History
Ten question bout weh di wheel come fram an who try fi beat it, pick out fram a pool a fifteen. Easier dan di odds quiz an betta fi party.
Pascal, Lablée, di Blanc dem, Jagger, Wells, Pearson, Dostoevsky, Thorp, di Eudaemons, García-Pelayo an di 26 blackbet demBlackEven-money bet pon di 18 black numba. Inna French: noir.Read di whole ting → inna a row. Multiple choice, dem shuffle evry time, wid link to di History an Lab page dem fi anyting yuh miss.
Score
10: yuh read di History & Culture section two time.
8–9: yuh read nuff.
5–7: yuh know di story dem; di date dem deh pon di timeline page.
Unda 5: di page “Di history a roulette” a ten minute fi fix it.
Pascal spinnin wheel.
D’Alembert fallacy inna di Encyclopédie.
Paris; Lablée.
Homburg; di Blanc dem; single zero.
Monte Carlo.
Dostoevsky book The Gambler.
Jagger.
Wells.
Pearson.
26 black inna a row.
Halmos proof: nuh system cyaan win.
Thorp an Shannon.
Di Eudaemons.
García-Pelayo.
Triple zero.
Question dem
Cause di history a system dem a one ansa: none a dem neva work. Look pon “Di history a roulette system dem”.
No. It deh pon di superstition page, an di page seh plain seh a jus a story.
Sumting fi laugh
Fifteen date, a dozen people, one wheel.
Source dem
- Schwartz, D. G. Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.