'Tis true about the roulette wheel design, joe. Seems the American gambling houses were not content with their 1 in 37 edge and decided to go for 2 in 38. I have read somewhere that many experienced European gamblers refuse to bet with these odds, and someone told me that there are a few private areas where sufficiently high rollers in Vegas can be found playing on a wheel with only the one green zero, but that these are never seen by hoi polloi. Don't know if it's true.

TEd