Different types of roulette in casinos

types of roulette

In the gaming industry today, one of the most common games is roulette. And in recent years, there have been many variations, so that a newcomer can get confused by the variety. Of course, on the one hand a large choice of options is a plus, but on the other it is harder to decide. But the truth is it’s better to consider the basic varieties, from which the others follow.  And this is worth talking about in more detail.

French Roulette

This type of game is considered one of the oldest, but until today it has not lost its popularity. That’s where the other varieties came from. This variant has a number of features:

  1. In this case, there is no question of using money, only chips and special tokens, which are then exchanged for money.
  2. This type of game requires remembering carefully the types of bets. In the other situation. This is due to the fact that all names are pronounced in French, and in rare cases it is English. In the second case, the gameplay will not be an order of magnitude easier.
  3. It is always worth paying attention to the table of limits, it is she who determines the minimum and maximum possible bets.
  4. the player can independently change the rates, both external and internal type. Oral type is changed only by dealer and after the player announced about it.
  5. If 0 is rolled on the reel, there may be several options with an even odds bet. For example, they all remain on the table until the next draw, but if they hit Zero again, everything goes to the casino. If they win, the player gets a return with no winnings. Well, or the players get half the bet.
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European Roulette

This type of game doesn’t differ much from the previous one. The main difference is that everything here is in English, which makes the game easier. Otherwise the rules don’t differ and you need to guess one of 37 numbers on the reel. There are some special features here, too:

  1. The house price tokens are used.
  2. The payout comes with the biggest bet, not the minimum.
  3. With equal odds everything is the same as in the French version.

American Roulette

And this type of game is not very different from the others, the principles are the same everywhere. Among the peculiarities are:

  1. There are two zero numbers in this game, namely 0 and 00.
  2. The general arrangement of the numbers is slightly different from how they are arranged in previous versions.
  3. There can be up to 3 dealers at one table. Their exact number largely depends on the number of players at the table.  If there are multiple dealers at a table, then their duties are distributed in a chaotic order. The player only needs to understand that the dealer behind the wheel is the one who will make the chip exchange.
  4. There are no price tokens, but special tokens of different colours. When playing, everyone will have a different colour.
  5. There is no verbal type of betting.
  6. On the field, players make their own bets, but the dealer may do so at the initiative of the player. 
  7. It is customary to collect tokens by hand here, while other games use a spatula.
  8. The payout comes from the minimum.

These are the basic types to know. But if there is a desire, you can learn the less popular varieties and play the game.