If you play online roulette, there’s one extremely simple thing you can do, which will increase your chances of winning before you even place a single bet.

I know this sounds a little unbelievable, but it’s really just common sense.

If you’ve ever played roulette in a real casino, or played online, you will have already seen that you usually have two different tables to choose from:

American roulette or European roulette

Now, when you first look at the two different tables they may at first seem identical. However, there is one vital difference that literally increases or decreases your chances of winning, depending on which roulette table you choose to play on.

So what’s the difference between the two roulette tables?

In additional to the normal numbers 1 to 36, the American roulette table also has a ‘zero’ AND a ‘double zero’, giving a total of 38 numbers. Whereas the European roulette table doesn’t have the double zero’, giving a total of 37 numbers.

The extra double zero really does make a big difference to the odds, which in turn means a lower probability of you winning.

The thing is; it doesn’t matter which table you play on, you still get the same payout for a win.

If you are betting on a single number for example, the payout is 35 to 1. On a European table there are 37 numbers. So for the roulette wheel to spin and land on your number, you have a 1 in 37 chance of winning.

However on an American roulette table there are 38 numbers. So you have a 1 in 38 chance of winning, but you still get 35 to 1 odds.

It just common sense really…any roulette player with half a brain should always play European roulette, because the odds are better.

So Why Do Casino’s Still Offer American Roulette?

That’s obvious isn’t it…because it makes them more money than European roulette. Unfortunately, not every roulette player is clued up enough to realize which table is best to play on.

Also, I firmly believe that just by calling it ‘American’ roulette it attracts people to play on it. People are naturally guided to what they know, or what they think they know. If you live in America, and get given an option of either an American or European version of something, chances are you are going to choose ‘American’. Quite simply because that’s where you live, and your subconscious mind believes that the European version might contain some weird rules, or just be different in some way.

Before most people play roulette, they almost certainly have see it being played on television or in some movie. In the movies of course, the director isn’t worried about choosing the table with the best odds, because the actors aren’t playing for real.

People watching at home, or in the movie theatre get used to seeing their favorite film stars playing on a double zero roulette table. By the time they enter a casino to play with their own money, they are kind of expecting to play on a roulette table with a double zero. Many people don’t even know that there is such a thing as a European roulette table.

Now you know the truth behind the two tables…always choose to play on a European roulette table. If the casino you are in doesn’t have a European roulette table, then go and find one that does!

You can watch a video of my explanation here: Always Play European Roulette