Is online roulette rigged? That is a common question that circulates the online roulette forums. Most casino gamblers enjoy roulette but it can be a nuisance travelling to a traditional casino so online roulette has become extremely popular.

So online roulette is very realistic – but everyone knows that it is just a computer program. Therefore, many people criticise it for being unfairly programmed to make them lose.

Whether or not this case no one except the casino programmers can know for sure. The good news though is that you can now play roulette online on a real roulette wheel via a webcam.

The concept is simple – bets are placed on a virtual roulette wheel just as with random number generator online roulette, then you watch the real wheel, via the webcam, as it spins.

This is a great idea for someone who doesn’t trust an online roulette wheel, but inevitably there are some bad points. The main one is that the speed of play is obviously the same as in a real casino – this is very slow and whereas in a casino you will be having a drink with friends, at home you will be most likely on your own and very annoyed.

The slowness is down to there being several players all at one time, so over a minute goes by to allow everyone to place a bet in time.

Extreme boredom can result from this. At a real casino, you are too busy enjoying yourself to notice how long it is taking, but online you are forced to sit and watch the counter go to zero then the spin, which gets tedious after a while.

Overall I think I would stick to regular online roulette. The sheer slowness of game play with live dealer roulette defiantly let’s down the experience. Nobody can know for sure whether or not online roulette is rigged but from my personal experience I can say that it isn’t.