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Roulette and Atlantic City

2 commentsPublished Friday, June 23, 2006 by baccarat_guy.

Caesars AC
Originally uploaded by smartbaccarat.

OK, only 1 week till Atlantic City !
Thanks to flip and stungazed on the LVA boards, I was able to get some details on roulette and AC rules --- Yes, believe it or NOT AC has its own set of rules for roulette. They are NOT standard American Rules and they are a modification of European "en-prison" rules --- go figure... how the folks of AC wanted to be different. Anyway, roulette (particularly European) is an awesome game... it is just the American version that is a rip off, due to the increased vig.

So, per the Wizard of Odds Single Zero Roulette section, I got the following information :

Single Zero Rules
A few places in the U.S. offer single zero roulette. This lowers the edge on every bet is 1/37, or 2.70%. The lists below shows some places that I have seen or heard have single zero roulette. The minimums at the single zero wheels are usually higher than the double zero wheels and are open fewer hours. Often the single zero wheels are found in the high roller rooms.

The run down on the Single Zero for AC is as follows (of course, YMMV)

A.C. Hilton (casino floor) $25 table min
Tropicana (high limit area) $25-$50 table min
Caesar's (high limit area) $100 table min
Bally's (casino floor) $25 table min
Sand's (high limit area) $25 table min
Taj (high limit area) $100 table min
Harrah's (high limit area) $25 table min
Trump Marina (casino floor)$25 table min
Harrah's (high limit area) $25 table min
Borgata (high limit area) $50 table min

Atlantic City Rules Rules
In Atlantic City all even money bets (red, black, odd, even, 1-18 [low] , 19-36 [high] ) follow a variation of the European imprisonment rule. In the event the ball lands in 0 or 00 the player will lose only half of any even money bet. This lowers the house edge to 2.63% on these bets. This rule does not apply on single zero wheels.

What confuses me is the last statement :

This rule does not apply on single zero wheels.

So, if I am reading things correctly, then :
Double Zero roulette with Atlantic City rules has a house edge of 2.63% ;
and since the Single Zero does NOT follow Atlantic City rules is has a house edge of 2.70%

So, in this case, Double Zero roulette with Atlantic City Rules is slightly better than Single Zero without. and, personally, I rather play at a $10 to $20 Double Zero Atlantic City rule table instead of a $100 Single Zero Table.

NOW, if you can find Single Zero WITH the Atlantic City rules... that would be awesome. (Hello out there... anyone know where you can play single zero with AC rules ????)

I just love roulette, but often don't play since the house edge is over 5% -- being a Baccarat person, I just play Black and Low; with the "occasional" straight up number.

Stay tuned for an on location roulette report next week.

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