Distinct Characteristics of the Roulette Wheels

One important accessory on the game of roulette is the roulette wheel which is a piece of polished wood of about 90 centimeters in diameter and typically weighs 100 pounds. The roulette wheel looks like a bowl with a spinning axis and is responsible for determining the lucky numbers to win in roulette.

Its interior wall slants downward with numbered pockets on the sides from which the roulette ball will land on. These numbered pockets are colored in alternate black and red with the exception of the number zero pockets which are colored in green.

The roulette wheel's numbered pockets are neither displayed in sequential order nor at complete random manner. Their arrangement is made to create a balance between black and red, high and low, even and odd numbers.

There are two most common types of roulette wheels namely that of the American roulette and the European roulette games. Each has its own distinctive characteristics.

The American roulette wheel consist a total of 38 pockets from numbers 1 to 36, a zero and double zeros. The numbers 1 to 36 are colored in red and black while the zero and double zeros are standard green in color.

The red and black numbers are alternately arranged in the American roulette wheels with the numbers facing the outside of the roulette wheel. A pair of odd numbers and a pair of even numbers are arranged alternately on the American roulette wheel while the zero and double zeros are opposite with each other. The odd number on the American roulette wheel is always on the opposite of the next higher even number.

The European roulette wheel consists of numbers from 1 to 36 but only with a single zero which is colored green. The numbers from 1 to 36 also alternate in red and black colors while the numbers on the European roulette are displayed facing inside the wheels.

There are nine high numbers in red colors and nine low numbers that are colored in black displayed on a semi circle arrangement to the right of the number zero of the European wheel. To the left of the number zero also arranged in semi circle are nine low numbers colored in red and another nine high numbers in black.

Knowing these distinctive characteristics of the different common roulette wheel allows a roulette player know the kind of roulette game that is offered by the casino just by looking at it. Our roulette guide and tips, especially when used together with a Casino Tropez bonus code, will certainly improve your roulette skills and payouts. Try them now.