Live Online Roulette and The Difference Between European and American Wheels

One of the best casino games is roulette which, like any other popular games, has come up with number of variations. Two most popular variations are European live online roulette and American online live roulette. Both the games are featured online by video streaming on which you have a live dealer spinning the wheel and the ball, talking to you, accepting your bets and calling out the bets and the winnings. It is like playing in a live casino from the comforts of your home. Though both the versions are popular throughout the world European live online roulette is more preferred.

Roulette is a French word which means 'small wheel'. Initially, live roulette was played with 36 number slots. As roulette started becoming popular people were finding ways to win the game by using unique strategies. This led to almost no profit for the casinos. This led the casinos introduce one more slot to the wheel which was a zero. So now there were 37 numbers on the wheel.

Introduction of zero gave the casinos big advantage over the players and they started making good profit. This by no means reduced the popularity of the game. In fact people found it more challenging and were ready to take risks and use strategies for winning. On the other hand this added considerable advantage to the house. The same principle was carried out to the live roulette in European tables.

The classic roulette has now become dysfunctional and people play either European or American roulette either in-land based casinos or live online roulette. When the game became popular in America the casinos added another zero to the already existing zero on the European wheel. Now the wheel has two slots for zero and numbers from 1 to 36. American wheel has 38 numbers now.

Adding another zero raised the house advantage even more. This was also introduced on the online live roulette. It became a primary variation of roulette game. This did not however diminish the popularity of American roulette.

You will be advised to play European roulette when you choose to play live online roulette as it gives more advantage to the players. This could be good till you are a beginner. But there are many people who are professionals or are playing roulette for a long time. They prefer the American wheel. They are well aware of the strategies of roulette winning and take it up as a challenge to win on the American table.