Roulettes older than you think

The exact history of roulette is unknown for sure , it has lots of different theories and ideas about its history. One theory is that the game is so old that even the Romans played an variation of the game, although this can not be proved. The live online roulette wheel we are used to today first its apperance in history with a story about a game that involving a small ball spinning around a wheel some time in the early 1700s.

The most popular speculation on the subject of the game suggests that roulette was fashioned some time in the 17th Century by a French man named Blaise Pascal. Another legend says that a man called Francois Blanc made a deal with the devil its self in order to get the secrets of the game.

The first modern style wheel as we know it was made in 1842 by Francois and Lois Blanc when they built a single Zero roulette wheel for the king of Monaco, King Charles III. Later on when the wheel travelled to America the Americans added a double zero slot. This is the variation between European and American roulette wheels, either a single zero or two zero’s

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