What do we know about roulette game? It is a game of chance that has two major types: European roulette wheel and American roulette wheel. Another interesting thing about roulette is that the American version of the game is considered to be less popular and more challenging. It is true for some points, but American roulette wheel has as much funs as European.

American roulette origin

Classic roulette game had originated in the 17th century in France. The first variant of the game was called European roulette. It had 36 numbered slots and one zero. This type of roulette was also called Single zero roulette or simply French roulette. This game was highly popular within Europeans and they brought it to the United States of America in the 20th century.

American roulette wheel didn't get that much love from casino players at first, but soon became one of the most played casino games. American roulette was modified in order to get casinos higher profit: additional "double zeros" slot was added to the wheel. At first in order to "highlight" the difference, bald eagle was printed on that additional slot.

Altogether American roulette wheel had 38 numbered slots comparing to 37 slots in European roulette. That made the roulette house edge in American roulette higher which was positive for casinos and challenging for players, as apart from classic 36 number slots, there were 2 more zero slots: 0 and 00.

Key features

American roulette wheel has many distinctive features that differs it from European roulette.

• Number of slots

As it was already mentioned American roulette has 38 numbered slots (including 0 and 00) to bet on.

• Value of the chips

Chips that are used in American roulette can have the same value at a certain moment. For example, if a player buys several chips at once, all chips will have the same value. In contrast to European roulette where a player can buy chips of different value at once.

• Odds are 1:38
• Payouts are 1:35

Live American roulette wheel

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American version of roulette is less popular comparing to European because of the added double zeros as they make the house edge higher. Not taking this into account, the table layout of American roulette is the same in everything else.