Roulette Tips

Roulette has been a staple of gambling for so long that we almost take it for granted as a game everyone knows how to play. Surprisingly, this isn’t the case. Here at bestroulette.net, we constantly meet people who are completely new to the game and interested in learning how to play it. One of the problems with learning a new game is that it’s so easy to pick up bad habits that will slowly eat away at your bankroll so we’ve decided to share our tricks and secrets to not only playing roulette, but playing it well.

Walking up to a roulette table can be an intimidating experience at first. A long felt table with indecipherable numbers and colors, a spinning wheel, a LED board, and a dozen screaming players adds up to a lot of confusion. The good news is the game is actually more simple than it initially appears. You simply place bets on possible outcomes that a spin of the wheel determines.

The payouts for roulette vary based on the types of bets you make. This is where the majority of the skillfulness of playing roulette lies. Depending on the size of your bankroll and your tolerance for risk, you can either bet on specific numbers coming up or on either/or situations.

The former pays out at 35-1 while the latter pays even money. We like to make a combination of bets, such as picking 6-8 numbers that correspond to a certain color in order to get a little bonus on top if one of our numbers comes in. Avoid making a single number bet, though.

You want to maximize the efficiency of your bets on each spin by giving yourself a reasonable chance of winning. Betting one number is not only inefficient, but the long odds against your number coming up means you’re also probably not going to win.

When we’re on a tighter budget, we scale back our bets and focus more on the bets that pay out at 2-1. For example, we might place a few column and dozens bets (bets that pay out depending on which column on the table or groups of numbers the winning number falls into) while picking 2-4 numbers to play. This method results in a number of smaller wins when our 2-1 bets pay out with the potential of a large 35-1 payout if one of our handful of numbers hits.

We discuss bankroll management in depth elsewhere on the site, but the most important tip we can stress is to not overextend your bankroll when betting. We suggest figuring out how much you can afford to play with and how to portion up that amount of money between spins ahead of time. This way, you’ll walk up to a table armed with a battle plan before your first spin of the wheel.

Above all else, roulette is a game of chance and there isn’t much you can do to influence its outcomes. Our advice is to enjoy the game for what it is — a game — and have fun with it. After all, there’s nothing more thrilling than seeing a mountain of chips being pushed your way when you’re lucky enough to have your number come up.