History
Ten questions on where di wheel come from and who try beat am, from pool of fifteen. E easy pass di odds quiz and e better for party.
Pascal, Lablée, di Blancs, Jagger, Wells, Pearson, Dostoevsky, Thorp, di Eudaemons, García-Pelayo and di 26 blacksbetBlackEven-money bet for di 18 black numbers. For French: noir.Read di whole tin →. Multiple choice, dem dey shuffle am every time, with links to di History and Lab pages for anytin wey you miss.
How we dey score
10: you don read di History & Culture section two times.
8–9: you don read well well.
5–7: you sabi di stories; di dates dey for di timeline page.
Under 5: di page Di History of Roulette go fix am inside ten minutes.
Di spinning wheel of Pascal.
Di fallacy of D’Alembert for di Encyclopédie.
Paris; Lablée.
Homburg; di Blancs; single zero.
Monte Carlo.
The Gambler of Dostoevsky.
Jagger.
Wells.
Pearson.
26 blacks.
Di proof of Halmos: no system dey win.
Thorp and Shannon.
Di Eudaemons.
García-Pelayo.
Triple zero.
Questions wey pipo dey ask
Becos di history of systems na one answer: no one work. Check Di History of Roulette Systems.
No. E dey for di superstitions page, with warning sey na story.
Small laugh
Fifteen dates, twelve pipo, one wheel.
Sources
- Schwartz, D. G. Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.