Online casino games have gained popularity in recent times and live roulette is one of the revolutionary ideas in the field which has acquired fans all over the world. The difference between live roulette and the traditional online roulette is that this version gives players a more realistic feel of the game and brings them very close to real life casinos with a real dealer dealing for them over a live webcast.
To play live roulette, one needs to apply to one of the many online casinos that host this feature of the game. In recent times, the casinos hosting such version of the game have increased and most of these have attractive schemes and offers for users to make an initial deposit with them. Once this step is done, the user is now free to choose the game of their choice. One simply has to choose the live roulette option in order to start playing.
Beginner roulette players must know about the two types of roulette tables (American and European) and the difference in house advantage. In the single zero roulette table, that is, the tables which contain just one zero slot, the house holds about a 2.7% advantage over the player while in a double zero table, that is, a table which contains a slot for 0 and one for, 00 the house advantage goes up to 5.26%. This advantage although against the player, can be overcome if one learns about different roulette strategies and how to bet in order to make a killing in roulette.
The rules of roulette are simple: Each player makes one or more bets on even/odd, black/red, on a column, row or on a group of numbers, also, single numbers can be bet on with higher payouts and all this before the dealer spins the roulette wheel. This is followed by the spinning of the wheel and depending on where the ball lands at the end of a spin, the payouts are given. There are different strategies to the game of roulette and it Is advisable for live roulette players to learn about such strategies in order to maximize their profits from the game. Successful roulette players can make quite a lot of money with a single session of play.
There are also certain variations to roulette such as the La Partage rule and the En Prison rule which bend the odds in the favour of the player to a certain extent. The En Prison rule is allowed by many casinos and comes into play only on even money bets. This allows players to take back half of their even money bets when the ball lands on the zero. In this the player is allowed to leave half of the bet on the table (in prison) for another spin of the wheel and if they lose on the second spin as well, then they finally lose their bet. The La partage rule is similar but in this, a player will lose half of their bets as opposed to leaving it on the table for another spin.
The popularity of live roulette has increase manifold in recent years and such rules are all followed over the internet by many casinos.