When you think of a casino, probably one of the first things that comes to your mind will be a roulette table. Roulette is definitely one of the most popular games in land venues, but many players enjoy it also in online casinos.

Rules of playing the roulette are almost the same, no matter if you play in a land or online casino. In a land casino a croupier would first wait for all the players to place their bets. After that he or she would spin the roulette wheel and then spin the ball in the opposite direction, allowing it to roll until it finally stops in one of the numbered pockets of the wheel. In an online casino bets are placed the same way, but the croupier is substituted with a random number generator, which ensures the result is purely random and thus that the game is fair.

Both in land and online casinos roulette players can place similar types of bets. Among the most common possibilities is betting on red or black colour, even or odd numbers, 0 (and also 00 in the American roulette) and if you believe in your lucky star, you can bet on just one specific number.

While the game looks similar in both types of casinos, playing roulette in an online casino has some advantages. Those who just start their adventure with online gambling can definitely appreciate free games, playing roulette for fun and gaining more experience before they move to play for real money. Apart from that playing roulette online is always faster than in a land based casino, as players do not need to wait for everyone to place their bets and can enjoy the thrill watching the wheel spinning even several times in just one minute!