European Roulette Strategies

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Las Update: 17.05.2012

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European Roulette has a lower house edge than American Roulette.Der Hausvorteil für europäisches Roulette ist 2.70%. The house edge for European roulette is 2.70%. It is important that the European roulette has only one zero and the American roulette has two. People who want regular profits should go to the steady money bets. Those who are looking for the big win, should bet on a lot of different places. Remember that there is no statistical way to win at roulette, so the best way to ensure a profit is through management of your own money. E.g. it is a good idea to predetermine an amount that you are willing to lose and then stop at this point. Don´t follow systems of other people, they are “methods-teacher” and have no evidence to ensure a profit. For extremely cautious player, a table, where there is a surrender rule, may be a good choice.

The Surrender rule, and "en prison"
At some roulette tables (including online roulette) there is an evident from Surrender rule that defy the odds for the player even better. If a zero (or double zero) drops, then a player is taken only half of his bet The house edge drops to 2.63% in European roulette for outside bets (red-black, Even-Odd, etc.)
Furthermore, there is, especially in Europe, another rule which is known as "en prison". For example, if a player sat on red and it falls to zero, the bet of the player remains on the red box, as it were imprisoned (en prison). The next roulette rotation decides the fate of the bet. If a red number falls, then the player gets back his bet (with no profits). The ball falls into a black bag then the bets are lost. Here, the house advantage for outside bets can be lowered even to 1.35%.

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