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The traditional roulette has gone through some changes and come up with different variations. The variations which are most popular are European roulette and American roulette. Traditionally roulette comprises of a table with a wheel on it. The wheel has number slots and the croupier spins the wheel. The croupier also spins a ball. When both lose their momentum the ball falls on one of the numbered slots. You as a player are supposed to bet on things such as one of the numbers.

Originally live roulette had 36 numbered slots when it was introduced first in France. It became very popular as a betting game and people found it easy to win. They were discovering new strategies to beat the house and try to make big wins. This became a loss for the casinos. That was the time when they introduced a zero slot on the wheel. If the ball fell on the zero slot then the players lost their bet. This way the house got a better edge.

With zero on the wheel now there were 37 slots and it gave a big advantage to the casinos and there was a lot of profit for them. The game remained as popular as ever and it gave the players more of a challenge. They started looking for new strategies to beat the casino and increase their chances of win. The same principle was applied to the online roulette.

When roulette was introduced in USA, the casinos understood that if they have to keep a bigger profit for themselves they have to introduce some changes in the game. So they included another slot for zero. So the American wheel had two slots for zero to raise the house advantage. Now the American wheel had two slots for zero, 0 and 00. If the ball falls on any of these numbers the players lose and it is an advantage to the casino. While the European wheel has 0 and 1 to 36 numbers, American wheel has 0, 00 and 1 to 36 numbers.

Online roulette is played by random number generation strategy where the numbers are generated by the computer. It is a fair game as the actual wheel and croupier cannot be used online. Except for this the rules for playing the game remains same whether it is online or land based casino. There is difference in house edge also in the European wheel and American wheel. The house edge in European wheel is 2.7% whereas the American wheel house edge is 5.26% so the European wheel is clearly the one to play.