Online Casino Roulette

It is quite important to understand and know clearly the likelihood of the roulette ball landing on a given number or color. I will try to explain the numbers too as these two areas of roulette are vital to you making money on the game.

It is actually quite easy to calculate the probabilities in roulette, unlike other casino games. Understanding the casino roulette odds is so important and I would suggest trying to memorize the odds chart below or at least having a printout of it so you can check it before playing.

The American roulette wheel has 36 numbers and addition to them a zero (0) and a double zero (00), forming 38 slots on the wheel, and 38 possible spaces for the ball to land on. If you bet on a single number, it means you have a 1 in 38 chance of hitting it. See the table below for all the roulette probabilities.

So from the table above you can see that the payout for hitting a single number is 35:1. Theoretically, to be assured of a win in the long run, you will need to spin the wheel 38 times to win on a single number. This is where the casino gets its house edge. Two out of every 38 spins goes to the casino and this works out to be a house edge of 5.26%. However, this table and calculation for the American version of roulette and the European version does not have the double zero slot, so the odds are better for you if you play the European version.