There are three distinct kinds of roulette games available online. Each have their own unique characteristics, benefits, and drawbacks. Here we take a look at each so you can quickly find the style that suits you best. Downloadable roulette games

There exists a small selection of downloadable roulette games which are not playable for real money. These games allow you to play on your home computer for fun and entertainment, and may offer helpful things such as bankroll tracking across sessions. You'll probably want one of these if you don't spend much time online and wish to be able to play roulette on your computer without being on the Internet. In browser roulette games

Fast becoming the most common type around, in-browser roulette games are ones which you access via a web page, and are played while you are online. They often require a browser plug-in, such as shockwave or flash. The range in quality on these types of games is rather broad. You will likely come across some which don't even follow the game rules properly. Others include bonus features such as bankroll tracking and chat. Roulette-Info.net features a game with a bankroll that lasts from session to session, and built in chat so you can discuss your strategies with fellow players. Real money roulette games

The phenomenon of Internet gaming is not slowing down any time soon, and real money roulette games are available from a variety of operators. Real money games are often accompanied by a free-play version, similar to the downloadable roulette games mentioned earlier. Bankrolls are acquired either through standard credit card transactions, or through third party banking operations such as Paypal, Firepay, or Western Union.

As per normal poker rules - playing and betting proceeds in a clockwise direction.

All Players must first ante before they receive their initial cards, except the $0.50/$1 game which has no ante.

There are four betting rounds in a complete game of Five-Card Stud, not including the ante.

On the first round of betting, the Player with the lowest value door card "brings-in" and starts the betting - equal to at least half the minimum bet for the game. In proceeding rounds, the Player with the highest hand initiates the betting. If hands tie, the Player to the left of the dealer acts first.

Betting increments in the game determine the bets. In a game of $2 and $4 betting increments, the first two rounds of betting and raising are set at the lower level of $2, the other three rounds of betting and raising are set at the higher level of $4.

The maximum allowable number of bets per Player during any betting round is four. This includes a (1) bet, (2) raise, (3) re-raise, and (4) cap. The term cap is used to describe the 3rd raise in a round since betting is then capped and can't be raised further. Once capped, Players will have only the option of calling or folding.

In betting rounds where Players have folded, the first active Player left of the Disc/Dealer is first to act.