The History Of The World’s Oldest Roulette Table

Did you know that the first tale of a “roulette table” dates all the way back to the ancient Romans? It has been said that Romans used chariot wheels to spin during games of chance. However, it is a legend that has been told through generations and is likely to have been exaggerated. It is nonetheless a plausible story fit nicely with the extraordinary creation of the roulette game. Today technology has provided us with a way more controlled approach to the chance game, and that is part of what we see in today’s casinos.

Pushing forward to today’s day and age, we have taken the ancient game and put it on the Internet. Services such as Roulette Geeks offer a one of a kind experience that you can only get from playing roulette from the comfort of your home. The digital age has provided us with a convenience that we have never seen before, and online gambling is no exception. It has given us a way to present entertainment in a form that we have never seen before, and it has sparked new interest in gambling.

If we take a look at the documented creation of the roulette game, we find that a French mathematician and scientist named Blaise Pascal invented the original roulette game back in 1657. Mr. Pascal supposedly created the game while at a Parisian casino retreat.

However, the game that most resemble the roulette table that we see in casinos today first appeared in Great Britain back in 1720. It was called Roly-Poly back then, but it was later banned by The Gaming Acts of 1739 and 1740. It was considered too complex and didn’t properly implement the random outcomes that we see today.

The Master of Ceremonies at Bath, Beau Nash, circumvented the laws by inventing a simplified version of the game that they called “EO” or “Even-Odd.” However, once again, the game was quickly discovered and banned as well in 1745.

It wasn’t until the late 1700s that the game appeared again in a version that almost looks like the roulette table that we see today. It popped up in its country of origin, France, and had the red and black numbers along with the zeroes, both the single and double zeroes. Even though the game was a great success, gambling was later declared illegal in France and many casino owners moved to other countries where it was not.

One such country was Germany, to which two brothers named Francois and Louis Blanc moved and established their version of the game. Their version only contained one zero which was a huge success due to the reduction of the house advantage. Eventually, Germany followed suit and also made gambling illegal which forced Francois Blanc to move to Monaco where he founded the legendary Monte Carlo Casino for the small price of 2 million francs.

Since then the game (containing the two zeroes) has been brought to America by the French and is now referred to as the “American Wheel”. In Europe, the roulette table containing one zero is the version of choice.

Quickly moving to today’s date we can, of course, find both versions online and you don’t have to travel to any of these fine establishments to try out either of these great and entertaining games. All you have to do is to fire up your computer, hop on the Internet and find yourself a virtual chair at a roulette table of choice. It’s that easy in today’s technologically infused society.

Now when you have educated yourself on the history of the roulette table and the extraordinary journey it took for it to be available to us on the Internet, why not have a go at it and see if you can beat the odds? It’s all about entertainment so enjoy!

The History Of The Roulette Table