{"id":4013,"date":"2021-06-12T18:22:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T12:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/?p=4013"},"modified":"2021-06-12T18:22:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T12:52:12","slug":"the-history-of-roulette-facts-and-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/the-history-of-roulette-facts-and-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Roulette \u2013 Facts and Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
Roulette is one of the most popular online games you can play, and its origins are said to date back thousands of years. It is a thrilling game where money can be won and lost in the blink of an eye and it has always been popular, although it\u2019s not a game for the faint hearted. Here is everything you need to know about the history of roulette and its evolution.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It is not exactly clear how the game started. Some people think that it was modelled on an ancient Chinese board game. Others think that it was invented by the Romans to stop their soldiers getting bored between battles. The ancient Greek soldiers were also thought to have played a game between battles that was similar to roulette. However, there is not enough evidence to prove or disprove these ancient theories.<\/span><\/p>\n The word roulette is most definitely French<\/span><\/a>, and it is the French who claim credit for the game as we know it today. In the 17<\/span>th<\/span> century, there were a couple of games in which spinning a wheel and betting on the outcome of that spin were the main aims. They were called \u2018Roly Poly\u2019 and \u2018Even-Odd.\u2019 However, gambling was not that popular at this time because it was illegal in many European countries.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the 18<\/span>th<\/span> century, gambling laws were relaxed and this revived many of the games that had previously been used for gambling. It is here, in 18<\/span>th<\/span> Century France, that the game we know today as roulette rose to popularity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It is believed that Prince Charles of Monaco saw the newly popular game as a way of solving the principality\u2019s money issues and opened several gambling houses in the area. These became popular among the royalty and aristocracy of France and Monaco is still renowned as a gambling paradise for the rich and famous today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the 19<\/span>th<\/span> century, gambling became illegal in France once more and many people who wanted to gamble had to travel across Europe to do so. Some of them, such as Francois and Louis Blanc took their own games with them and it is these Frenchmen who are accredited with moving the game of roulette across Europe and inventing the game of European Roulette that is still being played today. <\/span>Play roulette online here<\/span><\/a> and you will be playing exactly the same game as they did in the 1800s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Blanc\u2019s moved their game to Hamburg in Germany first, but it soon spread across the continent. Eventually, Francois and Louis were invited to take the game back to France with them as gambling laws were again relaxed. They went on to create the famous Monte Carlo Casino Resort.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>The Origins of Roulette<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>The French Connection<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>The 18<\/b>th<\/b> Century<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>European Roulette<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>Coming to America<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n