Roulette is a classic – that much is an indisputable fact. First introduced in the 18th century in France, the game quickly spread across the world, though while very minor changes have been made to it, especially early on in its life, its core and essential rules have always remained the same. You bet on a number, then you spin the wheel and see if you get lucky! While the good old classic roulette works for most people, the modern, 21st century, easily distracted and Internet-obsessed individual requires something a bit more different. I mean, the modern casino player is the kind of person who demands hundreds of different slots, because just a handful are apparently not enough for our modern, hard-to-entertain minds. But it’s easy to make slots, since there’s plenty of stuff you can change, even within the strict confines of what can legally be defined as a slot. But when it comes to roulette, the limitations suddenly become near insurmountable.
That’s really the reason why you don’t see a billion versions of roulette – when people go online to play that game, they expect a very particular set of rules and circumstances, which is why developers can’t afford to mess around with the formula too much. As a result, only a few variations of roulette exist, the most famous of which being “Deal or No Deal Roulette”, based on the world-famous TV show titled, you guessed it, “Deal or No Deal” (which is an oddly uncreative title when I think about it, even for game show standards). In the show, contestants get to pick a box out of a set number (usually 22) and then open some of the boxes they didn’t pick. Each box contains sums of money, and the goal of the contestant is to open the boxes containing the small sums, thus increasing the probability of one of the big sums being in his own box. From time to time, the contestant will receive calls from the Banker who will offer them a deal – to sell the box they have with them, and the prize lying within (a prize they don’t know) in exchange for a cash sum (usually the average of all unopened boxes, so the better the player is doing, the higher the Banker’s deal is – but the moment they screw up and start eliminating the bigger sums, the offer plummets). The contestant gets the offer numerous times throughout their game, and their choice is whether to keep playing and eventually open the box they picked or give it up in exchange for the certainty of the cash offer.
“Deal or No Deal Roulette”, which is playable in most online roulette sites listed here, operates on pretty much the exact same rules. While during most of the game you play normal roulette, with all of its normal rules and regulations, there’s a second wheel which gives you the chance to enter the “Deal or No Deal” round in which you literally play the same game as shown on TV. While this bonus round is rather rare, it does give you the chance to earn some free cash without really risking much. So to answer the titular question, yes, “Deal or No Deal Roulette” does, in fact, increase your odds. While you probably won’t activate the round the first or even the second time you play (I know I didn’t), keep at it and soon enough you’ll get a shot at those big, red boxes!
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