Roulette Fun Anecdotes
Did You Know?
The roulette wheel has also been known as the devil's wheel because all its numbers add up to 666, the Biblical Number of the Beast.
The Risk of a Lifetime
Gamblers are still making history. Just in 2004, 32 year-old Ashley Revell of London sold everything he owned - clothing included - and took his $135,300 to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, where he bet it all on a single spin of the wheel. Placing his life on Red, the croupier spun the wheel, and the crowd watched on as the ball finally stopped on Red 7. Revell walked away with $270,600 - and the story of a lifetime.
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Gambling in the 21st Century
Also in 2004, a group of three gamblers were arrested after having won £1.3 million at the Ritz in London. The group was alleged to have been using a device implanted in a mobile phone that scanned the speed of the roulette ball as the croupier dropped it, transmitted the information to a microcomputer that calculated the range of slots in which the ball would land based on the declining orbit of the wheel, and then flashed back its data to the screen of the phone just before betting was closed. The group reduced their odds from 37:1 to 6:1, and placed straight bets on the six numbers where the ball would land. With 35:1 payoffs on a straight bet, it's no wonder that the group was able to make such a killing in only two nights. But security cameras revealed suspicious footage, and the group was seized by the police for investigation. After their case was scrutinized by officials, it was concluded that the group had not broken any law because their device did not interfere with any aspect of the game - and the group was allowed to keep their winnings.
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