Single Zero Roulette

Quote: Evenbob

I see somebody from this forum posted on WoV that I don't play roulette anymore. Nothing could be further from the truth. Could somebody please correct what they said about me on the other form?

Done.

see: https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/info/rules/36559-buh-bye/8/#post829243

Quote: Evenbob

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I'm not a huge fan of Evolution Gaming but Playtech will be offering a live roulette soon also.

If I was African American I would be offended by that advertisement for Evolution.
Go to the online casino in Michigan which is in Detroit, see if you can find one
dealer who looks anything like this woman. I think I've seen one non African
American woman since I started playing. Like I said, it's Detroit. Yet as I recall if you
go to the three brick-and-mortar casinos in Detroit there are hardly any
African-American dealers. They are predominantly white. But I haven't been there
in 10 years maybe it's changed.

Quote: Evenbob

Soaring Eagle in mid MI has two double zero
roulette tables and two single zero. $5 mins
on all of them. The single zero has the en prison
rule on the outside bets.

I don't go very often because it's too far away.
I was there over the weekend and found the
double zero tables just as busy as the single.
To us, that's insanity, but not to your average
low info gambler.

The reasons I heard were: Green is the casino
number and it comes up more often if there
are 2 of them. Or, I lose every time I play one
of those 'weird' tables. Or, it just doesn't feel
right to have only one zero. Or, and this was
a big one, I just don't trust them, the numbers
that come up don't feel right.

And we wonder how casinos make money.
Most players are morons.

I know in some Double Zero Roulette tables have a rule where you only lose half of your bet if a zero hits (if betting outside, so if you are betting Red 50, and a zero hits they only take 25), which I have been told is actually better than a single zero roulette table with no such rule (which I think is the en prison rule you mention if I recall correctly, I may be getting the name mixed up).

So I imagine there are scenarios where playing double zeros make sense (in the sense of a lower house edge for outside bets).

Actually, I just googled it and it took me to the WOO page on roulette : "Atlantic City Rules
In Atlantic City, any all even money bets (red, black,odd, even, 1-18, 19-36) follow a variation of the European half-back rule (see below). If the ball lands in 0 or 00, then 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. " (I guess its for even money bets only not all outside bets, and it still does seem to make HE slightly lower than a single zero wheel with no additional rules, at least if those are the only bets you make).
https://wizardofodds.com/games/roulette/basics/

I don't play a ton of roulette so I don't know how common this rule is outside of AC (in fact I think the only place I have played roulette has been AC). But, if there are other cities with this rule (or casinos that have it), it seems like a logical reason to prefer double zero roulette, especially if you stick with red or black.

I have only seen En-Prison on single zero roulette tables.