Online Roulette RNG
It’s a strange title for a post about roulette, but online roulette RNG is a crucial decision about how you play online. RNG stands for Random Number Generator and is the computer algorithm responsible for ensuring all the spins are random when you play in a computer generated online casino.
So what does a Random Number Generator(RNG) do?
Well the biggest problem facing any online casino is to ensure that they produce a fair and random game, people are never going to play a fixed or manipulated game for very long (although they seem to be happy to do this with fruit machines!). Roulette is actually one of the fairest forms of gambling you can take part in, purely because it is so open, nothing is hidden and the result is almost completely random.
The random generator in a real physical casino consists of the following
- At what speed the croupier spins the ball
- At what speed the croupier spins the wheel
- The exact starting point of the wheel
- The angle of the ball when spun into play
All of these factors (and in fact many more) influence the final resting place of the ball and which number wins, each factor will be different for every single spin. It is these factors that create an almost perfect random event so that neither the house or the player can predict where the ball will land.
RNG - Random Number Generator
Unfortunately none of the elements are available to computer software, at least not easily so they use an algorithm that generates ‘random numbers’ , ultimately there will always be some sort of pattern purely because these numbers are artificially determined by a computer however even pseudo random should ensure a fair spin of the wheel.
Many of us don’t like playing games of chance however that are computer controlled, playing computerised one arm bandits always seems a little too biased in favor of the machine in my experience.
In truth a casino is likely to make much more money by being fair than risking manipulating the odds, however this doesn’t mean some of them don’t. That’s the problem with a Random Number Generator, it can be manipulated or modified at the click of a button, you can’t do that with a real life croupier who would be extremely hard pushed to spin the number he wanted to even if he tried, it would certainly be extremely obvious!
My advice is if you’re playing roulette you need “REAL RANDOM” not an online roulette RNG, check out the many live casinos now on the internet, my favorite is based in Dublin – Dublinbet. The best ones are linked in real time to proper casinos, so you can play online roulette without without worrying about a computer controlled roulette wheel. Don’t gamble against a machine, they always tend to win!
Learn the Rules of Roulette
The game of Roulette originated in France in 17th century. It has evolved to be a very popular gambling game. The rules of roulette are not very complicated. However, in addition to the rules the player has to understand the risks involved with the placements.
Usually in one roulette table there are maximum 8 players who play against the House. The person who plays for the house is called dealer or croupier. The dealer turns the roulette wheels and deal with the bet money. In European style of roulette, there are 37 slots in the wheel whereas in USA, the wheel has 38 slots. Unlike the European version, there are two zeros in USA style wheels.
Every player needs to buy chips to play the game. Everyone has a different color on his chip so that the players don’t confuse the chips with one another. The winner changes the color chips for money after the game finishes. Each chip comes with monetary values printed on it.
At the start of the game, the player places his/her bet on the numbers. A player can bet on numbers and nature or any characteristic of the number. When all the players place their bets the dealer places the ball on the wheel. Before dropping the ball in the slots, the dealer announces ‘no more bets’ which confirms the closing of any further placement of bets. Then the ball spins around and lands on a slot with a number and the player whose bet has similarity with the characteristics of that number wins money according to the payout of his/her bet. After that, the dealer clears the losing bets and pays the winners. Then the next spin starts like this again. There are several types of bets and each bet has different payouts.
A bet on one number only, called a straight-up bet, pays 35 to 1. You collect 36. With no House advantage you should collect 37.
A two-number bet, called split bet, pays 17 to 1.
A three-number bet, called street bet, pays 11 to 1.
A four-number bet, called corner bet, pays 8 to 1.
A six-number bet, pays 5 to 1.
A bet on the outside dozen or column, pays 2 to 1.
A bet on the outside even money bets, pays 1 to 1. Black/Red, High/Low, Even/Odd are even money bets.
The house advantage is the advantage the Casino has over the players. On European roulette tables the advantage in 2.7% whereas it is 5.26% on American roulette tables. The winners pay the casino chips equivalent to this advantage.
Other than this general rules there are a few special rules of roulette. When the player places an even money bet and the ball lands on zero, in some casinos the player can take back half of the bet or go for another spin with that bet. This rule is called the En Prison rule. La Partage rule is another rule which is quite similar with En Prison rule. The only difference is that the player does not have the option of going for another spin.
The Rules of Roulette are quite easy to understand and you can actually play online roulette quite easily. So before trying your luck in roulette get yourself familiar with the rules.
