Finding the right advice when it comes to casino roulette isn’t always easy. What works for one person might not necessarily work well for you. But even though there is a lot of variety in casino roulette strategy, tips, and helpful advice, there are three simple tips that should help just about anyone improve their game and make roulette a lot more fun.

First, always remember that roulette is a game of probability. This means that no matter how lucky you feel, logic and math will prevail. Go with bets that are statistically reasonable rather than believing a good feeling you might have about a particular number will make you rich.

Second, familiarize yourself with all the bets available. Research, find out what bets have the best odds, and keep this information in mind the next time you play.

Third, and perhaps most important of all, have fun. Casino roulette, while often a profitable game, is not meant to be played only to win. The entire process involved – the environment, the ambiance, the mood, the excitement – is what makes the game worth playing. So if you’re not having fun, it’s probably time to quit playing for the day and to try again later when you’re ready to have a great time.

Roulette, not surprisingly, is a French word meaning “small wheel”. It is generally agreed that the first Roulette Wheel was originally invented to be a perpetual motion machine in 1655, by the French scientist Blaise Pascal, who is otherwise known for his work in the field of probability. First played, ironically enough, in a monastery to ease the boredom, it soon found its way into an early type of casino in Paris, where it was beheld as a game for the glamorous and intelligent. In 1842, Francois and Luis Blanc established the first true casinos in Monte Carlo. It was here, according to legend, that in exchange for their souls, the devil shared with them the secret of Roulette.
Continuing along this sinister, albeit far-fetched, interpretation of history, the two men chose to use the numbers 0 to 36, whose sum when added together totals 666 – the number of the beast! Difficult as these stories are to prove, the game has always had an aura of the supernatural associated with it.
The first modern Roulette Wheel, with its alternating colors and odd/even numbers, also comes from France – this time a true Paris casino. Roulette made it’s way to the US – sometime in the early 1800s. The game was instantly popular with the sort who made their living by relying on luck, patience, and superstition. The miners and gold speculators who built the American West embraced the game during the Gold Rush and it became very popular in the United States, as was Jackpotcity slots.

The Roulette game exists in two variations- the French Roulette and the American Roulette. Most of the online casinos have both of them, which are part of other popular games such as Blackjack, backgammon and of course online poker.

The basics are the same in both versions.

However we are not going to talk much about the game itself, we will be focusing more about the rules of Roulette.

The first rule is called the “En Prison” rule- it is applied to even money bets only, and by some casinos. Meaning, that when the outcome is zero in some casinos the player will be able to either take back half of his bet or leave the bet (en prison=in prison) for another roulette spin. In the second time, if the balls fall on zero again, the whole bet is lost.

The second rule is “La Partage” rule- this rule is very similar to the en prison rule, only in this case the player loses half the bet and does not have the option of leaving the bet en prison for another spin,

Eventually, the en prison and La partage rule cut the casino edge on the even money bets in half.