Roulette is one of those casino games that players can very quickly find themselves getting onto a huge paying winning streak, even when they are playing for relatively low stake amounts, but as is always the case when it comes to playing casino games of any type, you should always play them responsibly.

What online casino players are going to find however, is that there are quite a lot of different roulette game variants on offer to them, and much like any other casino games of which there are many different versions, you do need to know which ones are offering you the very highest and best paybacks.

Therefore this guide is going to be taking a look at the many different roulette games that you are bound to come across when playing online, and I will let you know the pros and cons of playing each of them, to allow you to make an informed decision on just which, if any of them you will be much better off playing online.

Progressive Roulette and Roulette Game Side Bets

Some roulette games are going to give you the option of placing a range of side bets and bonus bets, and by placing them you do have the chance of winning some much higher pay-outs over and above the standard maximum 35 to 1 winning pay-out offered by most standard variants.

In fact, some roulette games that you are bound to come across at one time or another in an online casinos suite of games will give you the chance of winning an ever rising progressive jackpot, however those variants will also require you to place an optional or even forced side bet wager.

Whilst those types of potentially much higher paying roulette games may appear very appealing to some players it is worth me pointing out that the forced or optional side bets, when placed, are going to massively increase the house edge the base game offers on its own.

Therefore, you will often find that your bankroll doesn’t last very long when playing such games, unless you beat the odds and do achieve one of the higher valued bonus winning pay-outs.

French Roulette

The French Roulette game is one that you should only ever play if you tend to just place even money bets onto the roulette betting layout, for that variant of roulette has a very player friendly and beneficial set of rules attached to the even money paying betting opportunities.

Those bets are the odd or even, high or low and red or black positions on the betting layout, and when you place a bet on them and a zero is then spun in those bets will not be losing bets.

There are in fact two different rules attached to all French Roulette games, one of which will be attached and in place on the variant you are playing.

The first rule stipulates that if you do place an even money paying bet and a zero is spun in the croupier will pay you out half of the stakes you placed on those betting positions, and the house will keep the other half of those wagers.

However, the other rules will not see you getting half of your wagers paid back out to you when placing an even money paying bet when a zero spins in, instead those bets you have placed are not removed from the betting layout, but they stay in place for the next spin of the wheel, and will stay there until a zero is not spun in.

Those two playing rules found on the French Roulette game sonly results in even money paying bets having a house edge of a tiny 1.35% by the way!

European Roulette

If you tend to place bets all over the roulette tables betting layout and not usually on the even money paying positions, then the European Roulette game is just as good a variant to play as the French Roulette game reviewed above.

As the is just one zero in place on the European Roulette wheel the house edge on the bets you will be placing works out at just 2.70%, and therefore those types of roulette games do offer some decent odds on you winning.

What you will find when you do place roulette online however is that you can play the standard software driven games and when you set about doing so a random number generator will ultimately determine just which number is spun in on every spin of the roulette wheel, so those outcomes are of course completely random.

However, many online casino sites now have their own live roulette games and when you set about playing those games the actual game you will see in play on your computer screen is a game that is being played in a land-based casino or casino studio.

The video feed from that venue is beamed directly to your computer over the internet and you can place any type of bet you usually place onto those real life roulette tables from the comfort of your own home, which is a way many players much now prefer playing roulette online by the way!

American Roulette

I would not bother playing American Roulette online, or if you are playing on a mobile device or even visiting a land-based casino, for that game has an extra zero upon the roulette wheel and doesn’t factor in that extra ball well into the pay-outs.

As such that additional double zero increases the house edge to 5.26% putting that game on par to most slot machines, and as you do have the choice of playing some much better variants offering much lower house edges it is a game savvy players will always steer very clear of playing.

If you are the former type of player, then you do of course have the benefit of choosing just which casino games you can play online, and will be able to stop playing at any time and cash out any winnings that you have been lucky enough to achieve.

But if you are the latter type of player, you will very quickly need to adopt that all important sixth sense that will enable you to spot and then set about claiming only the very best and highest valued casino bonuses.

Make no mistake about it though, you are going to come across so many different types of bonuses that your head will spin, and you can get very quickly overwhelmed by the sheer number and types of them that will be available to you, no matter at which online casino site you choose to play at.

Therefore, the following guide is one you should make full use of, for below I will point you in the right direction as to just which bonuses you should be claiming and I will also be letting you know why you should be claiming those bonuses too.

Deposit Match and Reload Bonuses

Both deposit match and Reload bonuses are going to be available to you at most if not all online casino sites, and the thing to keep in mind about those types of promotional offers is that unlike the ones listed below, you are required to make a deposit to be able to claim them.

Now, there are some things that you should first make sure you are fully aware of when claiming either of those two types of bonuses, and the first thing is just what percentage of your deposit is going to be matched by the casino and added to your account as bonus credits.

Obvious those bonuses that will see you getting a much higher percentage of your deposited amount matched by the casino by way of bonus credits are going to be the ones that you may initially find most appealing and will be itching to claim, but they will only be worth claiming if they have the following terms and conditions attached to them.

Low play through requirements are what you should be demanding from any bonuses you claim that require a deposit to be made before you can claim them, and the general rule of thumb is to look for bonuses that have a lower play through requirement than 30 times your deposited amount, and make sure your deposited funds are not required to be played through, just the bonus credits.

Also, check the terms and conditions to make sure that you can play the type of casino game you want to play with your bonus credits and make sure that you are not going to be subject to any maximum cash out and pay-out caps either.

Free Spins and No Deposit Bonuses

Bonuses and promotional offers that are made available to play but ones that do not require those players to make a deposit of any kind to be able to claim them can be very appealing to players.

But be aware that as you are not putting any of your own funds at risk when claiming such offers, the casinos offering such bonuses are going to have some very robust rules and terms and conditions attached to such bonus offers.

The free spins offers most casinos will give to their newly signed up players without them having to make a deposit will see those players claiming them being given a set number of no cost spins on one slot machine, and players then have to play through those spins and will be able to keep any winnings they achieve.

However, avoid claiming free spins related offers if you are not awarded your winnings as cash credits, for if they are awarded as bonus credits you will have to play those winnings through lots of times before they get turned into cash credits.

No deposit bonuses are often so low in value and come with so many rules and terms and conditions that they are hardly worth claiming, so if you do have the option of claiming either a no deposit bonus or a deposit match type of bonus it will usually be the latter ones that offer you the best value and the most winning opportunities.