European online casino roulette or french roulette.

Another name of european roulette is french roulette. Why "french"? Because while French roulette is generally believed to have started in France. But the clearest proof that roulette originated in France is the name itself. Roulette means "small wheel" in French. The inventor of the game is again a Frenchmen - the French mathematician Blaise Pascal. Wheel had the numbers 1-36. The "0" was added to the wheel of roulette by Louis Blanc and Frenchmen Francois in 1842 to increase house odds. This was the birth of french roulette.

European (french) roulette vs. american roulette

What's the difference between a european (french) and an american roulette wheel? The distinction between the two roulette types lies on the number of zeroes on the wheel. An American roulette wheel has an extra slot: 00. A European roulette wheel has the numbers 1-36, plus a slot for zero. The distinction you can see it on the picture.

An American roulette, the wheels have two "0's", zero and double-zero, resulting ino an increase in the house advantage to 5.3%. In French Roulette wheel has only one zero giving a house advantage of 2.7%.

Another difference in the two versions is the variation in chips use. American roulette is a bit more orderly as different colored chips are used for different bettors.