Originally Posted by Lodar
Actually you're wrong. There is one, and only one effective strategy to playing roulette. You have to bet all your money on one color on the first go. Like other says, it doesn't matter if 5000 reds were just rolled, they chance that the next roll is red is the exact same.
Oh and btw, roulette is never 50/50. You have to take into account the 0 and 00 greens.
House Advantages
Game Bet/Rules House Edge
Baccarat Banker 1.17%
Baccarat Player 1.36%
Baccarat Tie (pays 8:1) 14.12%
Big Six $1 11.11%
Big Six $2 16.67%
Big Six $5 22.22%
Big Six $10 18.52%
Big Six $20 22.22%
Big Six Joker/Logo 24.07%
Blackjack Single Deck 0.20%
Blackjack Double Deck 0.35%
Blackjack Four Decks 0.51%
Blackjack Six Decks 0.60%
Blackjack Eight Decks 0.63%
Caribbean Stud Poker 5.22%
Craps Pass/Come 1.41%
Craps Don't Pass/Don't Come 1.40%
Craps Pass + 1X Odds 0.85%
Craps Pass + 2X Odds 0.61%
Craps Pass + 5X Odds 0.32%
Craps Pass + 10X Odds 0.18%
Craps Pass + 100X Odds 0.02%
Craps Field (2:1 on 12) 5.56%
Craps Field (3:1 on 12) 2.78%
Craps Any craps 11.11%
Craps Big 6,8 9.09%
Craps Hard 4,10 11.11%
Craps Hard 6,8 9.09%
Craps Place (to win) 6,8 1.52%
Craps Place (to win) 5,9 4.00%
Craps Place (to win) 4,10 6.67%
Craps Place (to lose) 6,8 1.82%
Craps Place (to lose) 5,9 2.50%
Craps Place (to lose) 4,10 3.03%
Craps Proposition 2,12 13.89%
Craps Proposition 3,11 11.11%
Craps Proposition 7 16.67%
Double Down Stud 2.67%
Keno 25%-29%
Let it Ride 3.51%
Pai Gow Poker 2.50%
Red Dog Six decks 2.69%
Roulette (Single Zero) 2.70%
Roulette (Double Zero) 5.26%
Sic-Bo 2.78%-47.22%
Slot Machines $.05 15.20%
Slot Machines $.25 10.20%
Slot Machines $.50 9.10%
Slot Machines $1 8.10%
Slot Machines $5 5.50%
Slot Machines $25 5.30%
Slot Machines $100 3.90%
Spanish 21 0.82%
Three Card Poker Pair Plus 2.32%
Three Card Poker Ante & Play 1.46%
Video Poker 5/6/800 5.00%
Video Poker 6/9/800 0.46%
Video Poker 6/9/1000 -0.07%
War Go to war on Ties 2.88%
War Surrender on Ties 3.70%
War Bet on Ties 18.65%