From Egypt to Free Online Casinos - The Evolution of Roulette
By: GREG LARRALDE

The history of free online Roulette started centuries ago, but the game has continuously developed to remain an undoubted favorite of gamblers around the world

If you log on to redloungecasino.com, one of the most popular free online casinos in the UK, you will find some of the best games of free online Roulette available on the web. The beautifully designed Single Zero Roulette has a very favorable La Partage rule, allowing players to receive half of their bet back when the outcome is zero on any even-money bet. And the unique Bonus Roulette has a special feature which pays out every time the Roulette ball lands on five consecutive Reds, whether or not the player has bet on Red.

All this is a far cry from the origins of Roulette, whose origins can be traced back to the distant past, long before free online games were even conceived.

Although Roulette was first recorded as being played in the 17th century, its history can be traced back to the Ancient Egyptians, who decorated a sphere with different symbols and would then spin it. The game as we roughly know it today emerged in France in the 17th century; there are two main theories as to its exact origins. According to the first theory, Roulette was brought to France by Dominican monks from China; the second theory claims that the game was invented by Blaise Pascal, the famous French 17th century mathematician.

Initially, the Roulette wheel did not contain any zeroes. The zero was introduced to the game in 1842 by the French brothers Francois and Louis Blanc who wanted to create a more winnable game. When Roulette was later brought to America by French colonists, it quickly spread around the country. It was there that the double zero was introduced, and this is how the names “European” and “American” Roulette were derived from the game versions with single and double zero respectively.

Free online Roulette did not emerge until the first online casino was established in the mid-1990s. Casino gamblers were at first reluctant to embrace the new medium, because of fears about its security and legitimacy. But these fears were soon mitigated by the rapid development of online banking and secure payment systems. Now online casinos such as Red Lounge Casino provide excellent software and unique bonus features that match and even improve upon their land-based counterparts in important respects.

The History of Online Casino Games

Most people don’t realize what an impact some of the modern day card and board games had on history and society. The secrecy of Mah-jong Solitaire in the Ming Dynasty, Gin Rummy in the saloons of the old West and traces of Backgammon in ancient Mesopotamia are only a few of the countless parallels between modern casino games and the favorites of generations throughout history. r Games have evolved from the palaces and prisons around the world, and found themselves online. Mah-jongr. . .

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