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The Men Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
The Men Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
There are two stories about the man who "Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo". One is based upon the hidden skill of a nefarious defrauder of investors and the other concerned a cleaver engineer. You decide who was the better gambler.
Charles Wells, born in 1841 was a frivolous English spender and was prone to creating fake inventions. His appearance at local London nightclubs would immediately solicit the playing of "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" written by Fred Gilbert. That was not the only thing he solicited. Charles was famous for raising capital by offering fake inventions such as a fuel-saving device for steamships. His capital raising efforts paid off and then off he was off to Monte Carlo.
Playing roulette in 1891, he won 12 times and broke the bank. He turned £4000 into 1 million francs in 3 days. Even though investigators were hired to discover his system, no fraudulent activity was discovered. In 1892, he returned and broke the bank an additional 6 times at the same game. His system, if any, still confounds authorities today.
His gambling efforts paid off but not his relationship with his investors. He was eventually arrested and was sentenced to 8 years in prison for fraud amounting to over $150,000.
The Other Man
Joseph Hobson Jagger was born in England in 1830. An engineer by training, he was fascinated by roulette and the randomness of the wheel. He speculated that wheel was built in a way as to create imbalances that would determine a bias in favor of particular numbers. Eventually, the wheel's imbalances would produce repetition in the results of a roulette spin and an observant gambler could take advantage of these discrepancies.
Banking on this theory, he hired 6 people to record the outcome of different roulette wheels at a casino. Further examination proved he was right. Five of the wheels had totally random outcomes, but one seemed to favor a certain set of numbers. Armed with his data, he set about betting on the predictive wheel and won £60,000 in just a few days. Yet another twist is that the casinos, now flabbergasted by Jagger's win, moved the roulette wheels around in the casino in order to try and break the streak. There was no fooling Joseph. He located his favorite wheel and went on to win an additional $450,000. The casinos never figured it out.
A better ending for Joseph. He quit his job at a cotton mill and went on to peacefully invest his winnings in other ventures.
So, the question is who Broke the Bank and who was broke afterwards. You decide!
Factoid-the game of roulette has played an important part in the cinema. First, there was Casablanca where Rick, the casino owner, encourages a down-on-his-luck newlywed to let his money ride on 22. He does so and wins enough to escape both the country and the evil clutches of Claude Reins, the prefect of Police. The other film, not so notable, is 1982,s "Lost in America" starring Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty. During a stop over stay in Las Vegas, Julie's character sneaks off to play roulette and at one point has more chips than she can imagine. When discovered by an awakening Albert Books the next day, she is down to one chip and hypnotically chanting "22, 22, come on back to me 22". She looses their nest egg and sets the stage for one of the funniest "give us our money back" scenes in movie history.
There are two stories about the man who "Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo". One is based upon the hidden skill of a nefarious defrauder of investors and the other concerned a cleaver engineer. You decide who was the better gambler.
Charles Wells, born in 1841 was a frivolous English spender and was prone to creating fake inventions. His appearance at local London nightclubs would immediately solicit the playing of "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" written by Fred Gilbert. That was not the only thing he solicited. Charles was famous for raising capital by offering fake inventions such as a fuel-saving device for steamships. His capital raising efforts paid off and then off he was off to Monte Carlo.
Playing roulette in 1891, he won 12 times and broke the bank. He turned £4000 into 1 million francs in 3 days. Even though investigators were hired to discover his system, no fraudulent activity was discovered. In 1892, he returned and broke the bank an additional 6 times at the same game. His system, if any, still confounds authorities today.
His gambling efforts paid off but not his relationship with his investors. He was eventually arrested and was sentenced to 8 years in prison for fraud amounting to over $150,000.
The Other Man
Joseph Hobson Jagger was born in England in 1830. An engineer by training, he was fascinated by roulette and the randomness of the wheel. He speculated that wheel was built in a way as to create imbalances that would determine a bias in favor of particular numbers. Eventually, the wheel's imbalances would produce repetition in the results of a roulette spin and an observant gambler could take advantage of these discrepancies.
Banking on this theory, he hired 6 people to record the outcome of different roulette wheels at a casino. Further examination proved he was right. Five of the wheels had totally random outcomes, but one seemed to favor a certain set of numbers. Armed with his data, he set about betting on the predictive wheel and won £60,000 in just a few days. Yet another twist is that the casinos, now flabbergasted by Jagger's win, moved the roulette wheels around in the casino in order to try and break the streak. There was no fooling Joseph. He located his favorite wheel and went on to win an additional $450,000. The casinos never figured it out.
A better ending for Joseph. He quit his job at a cotton mill and went on to peacefully invest his winnings in other ventures.
So, the question is who Broke the Bank and who was broke afterwards. You decide!
Factoid-the game of roulette has played an important part in the cinema. First, there was Casablanca where Rick, the casino owner, encourages a down-on-his-luck newlywed to let his money ride on 22. He does so and wins enough to escape both the country and the evil clutches of Claude Reins, the prefect of Police. The other film, not so notable, is 1982,s "Lost in America" starring Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty. During a stop over stay in Las Vegas, Julie's character sneaks off to play roulette and at one point has more chips than she can imagine. When discovered by an awakening Albert Books the next day, she is down to one chip and hypnotically chanting "22, 22, come on back to me 22". She looses their nest egg and sets the stage for one of the funniest "give us our money back" scenes in movie history.
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