet also loses? Will you bet $80 to win $5?
Roulette is a Fun Game
We have emphasized betting modestly, playing in short sessions with a set time frame and a set gaming budget. With these tools in hand, roulette can be a lot of fun!
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