Monte Carlo - Casino - Roulette Salon Prior to 1898. And a Remarkable Outcome.

            The Stereo Card

A stereo view card that was published in 1898 by Underwood & Underwood, Publishers, of New York, London, Toronto - Canada and Ottawa - Kansas. Works and Studios in Arlington, N.J. and Westwood, N.J.

On the back of the card the publishers have printed:

"That circular cavity in the centre of the table is divided
into 38 compartments, half of them colored red, and the 
others black. They are numbered from 1 to 36 inclusive,
with the addition of 0 and 00.
The bottom of the cavity is movable and the banker sets
it whirling by means of that handle rising from the center.
He drops a small ivory ball into the moving space and
when the movement stops  the ball comes to rest
somewhere within the space.
The players make their bets on the number of the
compartment where the ball will stop.
No single stake can be less than one dollar and no more
than twelve hundred dollars.
A player who has his bet on the winning number takes
from the bank 36 times his stake.
A player may bet on two numbers with odds of 1 to 17;
on three numbers with odds of 1 to 11; on twelve numbers
with odds of 1 to 2.
Again, a player may stake his money (with even odds)
on the chance that the ball will rest on (1) an odd number;
(2) an even number; (3) a red space; (4) a black space;
(5) some number less than 19; (6) some number more
than 18.
In such cases, the rules of the game make 0 count as
odd, red, and less than 19, while 00 counts as even,
black, and more than 18. But if a player's winning bet
applies to either the 0 or the 00 he loses half his stake
to the bank instead of receiving it double.
Those long-handled rakes are used to collect the stakes
from the ends of the table.
The bank wins often enough to pay the Prince of Monaco
$250,000 yearly, pay all the bills of the principality, and
make 45 per cent net profits!
(From Notes of Travel No. 36, by Underwood & Underwood.)"

A Remarkable Run at the Roulette Table

In fact the Monte Carlo roulette wheel has only 37 compartments, not 38, which is the number of compartments on an American roulette wheel. This suggests that the above description relates to American rules rather than those used in Monaco.

On the 18th. August 1913, at the roulette wheel of the Casino in Monte Carlo, the colour black came up 26 times in a row. The likelihood of this happening is 136,823,184 to 1.

After the wheel stopped at black 10 straight times, casino patrons began to bet large sums of money on red, believing that black could not possibly come up again. The sums increased even more as the run of black continued.

However the odds of red or black coming up on any individual spin are always 18 out of 37. The casino made several million francs on that night.

   

Taken on: June 9, 2024

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