In this article, I write about Green Zero pockets in roulette games. I compare the house
edge of one to 🍎 three green zero pockets and focus on the importance of even-chance
betting using the La Partage, also known as the 🍎 half-back rule.
I also describe how you
can use the single-zero pocket as a timing marker to help predict roulette
outcomes.
Table 🍎 of Contents
Green Zero Pockets and the House Edge
Single-zero wheels
are the most-favored roulette games. These roulette tables are based in 🍎 Europe from
where the game originated. American roulette wheels contain two Green Zero pockets and
there are even three Green 🍎 Zero roulette wheels.
The house edge is higher even though
the payout odds remain the same despite the additional Green Zero 🍎 pockets in the two
American variations. For instance:
On a Single-zero [0] European roulette wheel the
house edge is 2.7%
A Double-zero 🍎 American roulette wheel with two green zero pockets
i.e. single-zero in one pocket [0] and a double-zero in the other 🍎 pocket [00] has a
house edge of 5.26% – Almost double the house edge to that of the single-zero European
🍎 wheel.
With a Triple-zero wheel commonly found in America, [0], [00], [000] the house
edge is 7.69%.
A Little Roulette Knowledge is 🍎 Power
There Are No Hidden Roulette
Powers: The first important aspect about Green Zero pockets is they don’t have any
special 🍎 powers such as ball attracting forces. Roulette Games Are Fair: Roulette wheels
found in regulated land-based or online casinos – 🍎 manufactured by independent companies
– maintain a near-perfect balance. After thousands of games, the collected data of
those outcomes is 🍎 unlikely to show a favorable bias for Green Zero pockets. Secure
Early Roulette Profits: Licensed casinos generate profits from a 🍎 house edge designed
into games. The Green Zero pocket or pockets represent the casino's house edge. Casinos
gain value or 🍎 profits through the expectation of long-term wagering. This means, the
more roulette games we as players bet on, the more 🍎 likely we’ll end up losing.
Up Your
Roulette Game
As a roulette bettor, there are some important aspects you should be
aware 🍎 of regarding Green Zero, including how to take advantage of a lower house edge.
If you want to gamble like 🍎 a roulette pro, continue reading.
Let’s cut to the chase. If
you want to bet like a roulette pro you need 🍎 to bear in mind that,
People bet on double
and triple zero tables because they are new to the game and 🍎 normally the minimum bet
size is lower than on single-zero roulette wheels. You should only bet on roulette
games displaying 🍎 a single green zero pocket since the house edge is lower. Single-zero
(#0) pocket roulette wheels are found mostly in 🍎 European land-based casinos and within
online casinos. The house edge is 7.69% with Triple-zero pockets (#0, #00, #000) on a
🍎 wheel: x39 pockets. It’s 5.26% with double-zero pockets (#0, #00) on a wheel: x38
pockets. The house edge is 2.7% 🍎 with a single-zero pocket (#0) on a wheel: x37 pockets.
But the house edge is only 1.35% with a Single-zero 🍎 pocket (#0) on a wheel: x37 pockets
using La Partage, known as the half-back rule. If you’re going to bet 🍎 on the even-money
chances, think “La Partage” when you spot single-zero wheels. Just make sure the
half-back rule is in 🍎 play.
In my view, the appearance of Green Zero colored pockets is
important to players in three ways:
1. Green Zero Payout 🍎 Odds and Chances
Firstly,
since the green color stands out from the x18 Red and x18 Black pockets, in the minds
🍎 of new roulette players green zero pockets might have a better chance of occurring.
There’s nothing wrong with how people 🍎 pick numbers to bet on so long as they’re aware
the payout for en plein (straight up) wins on any 🍎 zero pocket is 35-1, the same payout
odds as any other number on a roulette wheel. To avoid becoming a 🍎 zero chaser, know
that zero outcomes have no greater chance of occurring or occurring more frequently
over any other numbered 🍎 pocket on a roulette wheel.
2. Using Green Zero as a Timing
Marker
On single-zero wheels, the green color – to some 🍎 professional roulette players –
acts as a timing marker.
The player fixes his gaze to the far side of the wheel. 🍎 He
registers the passing of the green zero (which is easy to notice i.e., it’s the
“marker”) and in his 🍎 peripheral vision he is aware of the slowing speed of the ball.
He
guesstimates the number of revolutions around the ball 🍎 track the ball might make before
it leaves the ball track.
The objective of this motion awareness activity is to
calculate 🍎 the falling zone on the wheel the ball might end up resting in (subject to
the ball not bouncing or 🍎 deflecting too far away from that area) moments before “no
more bets” is called by the croupier.
The player can then 🍎 make wagers particularly on
“call bets,” e.g. Voisins du Zero, Tiers du Cylindre, Orphelins, or on Neighbour
bets.
In land-based casinos, 🍎 players move chips near the croupier when calling out
their bets because only croupiers can place bets on the racetrack 🍎 area. When playing in
online casinos, players are allowed to place their own bets on the racetrack betting
layout.
This predictive 🍎 practice of working out when the ball might fall onto the wheel
and in what area of the wheel is 🍎 a skill one becomes better at rather than it all being
down to mere guesswork.
Although part of the decision-making process 🍎 comes from
guessing, the process is more about attempting to estimate the number of revolutions
around the wheel (that rotates 🍎 in the opposite direction to the ball) the ball might
travel before falling into the wheel. It's at this stage, 🍎 after a decision has been
reached, within seconds of the croupier’s “no more bets” call when bets are placed. If
🍎 you’re able to predict the correct area the ball will fall and come to rest on the
wheel, you can 🍎 gain a strong winning advantage.
3. Why Pro Roulette Gamblers use La
Partage
The “La Partage’ rule is found on single-zero roulette 🍎 games (#0) mostly in the
UK and other European countries. If betting in an online casino on the outside
even-money 🍎 chances, check this rule applies.
With La Partage, the house edge is 1.35%
instead of 2.70%.
The rule comes into play when 🍎 zero is the outcome and there are bets
on one or more of the six even-money outside chances, i.e. Low/High 🍎 (1 to 18 and 19 to
36), Even/Odd, and Red/Black.
All even-money bets lose half of the chip values wagered.
So, 🍎 if you wageredR$50 on Red and the outcome is green zero, you’ll lose half, so
you’ll get backR$25.
The “Surrender” rule 🍎 in double-zero roulette games acts in the
same way as La Partage does on single-zero wheels no matter what zero 🍎 occurs (#0, #00).
And the house edge is 2.63% instead of 5.26%. This arrangement is common in Atlantic
City, but 🍎 not in all states in the U.S. nor online.
Many land-based casinos in the UK
and online casinos don’t pay half 🍎 back when games result in a zero. It doesn’t follow
that all single-zero roulette games pay the half-back rule. For 🍎 example, in some
land-based casinos where a progressive random paying jackpot is in play (via touch bet
electronic roulette terminals) 🍎 in case of zero, the bettor will lose all even-money
outside wagers.
Where the half-back rule isn’t in play, a player 🍎 can negate losing all
his stake by covering the Green Zeros should one occur.
However, the more often one or
more 🍎 Green Zeros are wagered on, as backup insurance bets, the more likely those extra
fractional wagers will mount up. This 🍎 will expose one’s bankroll to being depleted. So,
it’s only a clever idea to back up outside wagers over a 🍎 limited number of games.
Green
Zero Roulette Summary
Although the green zero forms the casino’s house edge, a green
zero pocket can 🍎 be beneficial to players if using as a timing marker or when betting on
even-money options with the half-back rule.
When 🍎 betting big on even-money outside
chances, try to find a single-zero roulette table where the La Partage rule is in 🍎 play
so that, in the worst-case scenario, you’re only going to lose half of your stake when
green zero occurs.
If 🍎 you’re a half cup full kind of a person, you’re going to reason
that La Partage wins you half back 🍎 of what you would’ve lost had the rule not been in
play.
