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History of Roulette
Roulette is considered to be a very popular casino game all over the world. Its presence is constant across borders as one can play roulette whether in Las Vegas or in many areas in Europe.
The game is very simple and easy to understand and to be liked by anyone across varied social standings, age and even across gender. Knowing a little about the history of roulette is a good way to start learning and enjoying the game.
With the advent of online casinos one can enjoy the pleasure of being able to play casino games in the comfort of their very own homes. Even in this virtual location, roulette is one of the crowd’s favorites. The simple rules and mechanics paired off with the chances of getting a shot at a winning streak or two are exciting additions to the whole package.
Blaise Pascal, who has been known to us as one of the best mathematicians and scientists of all time, was actually one of the first proponents of the roulette tables that are scattered in all the casino locations we can get to. In his then ultimate source of the machine of perpetual motion, he accidentally presented a variation of the present casino roulette.
The history of roulette goes back a long way indeed. The way it is presently being played is how it has been played ever since 1796 in Paris, France. A description of the roulette wheel includes that of the house pockets and the layout.
The description can be found in a book that was published in 1801. When the regulations for New France or Quebec were published, there was a reference to roulette where it was banned along with the games of dice, faro and hoca.
In the German town of Homburg, two Frenchmen set up a single 0 style of roulette wheel game in 1843. This was a unique feature to compete with the traditional wheels of single and double zero house pockets that were offered by the other casinos in the area.
The earlier forms of American roulette showcased numbers 1 to 28 along with a single and double zero as well as an American eagle. If the ball landed on any of the zeros or the eagle the banker swept everything off the table.
Due to cheating in the earlier years of the roulette wheels in the United States, the wheel was designed to be on top of a table in order to keep it away from having certain devices placed in the table or the wheel. The whole layout was simplified in the long run. This marked the beginning of the American version of roulette.
The history of roulette is far from being all-American considering how its humble beginnings are rooted in the annals of the French lifestyle. However, more and more casinos and roulette wheels are being set up all over America that it might not be so hard for most people to think that the roulette game actually started as an American game.
A Roulette System That Works (Page 1 of 2)
I saw a roulette system advertised on television one night. What a joke! It was nothing more than a money management system. It isn’t a bad idea to manage your bets and your bankroll when you gamble, but if that is all you are doing, you just slow your losses or rearrange them. After ten years working in a casino and running a roulette table, I can tell you that money management systems do not make you a profit in the long run.
There is a roulette system that works, however. It takes some careful planning and a fair amount of work. In fact, you may have to spend days or even weeks tediously “charting” roulette wheels, which means writing down the numbers that come up on each spin.
This work is boring, which explains why not many people are willing to use this system. That’s a good thing, by the way. Any system that is is too easy will be over-used, and so stopped by the casinos. For example, while working at a casino, I watched a man make $80,000 over a period of months using this simple system, and management didn’t seem to care. Laziness, I guess, or they were making enough money on the other players to lose a few thousand back to this man every month.
On the other hand, after I quit my job and came in to gamble, the wheels were repaired and re-calibrated to eliminate any bias. More than one regular winner apparently would have been too much for them. You can see why systems which are more difficult and therefore less-used can work for a longer time, and why you should keep a low profile and not tell others what you are doing.
A Better Roulette System
Here is the system: Write down the results of 5,000 spins. See if there are any numbers that came up more than 151 times. If so, start betting on that number every spin. If not, try another wheel. That’s pretty much the whole plan.
Here is why it works. Roulette wheels sometimes have biases, meaning a number or numbers come up more often that they should by chance. Sometimes a number is spun frequently enough to make money. If 18 is showing up one in 30 spins, for example, and you bet $10 on it each time, you get paid 35 to one when it hits, plus you keep your $10 bet.
You would win $350 once for every 30 spins, on average, and lose $290 on the other 29 $10-bets. This would result in a profit of $60 for every 30 spins, or about $80-per-hour on a “fast” table (40 spins per hour). It is boring betting the same number every time, and a good “average” doesn’t mean you won’t have nights where you lose hundreds of dollars. I saw that gentleman who won $80,000 lose $500 some nights, but he stuck with it and made his money.
It is important that the bias is great enough. This particular player would play number only if it was coming up 1-in-33 spins or more often (151 out of 5,000 spins). His best number on one wheel came up once in every 29 spins, making him as much as $100 per hour for his time, depending on the pace of the game each night (with a $10 bet each time).