Roulette has always attracted risk lovers. After the educational articles, we will focus on a more relaxed topic - interesting and fun facts about roulette.

a) Perpetual motion machine – Roulette was invented by the genius Blaise Pascal around 1645. He invented it by accident. His goal was to create a machine capable of perpetual motion. In other words, Pascal was trying to create a machine that could power itself indefinitely. He failed at that… so he decided to at least work on the concept of roulette.

b) Devil's Game – If you add up all the numbers on the roulette wheel, you get the sum of 666. This is why roulette is often called the "devil's game." Since the game is based more on luck than strategy, you certainly have to tell yourself that in the event of a bad streak, hell itself is conspiring against you.

c) King of the casino – But roulette also enjoys a more noble name. It is nicknamed “king of the casino.” The reason was (and is) its great popularity not only among the European aristocracy. Especially in Monte Carlo.

d) Big Wins – There is a song called “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo”. This song is based on a true story – engineer Joseph Jagger actually broke the bank in Monte Carlo after noticing that one roulette wheel was unbalanced, causing certain numbers to come up more often than others. In 1873, he made a huge amount of money. We will discuss the story of Joseph Jagger in one of our articles.

e) All or Nothing – In 2004, Ashley Revell decided to sell all his assets and bet the proceeds ($135,300) on a single spin of roulette. He originally wanted to bet on black, but at the last minute, he changed his mind and bet everything on red. Thanks to this, he won $270,600. We will discuss Ashley Revell’s story again in a separate article.

f) One zero or two zeros? – The original roulette had two zeros. It was only later that roulette was divided into French Roulette (one zero) and American Roulette (two zeros).

g) The casino advantage is not the same – In French roulette, the casino has a mathematical advantage of 2.7 %. In the case of American roulette, the advantage is significantly higher – a full 5.26 %.

h) No food and drink – Unlike many casino games, consuming food and drink is considered rude in roulette. Roulette is the only casino game where tipping the dealer is practically a given.