BIG WHEEL KEEP ON TURNING

The spinning wheel of roulette offers little in gambling strategy—but it’s undeniably fun

BY MICHAEL KAPLAN

HOUSE EDGE: 5.26% THE HOUSE EDGE IS STEEP Anyone who tells you that there is a mathematically sound strategy for beating roulette either works for the casino, legitimately clocks roulette wheels in search of edges or is a clueless gambler. We’ve all met at least two out of these three. The game involves a small ball dropped into a spinning wheel with 38 slots, numbered double-zero to 36. In Europe, the wheels tend to omit the double-zero for 37 slots. The payoff on a single number in both places is 35:1, so your odds in Europe are better. Assuming that you are not traveling overseas to get an edge at roulette, we’re dealing with the American iteration here. Betting on a single number in the United States results in a house edge…

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