Roulette is a casino game developed in France in the 18th-century, with a name derived from the French word for ‘little wheel’. The spinning game has witnessed a whirlwind of technological advances throughout the decades that followed. However in the past ten years, advancements to the game have transformed it completely.
Once upon a time, you would have to put on your best clothes and travel to the nearest casino to have a flutter on the spinning-wheel. Now, players can take a spin sitting on the bus, the sofa or even in the bath, all thanks to technology.
In this article we look at the advancement of online roulette and how it has changed the consumer’s experience.
Where did it all start?
Blaise Pascal was the man credited with the creation of roulette in 18th-century France, which was originally an incredibly basic game based on the fall of a ball in a spinning wheel. Since then several controversies have prompted technological advancements to litigate against the manipulation of outcomes.
Moving into the future
Firstly, machines were introduced to casinos, enabling those in the casino to play roulette, without having to deal with the overcrowding of the traditional tables. This enabled casino to increase the amount they were earning at any point. The popularity of gambling away from the public eye was clear for all to see. So, with the advent of the internet came the creation of online casinos, several companies noticed the potential of the World Wide Web and developed software for punters to gamble from their own homes.
Initially online roulette was a two-dimensional game that mimicked the chance of physical roulette by using a random number generator. However, technology soon moved on and left this primitive style of play in the past.
Digital displays were introduced, allowing customers to track their bets and develop roulette strategies to give them the best possible chance of winning. Then betting companies ditched random number generators and 2-d screens for a new technology, live streaming.
Strategies like the Martingale are now common place in place in online roulette. The concept of this is to double your bet after you lose, meaning eventually you win and end up with profit. Many online sites implement a maximum stake to guard against this, meaning the player can end up out of pocket if they hit a bad run.
Live-streaming added a whole new level to online roulette. Customers were suddenly thrust into the physical world of roulette gambling from the comfort of their own homes.
They were afforded the opportunity to interact with the dealer and other customers through live streaming technology. This advancement invigorated the online gambling market, with the gross gambling yield of the UK reaching £15 billion recently, with a third of that coming from the online sector.
What’s next?
Without trying to sound like Nostradamus, the future of online roulette clearly lies in virtual reality. VR was once seen as a mythical creation of sci-fi, but thanks to pioneering work by PlayStation, Xbox and Google Virtual Reality has become an, erm, reality.
Companies are currently investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in bringing the technology to their online casinos. In the future, roulette players will be able to put on a VR headset at home and gain that unique casino feel at the very same time.
Players will be able to move around the table, interact with the dealer and chat with fellow players whilst having a flutter. If Blaise Pascal were to return to the mortal world, he would barely be able to recognise roulette as the simple game he invented almost 400 years ago in France.
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