Originally, American Roulette was developed as a faster game variant of French roulette in the United States. A characteristic feature of American Roulette is the so-called Double Zero. This means that in this roulette game there is not just one, but two zeros, where the entire Bet of the players is lost.
Another difference between American Roulette and, for example, French Roulette is the arrangement of the numbers in the wheel. In American Roulette, the first zero is followed clockwise by the following numbers: 28, 9, 26, 30, 11, 7, 20, 32, 17, 5, 22, 34, 15, 3, 24, 36, 13, 1, 00, 27, 10, 25, 29, 12, 8, 19, 31, 18, 6, 21, 33, 16, 4, 23, 35, 14, 2.
The special thing about American Roulette is that the casino's house edge of 5.26% is twice as high as in other Roulette versions. This is exclusively due to the second zero that exists in the game, which means that all bets placed are lost as well. So if you bet on black or red, for example, you have a chance of winning 47.47% in American Roulette. By comparison, French Roulette has a 48.6% chance of winning.
In the local Casino, American Roulette is played exclusively with special chips without special value markings. Usually, each Player has his own color and the value of his chips can be determined at the time of purchase. Moreover, in American Roulette the game sequence is comparatively fast.
In most online casinos, players can choose from a variety of different roulette versions. In most cases, there are also several versions of American Roulette.