This chapter deals specifically with roulette in online casinos. Here and there, we’ll also discuss the game of roulette in general. This is due to the fact that “normal” roulette today largely takes place online.
Famous casinos like the Monte Carlo Casino or the gambling metropolis of Las Vegas are considered the natural place for roulette. And of course, the game of roulette in the casino still exists.
Random dealer versus live dealer
Let’s take a look at the basic forms of online roulette. We can distinguish two types:
● The game of roulette with a real dealer and a real cauldron in which the ball rolls
● and the animated software roulette with a programmed random number generator.
● Roulette games using software with RNGs (random number generators) were widely used, especially in the early days of online gambling. These games still exist. In the meantime, however, live dealer games have long since surpassed their fully electronic counterparts.
Our main focus is on live online roulette games with real, live dealers.
This is how online roulette bets work
To play for real money at the live casino, you must first create a player account at the partner online casino (see list above) and load it with credit.
● Then you go to the Live Casino section.
● There you can choose from several tables of roulette, blackjack, and more.
● You will be welcomed at the table by the croupier.
● In the next round you can place your bet (first click on an amount and then click on your bet in the betting field).
● Then the ball rolls and if you win, the money is automatically credited to your account.
● You can leave the table at any time (even without playing a round).
The game is streamed live to your screen. Bets are placed with a click/tap, and winnings are automatically added to your balance.
Payment installments
The payout odds are significantly better in roulette than in almost any other gambling venue. Slot machines, for example, have return-to-player values of 65% to a maximum of 80%. In online casinos, the payout ratios are significantly higher, ranging from 90% to 97%.
In lotteries and scratch cards, the RTP range is very wide and typically ranges from 50% to 85%. Many table games, such as baccarat and blackjack, have higher average payout ratios. In roulette, a distinction is made between:
● American Roulette (payout ratio 94.74%)
● French/European Roulette (payout ratio 97.30%)
● Auto-Roulette with La Partage rule (payout rate 98.65%)
In online casinos, the French/European variant is always played, unless it is specifically American roulette.
Possible profits
The profits that can be achieved are the following (selection):
● For simple odds like red/black, you can double your bet.
● For Dozen to a Dozen bets, your bet is tripled if you win.
● For Carré/Corner the odds are 8:1.
● By betting a certain number, we get paid 36 times our bet if we are lucky.
If you want to make a real killing with a stroke of luck, you can try your luck at double-ball roulette, which can be played online. If you successfully bet that both balls will land on a certain number, this can be worth 1,396 times your bet.
European versus American roulette
When playing online roulette at the casino, virtually all the slices are French/European, meaning they have one zero. Only if you specifically look for American roulette, you’ll play with two zeros.
However, since the European variant offers better odds of winning, we wouldn’t recommend it. Incidentally, European and French roulette are virtually identical. Only the layout of the betting area looks slightly different.
La Partage Rule/Automatic Roulette
In Auto Roulette, everything also revolves around the green zero, because the La Partage rule applies there. This means that if the zero lands, the player gets half of their bet refunded. This raises the average payout rate even further: 98.65%. Therefore, the house edge is only 1.35 percent.
Auto Roulette is available at almost all online roulette casinos and is the fastest live roulette game. By the way, neither a random number generator nor a human dealer is used. A real teapot is used, but the ball and teapot are automatically set to the spin/spin state.