American Roulette
American roulette has 38 numbers like 0, 00 and 1 to 36 after two zeros (0, 00) gives the house a gain of 5.26%. In other words, for every $ 100 per player, the house makes $5.26 profit.
European Roulette
The European roulette wheel has 37 numbers including 0 and 1 to 36. A zero (0) gives the house a gain of 2.70%. In other words, for every $ 100 per player, the house makes a profit of $2.70.
Other Differences Between The Two Roulette Styles
One important difference relates to the color chips. While each player at a roulette table in the U.S. will have different colored chips, other players to enter the European casinos, players have the same color chips. While the various actors on the American casinos, the players in European casinos have their one color of chips. Europeans rely on memory to figure out who’s chips and bets belong to who.
Another difference between the two breeds is that in European casinos, croupiers have a long stick, they use it much like a rake to sweep all the chips used, while the American casino dealers sweep their hands and arms to move chips around the table.
The last major difference between the two types of Roulette games is that if the ball lands on zero (0) in a European casino, the player is offered the choice of using the prison rule and through which he has now either surrender half of their bet, if they leave for the next game.