In a perfect world, everything would be logical. But that’s not our reality, and it’s something you can use to your advantage in online casinos. Most people have some awareness of statistics, even if the last time they studied it was years ago at school.

It’s pretty common knowledge, for example, that the chances of a spinning coin landing on heads is exactly 50 per cent, the same as for tails. We know, though, that if a coin comes up heads one time, the law of averages doesn’t instantly kick in to force it to be tails the next time. It’s only over a longer period that we can see the two options coming out at around 50 per cent. If we spin a coin 1000 times, say, we can pretty confidently predict it will come up heads very close to 500 times.

The way to make this work in our favour in an online casino is to think counter-intuitively.

It’s something that works best on a roulette table, where you get options that are as near as dammit 50 per cent. That’s odds, evens, 1-18, 19-36, red, black. The only fly in the ointment as far as making it a true 50 per cent shot is the presence of the zero (and double zero on American tables, which I would personally avoid). The statistics here state that out of every 37 spins, 18 should be red, 18 should be black and one should be zero.

There are two areas to concentrate on and use reverse logic. Firstly, the law of averages suggests that if 22 comes up on one spin, it won’t come up again for a long while. But anyone who has spent any time playing roulette knows that’s not the reality. It’s always worth putting a chip on the number that has just won because although it defies logic it pays off more times than not.

The other tactic to use is to ride streaks. If black has come up five times in a row, the law of averages almost demands it should be red next time. But sometimes a table has its own logic and it can be worth sticking with black in that situation.

Roulette

Roulette is possibly one of the most standout games played in a casino because of its unique spinning wheel. It's also one of the loudest. The way the game of Roulette is played is by throwing a metal ball into the spinning wheel and placing bets on the numbers in which the ball will land on. While this is being done the recognizable sound of the spinning wheel is heard.

If you are a first time roulette player you may think of Roulette being a difficult game to play because of all its numbers on the wheel. The Roulette wheel and the roulette table contain numbers as well as charts which indicate whether it is an odd or even number that you are betting on. Roulette is actually a pretty simple game to play, the only skill required is to be able to count.

Roulette is a game of prediction, meaning that it requires you to predict what number the ball will land on the roulette wheel.

Familiarize yourself with the game of Roulette by reading the rules and understanding it before attempting to play it for real money.

How to play Roulette

Bets are placed on the squares on the Roulette table and each square represents one of any number of outcomes in which the roulette wheel will make. If you bet that the ball lands on the number 10 on the Roulette wheel, you would need to place your chips on the block with the number 10 on it. Take time studying the table and how the betting sections are displayed. You are able to make numerous bets on different outcomes, which include the actual number, whether it is an odd or even number, or whether it is a high or low number.

Step By Step

The first thing you need to do is decide which numbers you wish to place your bet on. To do this you need to move the mouse over the position on the table that contains the number or number range you wish to bet on and left click on your choice.

This will deposit chips on the table. If you right click it will remove these chips. You may also bet on whether the number will be an odd or even number or whether its low or high, or black or red.
After placing your bet click on the SPIN button. As the ball falls into the spinning roulette wheel it will eventually stop on a certain number. If this number is the same as your bet that you made then you have won. The same goes for whether it was a black or red number, or odd or even.
There are many different bets you can make in roulette which makes it a very lively and fun game to play. Your betting options enable you to control your play, and adds to the strategy and planning of roulette.