American Roulette Layout and Bets

American Roulette has a wheel with 38 pockets numbered from 1 to 36 with one green 0 pocket and one green 00 pocket. The double zero pocket is what makes American Roulette different from European or French roulette whose wheel only has the one 0 pocket. Even numbers are red and odd numbers are black and they are not placed consecutively around the wheel. There is a little white ball that moves around the wheel in the direction opposite of that in which the wheel turns.

Casino roulette online is no different from the American Roulette played on land except that everything is done through your computer and without all the trappings around the roulette table. Some online roulette games have slightly different variations, such as Royal Roulette and, recently, live dealer roulette, but, in general, online roulette games coincide with American Roulette on land.

The table layout has numbered spaces in a grid that correspond to the numbered pockets on the American Roulette wheel plus other spaces outside the grid to be used for Outside Bets. The casino roulette online table is exactly the same.

-American Roulette Bets: There are two main types of bets in the game of American Roulette: Inside and Outside Bets

-Inside Bets: There are five different Inside Bets

-Straight Bet: a bet on a single number (has the highest payout if you win)

-Split Bet: a bet on two neighboring numbers

-Street Bet: a bet on any 3 numbers in a row

-Square Bet: a bet on a block of 4 numbers

-Line Bet: a bet on 6 numbers making up two adjacent rows

-Outside Bets: There are only three kinds of Outside Bets

-Column Bet: a bet on one of three vertical columns of the grid

-Dozen Bet: a bet on 12 numbers high, middle or low designated as First 12, Second 12 or Third 12

-Even Money Bet: a bet on eighteen numbers: Even, Odd, Red, Black 1-18 or 19-36

Some Strategies for American Roulette

American Roulette, like all other online roulette games and casino games in general, is a game of chance and luck. However, some casino roulette online pros have made a few suggestions:

-Bet only on red (or black): you can bet on the ball landing in a red (or black) space for a certain number of spins. If you have the patience and the money in online roulette games to play for about 38 spins, there are chances that the ball will land on the red (or the black) about ten times.

-Martingal Strategy: this strategy claims that if you double your American Roulette bets after every loss, your first win will recover all previous losses plus win you a profit equal to your original roulette bets.

-Dopey Experiment: bet on a particular number for 36 consecutive spins. If the number hits during that time, you win back your original bets and can play longer with house money.

Of course none of the above casino roulette online strategies will assure you of winning.

Casino roulette online together with all online roulette games should be played for entertainment and excitement and, if you're lucky, you might also come out winning.