I-roulette etincwadzini
Kutsi babhali betinoveli bayisebentisa kanjani i-roulette kubhala ngemali, ngekuhaha kanye nangenhlanhla.

Kusukela ku-The Gambler yaDostoevsky kuya eKlondike yaJack London kanye ne-Casino Royale yaFleming, i-roulette etindzabeni letiyinganekwane ikhuluma ngemdlali, hhayi ngelisondvo. Lokuncono kakhulu kuyo kuchaza liphutsa, umlutsa kanye neluhlelo kusuka ngekhatsi, ngekunemba lokungazange kufinyelelwe tincwajana temasu.
Lablée, 1801
I-La Roulette, ou le Jour yinoveli lenencazelo yekucala lephelele yalomdlalo: emakamelo asePalais-Royal, emacandzalisondvoLicandzaUmgodzi munye loluhlata longambonjwa kubheja lokulingana nemali, kwelidazini noma kwelikholamu; umtfombo wenzuzo yelikhasino. Kuphindze kutsiwe: licandza linye, 0.Fundza konkhe → lamabili, lithebula lekubhejatinsitaLithebula lekubhejaLithebula lekubheja leliphrintiwe etafuleni. Lamanye emagama: litafula, i-felt, indvwangu.Fundza konkhe →, kumemeta kwema-croupierbantfuI-croupierUmsebenti lophatse litafula le-roulette.Fundza konkhe →. Ngumtfombo wekucala wemlandvo wekucala kwe-roulette futsi cishe kute lowake wayifundza njengenoveli, lokungenteka kulungile.
Dostoevsky, 1866
I-The Gambler yabhaliswa ngetinsuku letingu-26 kute kugcwaliswe sivumelwano futsi kukhokhwe tikweleti tekugembula letatsatfwa eWiesbaden naseHomburg. Umlandzisi wayo, Alexei, nguthishela emndenini waseRashiya e“Roulettenburg” lowina umcebo ematafuleni bese uyalahlekelwa nguwo, kanye naye ngekwakhe, encwadzini yonkhe. Kuchazwa kwematafula, tinhlelo letisetjentiswa badlali, kuciniseka kwekutsi luchungechunge kufanele luphele kanye nendlela kuwina lokuva ngayo shengatsi kukucondza kuyindzaba lencono kakhulu yeliphutsa lemgembuli kunobe ngabuphi lulwimi, leyabhalwa cishe iminyaka lengemashumi lasihlanu ngaphambi kwalokumnyamakubhejaMnyamaKubheja lokulingana nemali etinombolweni letingu-18 letimnyama. NgesiFulentji: noir.Fundza konkhe → lokungu-26 kanye nelikhulu leminyaka ngaphambi kwetemnotfo wekutiphatsa.
Bad Homburg nemakhasino etindzawo te-spaI-Roulettenburg ya-Dostoevsky
Thackeray netindzawo temanti lashisako
I-Vanity Fair igcina ngaBecky Sharp ematafuleni elidolobha laseJalimane lelinemanti lashisako, futsi lesehluko simdvwebo lobukhali walabo labebahlala bakhandza lisondvo le-roulette ngema-1840: labonakele, labanetitsemba, labadzinwe kanye nebachwepheshe. Thackeray abekubonile; iBaden-Baden beyisemzileni walo lonkhe livakashi laseNgilandi. I-Smoke (1867) yaTurgenev yentekela kulawo makamelo lafanako.

Jack London, 1912
“Shorty Dreams”, indzaba lese-Smoke Bellew, kuphela kwendzaba lecanjiwe leveta kahle umdlali we-roulette lowinako, ngobe umdlali akasebentisi luhlelo. Smoke Bellew, indvodza yaseSan Francisco leyaba ngumfuni wegolide eKlondike, uhlala etafuleni le-roulette e-saloon ye-Elkhorn eDawson acale kuwina, busuku nebusuku, emadola langu-3,500 ngesikhatsi. Umngani wakhe Shorty uncuma kutsi kufanele kutsi uyaphupha. Bagembuli baseDawson, labati kusuka “kubakhaliphi betibalo emakolishi” kutsi i-roulette ngekwayo kuphela kweluhlelo, bagcwalisa tincwadzi tekubhala bazama kucondza kubheja kwakhe kodvwa abatfoli lutfo, ngobe Smoke ushintja kudlala kwakhe ngemabomu, kanye walahlekelwa kubheja kwemkhawulo lokungemashumi lamane kulandzelana kute adidise sitfombe.
Banikati labalishumi bemidlalo elidolobheni bahlanganisa libhange lemadola langu-10,000 ekamelweni langemuva bammema kutsi alilwisane nalo. Uyaliphula ngelihora nesigamu. Babhekene nekwehlisa imikhawulo yabo ibe lisenti linye noma kuvala ematafula, bambuta kutsi utawuluthengisa ngamalini luhlelo. Emadola langemashumi lamatsatfu etinkhulungwane, kusho yena, tinkhulungwane letintsatfu ngamunye, akhokhwe ngelutfuli lwegolide, futsi utawetsembisa kutsi angeke aphindze aludlale eDawson. Bayakhokha. Bese uyabakhombisa: nangabe libholatinsitaLibholaLibhola lelincane leliphoswa emzileni lihamba ngakulolunye luhlangotsi kune-rotor. Emabhola alamuhla ayi-ivorine noma i-Teflon, 18–21 mm.Fundza konkhe → lijikijelwa ngesikhatsi 9 ibhekene nemgcini, kuwina 26; 11 nayibhekene, kuta licandza lelikabiliinhloboLicandza lelikabiliUmgodzi wa-00 welisondvo laseMelika. Kuba khona kwawo kukhulisa inzuzo yelikhasino kusuka ku-2.70% kuya ku-5.26%.Fundza konkhe →; licandza lelikabili nalibhekene, kuta 32. “Akwenteki njalo, kodvwa kuvame kwenteka.” Big Burke umisa lisondvo, alibuke, abuke sitofu lesiseceleni kwelitafula, bese uyatfuka. Lisondvo lisontwe kushisa. Bekungakaze kube luhlelo; bekulisondvo lelichemilelilabhorethriLisondvo lelichemileLisondvo lapho tici talo temtimba tenta leminye imigodzi ibe nematfuba langetulu kwa-1/37. Kuyindlalane, kutfolakala kuphela ngekujikeleta lokutinkhulungwane lokubhaliwe.Fundza konkhe → kanye nendvodza leyakubona.
London bekachitse busika eKlondike nga-1897–98 futsi bekati ema-saloon. Lendzaba isifundvo lesiphelele sekudlala ngenzuzo cishe iminyaka lengemashumi lasihlanu ngaphambi kwaThorp: buka, bhala phansi, bheja esigabenilisondvoSigabaIngcenye lelandzelanako yemigodzi elisondvweni, lehlukile kulicembu letinombolo elithebuleni lekubheja.Fundza konkhe →, shintja indlela kute likhasino lingaboni loko lokubonako, futsi utsengise ngaphambi kwekutsi basuse litafula. Joseph Jagger abekwentile lokwangempela eMonte Carlo cishe nga-1880; luhlobo lwaLondon luyahlekisa kakhulu, futsi inkhulumo yebagembuli yekutsi kungani tinhlelo tingeke tisebente inembile njengayo yonkhe intfo kulelisayithi.

I-roulette yaseMonte CarloInganekwane: Lisu le-roulette leliwina njalo
Fleming, 1953
I-Casino Royale ikakhulu ikhuluma nge-baccarat. Ku-roulette Bond ubheja kumadazinikubhejaLidazini1–12, 13–24 noma 25–36, kukhokha 2:1.Fundza konkhe → lamabili lekucala ngelinani lelikhulu lelitafula, embonya tincenye letimbili kulokutsatfu talithebula lekubheja, futsi kulesigcabho uwina kujikeleta kwesitfupha kulokusikhombisa; Fleming umenta acaphele kutsi kujikeleta ngakunye akuhlobani nalokwandvulela. “Lisu laJames Bond” lelitsengiswa ku-inthanethi, kusakata ku-19–36, i-six linekubhejaI-six lineTinombolo letisitfupha emigceni lemibili leyakhelene, kukhokha 5:1. NgesiFulentji: sixain.Fundza konkhe → 13–18 kanye nelicandza, akukho enovelini, futsi akukho kunobe ngiyiphi incwadzi yaFleming lesiyihlolile; akwatiwa kutsi ngubani lowekucala lowakupha ligama laBond. Kubheja koku kubili kubita 2.70% kulisondvo lelinelicandza linye. Sigaba se-Emasu ekubheja ku-roulette sinetibalo.

Lokungesiyo inganekwane
I-The Eudaemonic Pie (1985) yaThomas Bass ilandzisa indzaba yemakhompyutha asetitfweni futsi yincwadzi lencono kakhulu nge-physics ye-roulette kumfundzi lojwayelekile. Richard Epstein naStewart Ethier babhala tibalo letibalulekile. I-Beating the Wheel (1992) yaRussell Barnhart icoca umlandvo wekudlala ngekuchema kwelisondvo. Kute lowabhala incwadzi lefundzekako ngekutsi kungani tinhlelo tehluleka, ngobe kungena ekhasini linye, lelinalo lelisayithi.
Lablée. Umdlalo uyachazwa.
Pushkin. Luhlelo njengekuhlanya (ku-faro).
Thackeray. Sicumbi semakhasino etindzawo temanti lashisako.
Dostoevsky. Umgembuli lophelele.
Ingoma: “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo”.
London. Smoke unca lisondvo lelisontekile eDawson futsi utsengisa “luhlelo”.
Fleming. Bond ubheja kumadazini lamabili.
Bass; Barnhart. Lokungesiyo inganekwane ngekunca lisondvo.
Ethier. Tibalo, letiphelele.
Loko lokwatiwa tinganekwane
Kutsi luhlelo yindlela yekuva shengatsi uyalawula. Kutsi kuwina kuva shengatsi lulwati. Kutsi luchungechunge lolungeke luchubeke luyachubeka. Kutsi kuphela kwemdlali lowina ngempela ngulowo lotfole lokungalungi elisondvweni, nekutsi kufanele atsengise masinyane. Kutsi litafula kulapho umlingiswa akhombisa khona kutsi ungubani nangabe umphumela ungasesandleni sakhe. Tibalo tisho tintfo letifanako ngetinombolo; babhali betinoveli batisho kucala.
Imibuto
I-The Gambler. Imfisha futsi iyindzaba yonkhe.
Kakhulu. Kulahlekelwa kwaDostoevsky ngekwakhe, umbhali wakhe wesitenogirafi (lagcina ashadile naye) kanye nendzawo yemanti lashisako konkhe kukhona.
Cha. Ku-Casino Royale Bond ubheja kumadazini lamabili. Kusakata ku-19–36, 13–18 kanye nelicandza kwanikwa ligama lakhe kamuva, ngulomunye umuntfu.
Yebo. Lisondvo lelisontekile noma lelitsambekile yiloko ncamashi Jagger lakusebentisa eMonte Carlo, futsi sigaba seLilabhorethri sichaza kutsi ungalitfola kanjani. Emadola langemashumi lamatsatfu etinkhulungwane yincenye lecanjiwe.
Lokuhlekisako

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Imitfombo
- Lablée, J. La Roulette, ou le Jour.
- London, J. Smoke Bellew.
- Bass, T. A. The Eudaemonic Pie.
- Barnhart, R. T. Beating the Wheel.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.