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MonkeyBet presents Roulette strategy

You're thinking, "roulette strategy"? The fact of the matter is, roulette strategy is simple but subtle. Overall the math behind roulette is simple and unfriendly to the gambler. American roulette boasts a house edge of 5.26% for every bet except one. What's worse is the other bet give an even worse house edge of 7.29%. What it comes down to if you want to utilize a roulette strategy that's effective, is looking for extended rules.

Atlantic city casinos for the most part entertain a beneficial rule called surrender. Ask at the table before you play, because if this rule is in place you're as close as you're going to get to using a roulette strategy.

The surrender rule applies only to outside bets that pay even money. Those are: red/black, even/odd, and high/low. If the ball lands on 0 or 00 (double zero) you only lose half of your bet instead of all of it. The casinos edge then drops to about 2.63%, still not in your favor, but a heck of a lot better.

The numbers looks like this:

Advantage = [18/38 x 1] + [18/38 x (-1)] + [2/38 x (-0.5)]
= -1/38
= -0.0263
or a house edge of 2.63%

Another roulette strategy to employ is to keep a look out for wheels that do not have a double zero. European roulette wheels come this way often, but American tables rarely use it, as it decreases the house edge. Over 12 bets the house edge drops to 2.7% so keeping an eye out for this is a smart roulette strategy.