Added: August 11, 2016
Some online casino players wager in a leisurely manner. For others speed is the need. To cater to the second category of players, online casino software providers introduced multi-hand games. There are video poker games in which 100 hands can be played in a single bet. Multi-hand table games based on cards, like blackjack and Caribbean Stud Poker, are common. Microgaming introduced this concept in online pokies with its mega spin slot games. This article discusses multi wheel roulette.
In Microgaming Multi Wheel Roulette the bottom half of the screen displays the roulette layout. The top half of the screen has eight roulette wheels in a four by two configuration. The wheels can be individually enabled or disabled by clicking on them. In this manner you can play any spin with up to eight roulette wheels active. You begin by placing the bets on the roulette layout in the usual manner. The same bets will apply to all the active roulette wheels. The total amount deducted from your balance is the bet on the layout multiplied by the number of wheels that you have activated.
All active wheels are spun simultaneously by clicking the spin button. In each wheel the ball can settle on a different number. Markers bearing the different numbers are placed on the layout. All bets covering these numbers are paid out as per the standard roulette payouts. For example, if you bet AU$1 on red in the layout and have activated all eight wheels, then your total commitment is AU$8. Suppose a red number is called in five of the wheels and a black number in three of them. You will be paid even money and returned your original stake for the five winning bets, which is AU$10. So you win AU$2 in total on the spin.
It is also important to discuss the pros and cons of Microgaming Multi Wheel Roulette, focusing on the multi play aspect. A spin of the roulette wheel would take on an average 30 seconds to complete. Therefore, it would require 50 minutes to go through 100 spins. If you activate five roulette wheels in this online roulette variant, you will effectively complete 100 spins in one fifth the time, or 10 minutes. You save 40 minutes of your valuable time. There has to be a flip side. The same bet selection would apply for “five spins” in the above example and could be changed only after that. Multi Wheel Roulette can be played at Microgaming online casinos like Casino Mate, Royal Vegas and Spin Palace.