Roulette Odds better in Roulette?

[QueenOfHearts]

For someone who is a complete noob to the game, knows only the basics and is just getting started learning the complex strategies - do you think the odds of them making money in Roulette are better than in a game like Blackjack?

 

[Niall49]

I think that if you are a newbie and just learning the basic strategies then you shouldn't be thinking about trying to make money yet. This is the time for you to polish your strategy first.

 

[tito]

I think that roulette is more of a chance or luck game and if you want to make serious money then it's not where you should be looking. Of course I'm no expert so I may be wrong...

 

[Tolly]

I'd heard blackjack had the best odds of any game in the casino, while roulette isn't as good. The Wizard of Odds quotes roulette's house edge as 2.7% to 5.36% against the player, while blackjack is at 0.28% to 1.5% depending on version and player's skill. If you want a game where your skill affects the outcome, blackjack is probably better.

 

[steve]

The player can get a much higher edge with roulette than any other game, by far. i have personally had edges over 120% with roulette computers.

 

[Sting]

Steve, Please explain a little more what you mean about how you got that edge. I know my question may seem a little silly, but what exactly are roulette computers and how do they work?

 

[purple]

craps gives the best odds. Pass/don't pass. But it's impossible to get a real game online

 

[purple]

Play French 'en prison' rules or English 'surrender rules. On the even chances the casino advantage is only 1.35%.
From "The Roulette Winner" by Lee Tutor where he describes the Casino Advantage:

"Incidentally, the casino games with the lowest house
advantage ( also called : “vig”, or “juice”), are:
Baccarat, where the banker bet carries a 1.06%
advantage to the house, and in Craps, where the “pass /
don’t pass” bets have a house edge of 1.4%. Single-zero
roulette usually gives the house an advantage of
2.7%, unless there are the “surrender”, or “en prison”
rules in force on the Even chance bets, in which case
the house advantage is only 1.35% for these bets,
which isn’t bad at all.
On a US double zero’ wheel the house edge is twice as
high as that of the single zero wheel (5.26% or more),
so avoid it!