Play Live Roulette For Fun And Profit

Posted by Nick Niesen on October 26th, 2010

Online gamers play live roulette mostly for the excitement the experience brings. When playing with live roulette, a player gets to interact with a live dealer through the use of a webcam. This is very much different from the usual way that traditional online casinos offer roulette and other casino games. In traditional online casinos, a player only gets to play with software.

Many online gamblers love the experience of playing roulette with a live dealer; a lot of them, in fact, prefer gambling with live dealers rather than with just software. It could be conveniently surmised that bringing live dealers into the game of roulette brings back the social aspect that is reminiscent of playing in an actual brick-and-mortar casino, something that online casinos could not replicate prior to this recent trend in live dealers.

How does bringing in live dealers into the game bring back the social aspect for people who play live roulette? If you have not been in a brick-and-mortar casino, you would have at least seen movies portraying how hot and exciting the game of roulette can be. A hot roulette table where there have been plenty of winnings is surrounded by noisy and excited people. Such an excitement can be catching. You do not get that same kind of thrill when playing with just software.

With roulette manned with live dealers, it is possible to capture the social aspect that traditional online casinos have taken out of the roulette with the use of software. Aside from the face-to-face interaction, so to speak, which the player has with the live dealer, the player also gets to interact verbally and visually with his/her fellow players at the table. They can see what the others are doing and they can hear each other talk.

But of course, inasmuch as gamers play roulette and other casino games for fun, they also need to make even just a little profit from the time and money they throw away whenever they play online casino games, not just roulette. With roulette, there is no sure-fire way of winning, but you can extend your bankroll for as long as you can and certainly get some cash back if you know how to play the odds.

First of all, you should avoid playing American roulette as much as you can. Because American roulette has both the 0 and the 00 on the wheel, the house edge is pegged at 5.26%. Compare that to the 2.7% house edge of European roulette, which has only one 0.

Another thing you should avoid when playing roulette is betting on single number bets. Each single number bet has odds of 1:35, which is far too big a risk. Instead of single number bets, go for the even bets, such as even/odd or black/red, low/high. The odds here are better at 1:1.

It is perfectly fine to play live roulette for fun. After all, that is why we all play our games for, to have some fun. But if you can scratch a little profit from your game, then you should go for it.