American Rouletteby IGT Interactive

It is said that the only bad bet in roulette is to choose the American version of the game as the addition of the 00 space doubles the house edge. With American roulette there is indeed another bad bet that can't be placed on a French or European roulette game. It's called the Top Line or Five Number bet and see the placement of chips on 0, 00, 1, 2, and 3. The pays back 6:1 but the odds are 6.6:1 for an expected loss of −$0.079 on a $1 bet.

Players will still place this bet and some will even bet on all the possible splits and corner bets as a once off strategy to get back into the game and resume a sane betting method.