Finding free casino games online is getting easier all the time. Roulette games haven’t been as easy to find until lately.

At http://www.funny-games.biz/roulette.html there’s a simple game you can play right away without any download. It’s a European version of the game with only one 0 space. There’s no instruction or strategy links with this game, just endless free play.

There’s a free flash game at http://www.roulette-king.com/ that has cool graphics and it gives you $999 to start playing with. This version is the American one, with two 00 spots. There is voice feature which calls out the number hit and whether you won or not.

There is another American game at http://www.roulette4fun.com/ which provides links with useful information on how to play the game properly. There’s also a music option if the sound of the wheel gets on your nerves and you need a break from it.

1. http://flenix.co.za/blog/?page_id=6 - this portal was created in South Africa and covers information and reviews of casinos and new games online. Lots of roulette information can be found including betting systems.

2. http://jack-roulette-tip-blog.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html - the Jack Roulette blog keeps readers up to date on developments in the game. The blog is current and intelligent, for the most part.

3. http://onemansblog.com/2007/10/20/online-roulette-game-and-basic-roulette-strategy/ - is a very informative blog which includes some video of the famous U.K. player who bet over $120,000 on red, and won.

4. http://www.wisebettor.com/roulette/ - has lots of information from 20-year veteran gamer Wise Bettor. He tackles issues like progressive betting and has information on just about every form of gaming out there.

5. http://www.richardmarcusbooks.com/blog.htm - markets itself as a cheater’s blog that’s dedicated to showing readers how to beat the house. Richard Marcus claims to have made his living cheating casinos in Vegas for 20 years in his book “American Roulette”.

Roulette is a game that offers a wide range of odds to the player. The house has an edge on every bet, but there are bets that offer almost 48% to win. The following table shows the breakdown for American roulette odds:

Bet                                                Pays          Probability

Red                                                1:1              47.37%
Black                                              1:1              47.37%
Odd                                                1:1              47.37%
Even                                               1:1              47.37%
1 to 18                                            1:1              47.37%
19 to 36                                          1:1              47.37%
1 to 12                                            2:1              31.58%
13 to 24                                          2:1              31.58%
25 to 36                                          2:1              31.58%
Any one number                           35:1                2.63%
Two number combination             17:1                5.26%
Three number combination           11:1                7.89%
Four number combination               8:1              10.53%
Six number combination                 5:1               15.79%
0, 00,1,2,3 combination                  6:1                13.16%

There’s no real strategy for playing roulette. The 1:1 bets are the way to go, and if you get ahead a bit you can try some bets on long shots. Think about walking away if you triple your buy-in.

Dealing in a casino can be a great vocation if you have any aspirations of continuing to remain in gaming. There is no better education to becoming a high roller than working as a dealer and experiencing hundreds of hands a day.

A croupier gets paid to learn about all the games in the house and they can earn a good living for their efforts. Casinos always have promotional opportunities for croupiers who want to stay in the industry.

Many professional players get their start in gaming as a croupier. Dealing to the best players allows the croupier to learn things that would normally cost a lot of money to learn. There are always playing opportunities for croupiers in staff events, and many are aspiring players who only work in the business for the experience. They work in their casino and play in another one, which pretty much makes the gaming scene their life.

The biggest names that hang around the game of roulette are Ashley Revell and Gonzalo Garcia-Pelayo. Ashley Revell is famous because he sold everything he had in 2004 and went to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas with $135,000 and bet it all on red. The ball landed on 7-red and he walked away with $260,000. Why he did it remains unknown.

In the 1990’s, Gonzalo Garcia-Pelayo used a computer to predict the tendencies in roulette tables in Spain. The computer was able to determine a short list of numbers that hit more often than others on each wheel. With assistance from his family he was able to win over a million dollars in a few years. He brought his system to Vegas, but collapsed under the pressure of beating the big casinos after a week of winning. He gave up the pursuit after his family made him promise to stop.

In honor of Casino di Venezia (casino of Venice) all bets are on this attention grabbing Marco Polo airport installation. Fingers are crossed that this luggage conveyor turned roulette wheel will drive traffic to the nearby casino. Odds look good for the casino but as for you, odds are luggage still ends up getting lost as often as ever.

Roulette found its birth in 18th century France. It is common belief that the roulette wheel is a fusion of the English wheel games Roly-Poly, Ace of Hearts, and E&O, and the Italian board games of Hoca and Biribi. The name roulette comes from an already existing French board game of the same title. The game has been played in its current form since 1796 in Paris. The earliest description of the roulette game in its current form is found in a French novel “La Roulette, ou le Jour” by Jaques Lablee, which describes a roulette wheel in the Palais Royal in Paris in 1796.

In 1842 Frenchmen François and Louis Blanc added the “0″ to the roulette wheel in order to achieve a house advantage. In the early 1800s, roulette was brought into the U.S. where, to further increase house odds, a second zero, “00″, was introduced.  In the 1800s, roulette spread all over both Europe and the U.S., becoming one of the most famous and most popular casino games. Some call roulette the “King of Casino Games”, probably because it was associated with the glamour of the casinos in Monte Carlo.

There are lots of players out there who think they have a system to beat roulette. The truth is that there isn’t a system to beat the game, but there are better bets than others. Playing the outside bets provides much better odds than the number bets. Betting on a color gives you near-even odds, especially if the ‘en prison’ bet is in play.

Try to find European Roulette games if possible. American Roulette has two green spaces on the wheel, 0 & 00. The European version only has the 0 space and the house edge is diminished to 2.6%.

The other secret I would offer for roulette would be to walk away at the right time. If you can build an amount that is three times the amount you bought in for, leaving the game would be a wise decision. Prolonged playing will eventually reduce what you have won, and more.

I’ll leave you with a video where a  fancy lad and his fancy accent describe and show (with the aid of a keyboard mouse) in detail why you should never play American Roulette.