Roulette is French for ?little wheel? and the first roulette tips can probably be traced back to its inception in France in 1796. When roulette was introduced to the United States in the 1800s casinos in this country were not happy with the relatively small advantage to the house that the game offered. So to increase the house odds American casinos added another pocket to the wheel ? the double 0 ? and the game was transformed into one with some of the biggest advantages for the house.

Although many casino games carry their own legends and rumors, roulette is one of the few with a link to the devil since the sum of all the numbers on the wheel ? from 1 through 36 ? adds up to 666, also known as the ?number of the beast?.

While players are always interested in tips for roulette the fact is that there are really no ways to improve your odds or increase your chances of winning. Most gambling strategies rely on an ability to forecast future events based on past events. In blackjack, for instance, if you know that all of the face cards have already been dealt from the deck you can assume that no other face cards will be coming and bet accordingly.

In roulette, every spin of the wheel is a new independent event and nothing that has happened in the past can predict what might happen on that next spin. So following most roulette tips, such as keeping track of what numbers or colors have hit recently, may be an amusing way to pass some time, is of no help in predicting the best bet to make.

The most useful roulette tips, then, are focused on ways to manage your money. In a live casino this is a slow moving game so it's easy to spend a long period of time without losing money quickly. Online roulette is, of course, a much faster paced game so the money can dwindle away faster. In either case determine your bankroll, the amount you're willing to lose during your gambling time, and stop when you reach that amount. With your bankroll established, determine a Standard Betting Unit that should ideally be about 5% to10% of the bankroll and use that amount as your betting limit on each spin unless you are using a stepped-increase betting strategy.

While the house has an advantage of 5.26% on virtually every bet on the table, certain wagers are more likely to win on each spin. Bets on odd, even, black, red, 1 to 18 and 19 to 36 will hit just over 47% of the time. So one of the roulette tips that will help you maintain your bankroll for a longer period of time is to concentrate your betting on these higher percentage wagers.

And if you must have roulette tips for developing a betting strategy, try using a Positive Progression system on these high probability wagers. Place your standard betting unit on one high probability bet and if you win take 50% of the winnings off of the table and add the rest to your last bet for the following roll. If you win again, pull just 50% of the winnings off the table again and add the rest to your bet on the next spin. Keep doing this until you lose and then go back to a single betting unit on the next roll and start the system all over.

But the most powerful of all the roulette tips you may receive is to avoid the American form of the game and find a European version instead. The European table has just one 0 instead of two so the house advantage is much lower at 2.70%. While these tables are hard to find in live casinos in North America, many online sites do offer this attractive option. Your money will last much longer here and your opportunity for hitting a big payout is better.