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The History of Roulette |
Friday, 07 March 2008
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The first roulette wheel was devised by accident by the
mathematician Blaise Pascal. He was
trying to devise a perpetual motion device, and when one of his friends saw the
machine in motion, he commented that it would make an interesting gambling
game.
Roulette became very popular in France during the 18th century, and spread throughout Europe quite quickly. The layout for the European version of the game has remained unchanged since it's invention. The rules, and layout, are slightly different in the American version, although the overall idea of the game remains the same. There is a legend which says that roulette was actually created by Francoise Blanc - the founder of the first casino in Monte Carlo. The story goes that he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the rules to roulette - and it is for this reason that the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666. This story is unsubstantiated, but Blanc was responsible for making an important change to the roulette wheel. He added the number ‘0' - which increased the house odds. When Roulette reached American shores, casino owners took the ‘0' idea a step further, and added ‘00' - increasing house odds even further. Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
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