Online Roulette Rules

Roulette is a very rigid game so it can be difficult trying to lower the house edge but there are some Roulette rules that can accomplish the same thing.

One of the first roulette rules is called 'surrender'. The rules apply to outside bets which pay even money only. These include red/black, odd/even and the high/low bet. If the ball lands on a 0 or a 00 (commonly found on American tables) you only lose half of your bet, instead of all of it.

Within the roulette rules, 'surrender' significantly lowers the house edge to around 2.5%. However, one factor to consider is that you have to sacrifice any potentially big payoffs to gain the benefit of a lower house edge. It is a very workable strategy for roulette.

Unlike the American game, within Europe the roulette wheel has only 37 pockets which drop the house edge on all betting to around 2.7%.

The last rules you need to include within your roulette strategy is a search for the added rule called 'En Prison'.

If En Prison is offered during a game of roulette, when the ball falls into the 0 pocket, the bet is not swept away but left on the board. The bet is said to be 'in prison' and remains on the board to have its fate decided on the next spin. If on the next spin the bet wins, the rules state that your money is returned to you, but with no extra winnings. If the number from the next spin of the roulette wheel is a loss for your imprisoned bet, it gets swept away. If 0 comes up again, the bet remains in prison.