European roulette:

Roulette is a desktop gambling and played by people of all ages. It is distinguished French, American and European roulette. The French roulette is the ancestor, the American and the European - modern variants.
The European roulette, unlike American, is closer to the French variant because in it, the same numbers sequence on the roulette’s wheel is used, namely: 0, 32, 15, 19, 4, 21, 2, 25, 17, 34, 6, 27, 13, 36, 11, 30, 8, 23, 10, 5, 24, 16, 33, 1, 20, 14, 31, 9, 22, 18, 29, 7, 28, 12, 35, 3, 26, but, in the European roulette, unlike the French “00” is absent, that is a double zero. This feature of the European variant of game improves the winning chances of all players (advantage of the casino in the European roulette makes only 2.63 %, instead of 5.26 %) and as a result increases the desire to play; for this reason the European roulette is more popular, than French one.
The inventor of the European roulette is considered to be a businessman named François Blank who actually has altered the French roulette only a little bit - he cleaned the number 00, but this small improvement has played decisive role, and the roulette became unbelievably popular. The roulette gambling establishment opened by François Blank and his twin-brother Luis Blank brought them enormous incomes, and the game became the best way to remove the stress for men, and also good entertainment for bored ladies, so it turned very popular for both, men and women.
However, some legends are connected with the European roulette. For example, there’s a legend that says that François Blank did not invent the roulette at all, but sold his soul to the devil for his secret. This legend is based on the sum of all roulette numbers which makes 666, that is the devil’s sign, besides the addiction for the roulette and other gambling has ruined many people. However, very few people believe those legends nowadays.
Naturally, European roulette is more widespread in European countries, but with the uprising of the Internet network and as its consequence the internet casino, players of all around the world had an opportunity to play any kind of roulette.