Remember Humphrey Bogart when he played Rick in the 1942 movie Casablanca? Okay, if you have a selective short term memory or you are simply not a fan of old movies then let me tell you some scenes from the movie. Rick owns Café Americain and the place is a regular hangout for players, read this as gamblers. When he met a Czech refugee who pulled some of his heart strings, Rick made it clear to one of his dealers that the refugee will be going home with a few francs on his pocket. Apparently, the roulette wheel in the casino can do tricks. When the refugee bet his last three chips on 22, upon Rick’s strong suggestion, the wheel stopped spinning when the ball got into the 22 slot. The Czech won the round and the one after that. It was cheating on a different level.
On the other hand, another movie shows that cheaters never win (in a very ironic way). It is not a Bogart film seeing that it hit the silver screens in 1973. Robert Redford starred as Johnny Hooker in The Sting where he lost almost all the money he conned from a numbers runner with just a single bet against a manipulated roulette wheel.
Although these two movies are not entirely responsible for the careers of Bogart and Redford, they still made an impact. Roulette wheels got the reputation of being one of the trickiest games in the casino.
Not all of us can star in a movie and make it big in Hollywood. But for all you want-to-be-famous individuals out there, you can still have a shot in making it to the headlines. Ride along with the notoriety of the roulette wheel.
Attack a local casino and prove to the masses that the wheels are rigged. Make sure that you are the first to do so, otherwise you’ll only end up losing face and the town will see you as somebody who’s rehashing old news. If you have the guarantee that nobody else had exposed the casino’s roulette wheel tricks, then go for it. It will help if you have a team of six clerks who will help you clock the wheels to reveal that one of the roulette wheels is partial to a particular number. Take Joseph Jaggers as an example. With his clerks, he attacked a Monte Carlo casino back in 1873 and was able to provide evidence that the casino is indeed cheating via one of the roulette wheels. His efforts gave him around $325,000 which is like a million bucks at that time.
A word (or words) of caution: be 100% certain that the casino is indeed cheating their gamblers through the wheels or else you have a lot of explaining to do followed by months of community service (if the owner of the casino lets you off the hook easily) as a punishment for doing a damage in the casino’s public image.
If you are having second doubts on Plan A, here’s Plan B. Bet everything you have, and I mean everything, on Red. Everything pertains to house, cars, and don’t forget to include every single piece of your wardrobe. If you think this is crazy then ask Ashley Revell yourself. You know what he did in 2004? He sold every piece he owned (all his possessions totaled US$135,300) and he staked the whole amount in a double-or-nothing bet in a roulette table at Las Vegas’ Plaza Hotel. When the ball landed on Red 7, Revell, no doubt, was the happiest man on earth that day with he went home twice richer. Granted that the odds were against him and that he probably dated Lady Luck then, he won and made it to list of roulette’s famous bets.
You have to have the guts to pull off another famous bet and have your name written down in the history of roulette wheels. If you can’t be famous then go ahead and enjoy the game. You don’t have to do anything remotely extreme to accomplish that one.
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