Best Roulette: CryptoLogic

American Roulette

American Roulette Review

The Game: A wheel with blocks numbered 0 to 36 is spun in one direction. A ball is spun around the wheel and as the ball slows, it drops into one of the pockets of the wheel. You bet on which pocket the ball will drop into.

Odds & Strategy: This is CryptoLogic's 'American' double-zero roulette (with two zeros) which sets the basic house edge to 5.26%. CryptoLogic casino makes use of a great rule here that puts the player in an even more favorable position: the 'la partage' rule (also called the 'en prison rule' or 'Hamburg variation of the European half back rule'): you lose only half your bet if the zero comes up when betting on the 'outside' bets (the 'outside' bets are the bets that pay even money: high/low; red/black; odd/even). By losing only half your bet, the house edge on these ('outside') bets is cut down to 2.63%. Remember, however, that an 'inside' bet still has the double-zero house edge of 5.26% against it.
So if you prefer to bet on one of the inside bets once in a while, you really should play Will Hill's European roulette, since the house edge there is 2.7% on all bets alike. But if you are an outside bettor, who likes to bet on high, low, red, black, odd or even only, you should stick to their American roulette version since it offers slightly better odds for those bets (2.63%).

The betting limits here are $1-$1,500.

Summary: That's a very good American roulette version since offering 'La Partage'. The betting limits are excellent.

European Roulette

European Roulette Review

The Game: European roulette is played the same way American roulette is played.

Odds & Strategy: This is CryptoLogic's 'European' single-zero roulette (with only one zero) which sets the basic house edge* to 2.7% on all bets. That's actually far better than the American roulette version which usually has an incredible basic house edge of 5.26%.
No additional rule puts the player in a more favorable position here, so the house edge stays at 2.7%.
If you prefer to bet on one of the inside bets once in a while, you really should play Will Hill's European roulette, since the house edge is 2.7% on all bets. But if you are an outside bettor, who likes to bet on high, low, red, black, odd or even only, you should play their American roulette version since it offers slightly better odds for those bets (2.63%).

It's taken into positive account that CryptoLogic offers both the European and the American version of roulette with one of them including the 'La Partage' rule. The betting limits here are $1-$1,500 again. If you want to bet up to $6,000 per spin you should go to globalplayer.com.

Summary: That's a standard roulette table (2.7% house edge) with very good betting limits of up to $1,5000 per spin available in both single- and multi-player.