It's hardly a secret to anyone these days – especially following the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act debate – that the online casino business has indeed become a global player in recent years. The amount of information available out there, regarding this matter is well and truly overwhelming, and the debate about the morality of the issue is raging on. There are a number of dishonest operations trying to milk the good reputation their software provider enjoys, however given the fact that scam casinos do not look forward to a bright future, because of newly emerging "wathdog" websites the balance is bound to be reestablished and preserved.
One can find a wealth of information on the web concerning this debate, however, what I'd like to take a closer look at, in this article is what honest online casinos have on offer for their clients as far as casino games go.
One of the most popular games both in brick and mortar and in online casinos is the roulette. Its name is actually a French word which means "small wheel". The device itself was invented by French mathematician Blaise Pascal in the 17th century who used it as a random number generator. Since its beginnings though, the roulette – nowadays called the king of all casino games – went on to literally conquer the world.
There are three types of roulette wheels used in casinos world-over, the European version which added a "0" to Pascal's little wheel to increase the house edge to 2,7%, the American version that went even further adding another "00" to the Europen wheel to make the house edge 5,3%. The third version is the one that is used in Britain, it's basically the english language layout wheel used in the States but with a single "0" on it.
These are the basic tyupes of bets one can place at the roulette table:
– Straight. When a player places the chip(s) on a single number he/she makes the simplest type of bet in roulette, but one that yields the best possible payout ( namely 35 to 1)
– Square bet. One places the bet on four numbers in a square pattern. The intersection of these two rows is where the chips are placed at. The payout for such a bet, in case of a win is 2 to 1.
– Split bet. The player places his/her chips on the intersection of two adjoining numbers. The payout is 17 to 1.
– Street bet. Putting the chips on a row of three adjacent numbers is called 'betting the street'. Payout in this case is 11 to 1.
– Betting the sixline is effectively a double street bet, chips are place at the intersection of the two streets and the payout is about 5 to 1.
– Betting the columns is betting on 12 numbers of the 3 vertical lines and the payout inthis case is 2 to 1.
With an increase of the odds for a win the payout rate naturally decreases.
Online roulette uses the same betting and playing rules. The advances in the field of computer generated graphics made it possible for online casinos to provide the feel of the real casino. The random number generators that the software companies provide for these games make sure the experiance is as close to a real one as possible. While real roulette wheels can be read as a result of a long and careful observation, the human croupie can develop certain habbits in spinning the ball, online roulette is free of all these possible faults, and, provided he/she plays in an honest online casino one can be 100% sure that the numbers that come up are absolutely random results.
Written by James West
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