The aim of these machines is to give you a few small wins and then take every penny from you in one quick burst of losing spins. According to the vendor of our latest roulette system, playing these and being successful with random guesses will not win you money. This is not going to happen; they are not designed for that.
Electronic roulette appeared in the mid-twentieth century and quickly became included in the range of games available in casinos. Electronic roulette differs from live roulette in that it does not require the presence of a dealer as it uses an automated system to release the ball. There are different types of electronic roulettes such as Diamond Roulette by Interblock, Dominator by Novomatic or Red Winner by Picmatic.
It is possible to play electronic roulette at some online casinos such as 32 Red, 888 or Black Diamond where they are also referred to as Automatic or Auto Roulette. The use of electronic roulettes allows casinos to save on the cost of organizing games and hiring personnel. In addition, for land based casinos, the electronic version occupies less space than conventional roulette, which makes it possible to provide a game room with more machines that more players can use at the same time.
You can find electronic roulette machines in many of the well known casinos in the top gambling cities of the world including The Mirage in Las Vegas, The Venetian in Macau, The Hippodrome in London, The Macau Sporting Club in Cork, The River Rock Casino Resort in British Columbia and The Star Casino in Sydney.
In some casinos it is possible to play free electronic roulette online thanks to the no deposit bonuses or welcome bonuses. These allow you to get to know the casino games and play for free without having to make a deposit. Although there are often restrictions to the gambling games you can play using the funds from a no deposit bonus.
At 888 online casino you can play electronic or auto roulette for free with their no deposit bonus of €88.
The operation of electronic roulette machines is very simple. As in any roulette game, your goal is to guess on which number the ball will land.
The electronic roulette software is based on an electronic circuit where an air blower launches the ball and rotating plates accelerate its movement. The ball is launched around 60-80 times per hour, which is approximately every 30-45 seconds. Although this varies from one model to another. The electronic roulette machine has an auto roulette wheel in the centre and bet terminals with touch screens located around it. Despite what many think, they do not use magnets, instead, the system has optical and proximity sensors that detect the position of the ball.
The wheel is covered with a protective cover to prevent any type of tampering, damage or unauthorized access. This game of chance can accomodate several players at once although it is also possible to find individual electronic roulette games.
Before you start playing, you have to know about the different roulette bets. In the electronic version, you do not place your chips on a table, instead you must use an electronic screen.
Some machines have systems of protection against simultaneous bets, so they do not allow you to bet identical sums on opposite positions like black/red, odd/even, low/high, etc. If such bets are made, a warning message will appear stating that the bet is not valid and the player must withdraw or modify their bet in order to continue the game.
Casinos usually include new and different bets on their electronic roulettes. But in general, you can bet on the 37 numbers with simple bets such as black/red, lower (1-18) / higher (19-36), odd/even or combination bets.
You can combine inside bets with outside bets. Inside bets are:
Outside bets:
There are several electronic roulette developers:
Despite the different roulette models that we can find in the market, the latest generation electronic roulettes have some common characteristics:
There are two main types of electronic roulette games, the European version (with a zero) and the American version (with two zeroes). European roulette has 37 numbers, 18 red, 18 black and one zero, and American roulette has 38 numbers, 18 red, 18 black and two zeroes.
As the electronic European roulette has 37 numbers (from 0 to 36), this gives an advantage to the casino of 1/37 or 2.70%. While the American roulette, which has 38 numbers, gives the casino an advantage of 2/38 or 5.26%.
Electronic roulette, like live roulette with a dealer, is a game of chance, so victory depends largely on luck and the bets you make. Throughout the history of roulette, countless strategies and tricks that can help you learn how to win have been developed. These include the Martingale system and the Law of the Third.
Land based casinos try to prevent manipulations and any kind of unfair play. For this reason, one of the essential criteria when deciding whether or not it is worth playing a particular electronic roulette, is that the wheel must be visible, otherwise it could have been tampered with or altered so that it becomes unreliable.
Roulette is one of the most exciting games in the casino because it’s a game people can play (and win!) together. No system works all the time, but knowing a few basic strategies can help minimize losses and maximize gains.
Roulette is a pure game of luck. There is absolutely no 100% successful strategy for winning at roulette, despite numerous advertisements to the contrary in some newspapers and on the internet. Even Albert Einstein weighed in on the subject, reputedly saying “You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.” Since stealing money off a roulette table is a very bad idea in the modern casino, I decided to look at some popular strategies that have developed since the game began back in the late 18th century. Allegedly derived from efforts by Blaise Pascal to create a perpetual motion machine in the 17th century, the French novel La Roulette, ou le Jour by Jaques Lablee describes a modern roulette wheel being played in 1796 inside the Palais Royal in Paris.
People have been devising strategies on how to win ever since.
Roulette has a relatively high house advantage, especially on the double zero tables that populate most Vegas casinos. It’s a fun game to play, but it’s a RNG (Random Number Generator) game where the odds stay exactly the same on every spin. In other words, if Red numbers have hit five times in a row, the chance of a Red number hitting on the next spin remains 47.37%, the exact same chance that a Black number will hit. Roulette is not an even money game because the 0 and 00 each have a 2.63% chance of hitting, thus reducing all the “even money” bets (red/black, odd/even, high/low) to 47.37%.
Since the odds remain exactly the same on every spin, most popular strategies for winning at roulette focus on manipulating the amount of units you wager. I’ve experimented with several of the following systems and can say that the one thing they all do (if you adhere to them) is limit your losses. There’s something to be said for following your gut feeling when you walk passed a roulette table. Either keep on walking or look at the results board and try to double your money with one bet.
Tip #1 – Roulette is a Short-Term Game. Set a limit for your losses and set a goal for your winnings before you start to play.
Tip #2 – Avoid the Martingale System. This is the system very popular with people who have had too much to drink. Like the game of roulette itself, the Martingale System began in France in the 18th century. The strategy requires that the gambler double his even money bet after every loss so that the first win recovers all previous bets plus a profit equal to the first amount wagered. The problems with the system are threefold. First, it requires an unlimited bankroll. Second, most casinos have table maximum limits to curtail this system. Third, a $10 initial bet turns into a $160 bet if you lose just four times in a row. Mathematicians sometimes like to tweak the Martingale System and use the Fibonocci sequence (1,1,2,3,5,8,13…) where the sum of the two previous bets equals the next bet. Elegant, yes, but it’s just a slower road to ruin with less winnings on a hot streak.
Tip #3 – If you’re good with numbers, try the Labouchère system. This may require a piece of paper and a pen, two things the pit boss might not allow you to use. It’s an involved mathematical progression, but you might be able to keep track of by using your chip stack. Basically you decide how much you want to win and then write down a list of numbers that equal that amount. A player stakes an amount equal to the sum of the first and last numbers on the list with every bet. If the bet is successful, the two amounts are removed from the list. If the bet is unsuccessful, the amount lost is appended to the end of the list and the player stakes an amount equal to the sum of the first and (new) last number on the list. As with any system, a bad losing streak can bust you. But, even a moderate hot streak can help you hit your target win amount.
Tip #4 – Start Small and Wait for an Overdue 2-1 Bet. Sit down with your loss limit and target win clearly in mind. Place small even money bets (red/black. odd/even, high/low) bets until you get a feel for the table. Watch for trends, either recurring ones or overdue, in the “1st 12”, “2nd 12” and “3rd 12” groupings. When you feel ready, make you move. Double your average units wagered and pick a group (either 1-12, 13-24, or 25-36). Unlike regular outside bets, these groups of a dozen pay 2-1. This is a variant of the “Double Dozens” strategy. Play it until it hits or you bust. If it hits, take some of your winnings and cover some of the overdue numbers in that group. For example, I like to wait until there’s been a dry spell in high numbers, then bet the “3rd 12” group until it hits and then when it does hit use some of my 2-1 win to cover the inside numbers 30-36, letting the rest ride on “3rd 12”. A lucky back-to-back win can be very profitable when upping your bet with the house’s money!
Although there’s the same probability (2.63%) of any single number hitting on any single spin, trends do occur in roulette and waiting for them is part of the fun and excitement, as well as part of playing to win (or at least limit losses).
Next week I’ll look at some legendary roulette wins, along with some other Vegas myths and legends.