After analyzing thousands of games, he managed to find that the roulette was actually tilted and the ball fell to the selected places more often than the probability indicated. Jagger decided to test his theory and went to the famous Monte Carlo, where he studied the local roulette table for over a month. Let us not forget that at that time, production was not nearly as perfect as it is today. But then he thought that some roulette wheels might be slightly deflected off the axis and leaning sideways. Until 1871, there was certainly nothing special about him. Joseph Jagger was a British textile businessman. The Man who Broke the Bank in Monte Carlo It is Martingale that could be considered as a forerunner of attempts to defeat roulette.
At the same time, the first roulette betting system - Martingale - was created. Pascal himself is also the father of the theory of probability, which he defined when he tried to help a gambler beat a game similar to today's dice.Įither way, the first mention of roulette comes from the 17th century. If it is true, it is not yet known, but it is a nice story. According to some sources, it was created by well-known mathematician Blais Pascal, who tried to invent the Perpetuum Mobile device. Roulette is one of the most popular gambling games of today and history.
