Roulette Strategies

Atlantic city casinos part entertain a beneficial rule called ‘surrender’. If this rule is in place (ask at the table before you play) your as close as your 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 keeping an eye peeled for wheels that don’t have a double zero. European roulette wheels come this way standard, 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.