Players who are just beginning to learn Roulette have to first decide on which format of the game they would like to play. There is the American Roulette Wheel and the European Roulette Wheel. It is always better to play at a European Roulette Wheel because you stand a slightly higher chance of winning. Usually the roulette wheel has slots from 1 to 36 and a slot for 0. But the American roulette wheel has an extra slot of double zeros or '00' which is absent in the European one. This effectively reduces your chance to win the bet as the odds are more in favor of the house.

In American Roulette, the house edge is as high as 5.26% while in the European wheel it is much less at only 2.7%. So you have better odds of winning at the European Roulette. Of course, how much you win will depend entirely on the type of bet you made.