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America and the "New World" this game was called "European
Roulette" or "Zero Roulette" in France where it was
invented. In North America was adapted
and it plays off of a wheel with both a zero pocket, and a double
zero pocket.
The House Edge suffers a direct effect with the addition
of a second green 'zero' pocket on American roulette. For the European
roulette you can use the following formula, and you can find that
the house edge is also a consistent number across bets, but the
number is much more player-friendly.
The American roulette has in total 38 numbers, 2 being
green pockets that cannot win on outside bets. By the following
formula the expectancy of this game is -5.25%:
E = [1/38 X 35] + [37/38 X -1]
= [0.921] + [-0.9736]
= -0.526 or -5.26%
The European roulette wheel has in total 37 numbers, with 1 green
pocket that cannot win on outside bets. By the following formula
the expectancy of this game is -2.70%:
E = [1/37 X 35] + [36/37 X -1]
= [0.945945] + [-0.972972]
= -0.027 or -2.70%
Summary:
The house edge of European roulette it doesn't reach the half from
American roulette. Any gambler will say, a house edge of 5.25% is
horrible, but a house edge of 2.70% is very reasonable.
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