Roulette m’Mabuku
Mmene olemba mabuku a nkhani amagwiritsira ntchito roulette kulemba za ndalama, kutengeka mtima ndi mwayi.

Kuchokera ku The Gambler ya Dostoevsky kufika ku Klondike ya Jack London ndi Casino Royale ya Fleming, roulette m’nkhani zopeka ndi ya wosewera, osati ya gudumu. Zabwino kwambiri mwa izo zimafotokoza chinyengo cha maganizo, kukakamizika ndi dongosolo kuchokera mkati, molondola mmene timabuku ta njira sitinathe kuchitira.
Lablée, 1801
La Roulette, ou le Jour ndi buku la nkhani limene mwamwayi lili ndi kufotokoza kokwanira koyamba kwa masewerawa: zipinda za Palais-Royal, zirogudumuZiroKabowo kamodzi kobiriwira kamene betcha la even-money, dazeni kapena mzati siliphimba; gwero la phindu la kasino. Imatchedwanso: ziro imodzi, 0.Werengani yonse → ziwiri, dongosolo la mabetchazipangizoDongosolo la mabetchaGridi yosindikizidwa yobetchera pa tebulo. Imatchedwanso: tebulo, felt, nsalu.Werengani yonse →, zolankhula za ma croupieranthuCroupierDealer wa pa tebulo la roulette.Werengani yonse →. Ndilo gwero lalikulu la chiyambi cha roulette ndipo pafupifupi palibe amene analiwerenga ngati buku la nkhani, zimene mwina n’zoyenera.
Dostoevsky, 1866
The Gambler inalembedwa ponenedwa m’masiku 26 kuti akwaniritse pangano ndi kubweza ngongole za kutchova juga zimene anapanga ku Wiesbaden ndi Homburg. Wofotokoza wake, Alexei, ndi mphunzitsi m’banja la anthu a ku Russia ku “Roulettenburg” amene amapambana chuma chambiri pa matebulo ndi kuchitaya, ndi kudzitaya yekha, m’kati mwa bukuli. Kufotokoza kwa matebulo, madongosolo amene osewera amagwiritsa ntchito, kutsimikiza kuti kutsatizana kuyenera kutha ndi mmene kupambana kumamvekera ngati kuzindikira ndiko kufotokoza kwabwino kwambiri kwa chinyengo cha wotchova juga m’chilankhulo chilichonse, kolembedwa pafupifupi zaka makumi asanu zisanachitike zakudabetchaZakudaBetcha la even-money pa manambala 18 akuda. Mu Chifalansa: noir.Werengani yonse → 26 ndiponso zaka zana zisanabwere sayansi ya zachuma ya makhalidwe.
Bad Homburg ndi Makasino a M’matauni a AkasupeRoulettenburg ya Dostoevsky
Thackeray ndi matauni a akasupe
Vanity Fair imatha ndi Becky Sharp pa matebulo a tauni ya akasupe ya ku Germany, ndipo mutuwo ndi chithunzi chakuthwa cha amene ankakhala mozungulira gudumu la roulette m’ma 1840: owonongeka, oyembekezera, otopa ndi akatswiri. Thackeray anali ataziona; Baden-Baden inali pa njira ya mlendo aliyense wa ku England. Smoke ya Turgenev (1867) ikuchitika m’zipinda zomwezo.

Jack London, 1912
“Shorty Dreams”, nkhani mu Smoke Bellew, ndiyo nkhani yopeka yokhayo imene imalongosola bwino wosewera roulette wopambana, chifukwa wosewerayo sakugwiritsa ntchito dongosolo. Smoke Bellew, munthu wa ku San Francisco amene anasanduka wofunafuna golide ku Klondike, akukhala pa tebulo la roulette mu saloon ya Elkhorn ku Dawson ndi kuyamba kupambana, usiku ndi usiku, madola 3,500 nthawi iliyonse. Mnzake Shorty akuganiza kuti ayenera kuti akulota. Otchova juga a ku Dawson, amene amadziwa kuchokera kwa “the mathematic sharps in the colleges” kuti roulette yokha ndiyo dongosolo lokhalo, akudzaza mabuku akuyesa kumasulira mabetcha ake ndipo sakupeza kanthu, chifukwa Smoke amasintha kasewero kake mwadala, nthawi ina kutaya mabetcha makumi anayi a malire motsatizana kuti asokoneze chithunzi.
Eni masewera khumi a tauniyo akuphatikiza banki ya madola 10,000 m’chipinda cha kumbuyo ndi kumuitana kuti ailimbane nayo. Akuiswa mu ola limodzi ndi theka. Pokumana ndi kutsitsa malire awo kufika pa senti imodzi kapena kutseka matebulo, akumufunsa kuti angagulitse dongosolo lake pa mtengo wanji. Madola zikwi makumi atatu, akutero, zikwi zitatu aliyense, zolipidwa ndi fumbi la golide, ndipo adzalonjeza kuti sadzalisewera kenanso ku Dawson. Akulipira. Kenako akuwasonyeza: mpirazipangizoMpiraMpira waung’ono umene umaponyedwa mu njira motsutsana ndi rotor. Mipira yamakono ndi ya ivorine kapena Teflon, 18–21 mm.Werengani yonse → ukaponyedwa pamene 9 ili moyang’anizana ndi wosunga, 26 imapambana; 11 ikayang’anizana imabweretsa ziro ziwirimtunduZiro ziwiriKabowo ka 00 pa gudumu la ku America. Kukhalapo kwake kumakweza phindu la kasino kuchoka pa 2.70% kufika 5.26%.Werengani yonse →; ziro ziwiri ikayang’anizana imabweretsa 32. “It doesn’t always happen, but it usually happens.” Big Burke akuimitsa gudumu, akuliyang’ana, akuyang’ana chitofu pafupi ndi tebulo, ndi kutukwana. Gudumu lapotoka chifukwa cha kutentha. Silinali dongosolo konse; linali gudumu lokonderalabuGudumu lokonderaGudumu limene zolakwika zake zakuthupi zimapangitsa tibowo tina kukhala ndi kuthekera kopitirira 1/37. Ndi losowa, ndipo limadziwika pokhapokha ndi kuzungulira masauzande ambiri kolembedwa.Werengani yonse → ndi munthu amene anazindikira.
London anakhala nyengo yozizira ku Klondike mu 1897–98 ndipo ankadziwa ma saloon. Nkhaniyi ndi phunziro lathunthu la kusewera mofuna mwayi pafupifupi zaka makumi asanu Thorp asanabwere: yang’anani, lembani, betchani pa gawogudumuGawoMndandanda wolumikizana wa tibowo pa gudumu, mosiyana ndi gulu pa dongosolo la mabetcha.Werengani yonse →, sinthani njira kotero kuti kasino isaone zimene mukuona, ndipo gulitsani asanasunthe tebulo. Joseph Jagger anachita zenizeni ku Monte Carlo cha m’ma 1880; mtundu wa London ndi woseketsa kwambiri ndipo phunziro la otchova juga lonena chifukwa chake madongosolo sangagwire ntchito ndi lolondola ngati chilichonse pa tsamba ili.

Roulette ya Monte CarloNthano: Njira ya Roulette Imene Imapambana Nthawi Zonse
Fleming, 1953
Casino Royale ndi makamaka baccarat. Pa roulette Bond akubetcha pa madazenibetchaDazeni1–12, 13–24 kapena 25–36, amalipira 2:1.Werengani yonse → awiri oyambirira pa malire apamwamba a tebulo, kuphimba magawo awiri mwa atatu a dongosolo la mabetcha, ndipo m’chochitikacho akupambana kuzungulira kasanu ndi kamodzi mwa kasanu ndi kawiri; Fleming akumupangitsa kuzindikira kuti kuzungulira kulikonse kulibe kugwirizana ndi koyambirira. “Njira ya James Bond” yogulitsidwa pa intaneti, kufalitsa pa 19–36, six linebetchaSix lineManambala asanu ndi limodzi m’mizere iwiri yoyandikana, amalipira 5:1. Mu Chifalansa: sixain.Werengani yonse → 13–18 ndi ziro, sikupezeka m’bukuli, kapena m’buku lina lililonse la Fleming limene tinaunika; amene anaipatsa koyamba dzina la Bond sakudziwika. Mabetcha onse awiri amawononga 2.70% pa gudumu la ziro imodzi. Gawo la Njira Zobetchera Roulette lili ndi masamu ake.

Nkhani zoona
The Eudaemonic Pie ya Thomas Bass (1985) imafotokoza nkhani ya makompyuta a mu nsapato ndipo ndilo buku labwino kwambiri la fiziki ya roulette kwa wowerenga wamba. Richard Epstein ndi Stewart Ethier analemba masamu ozama. Beating the Wheel ya Russell Barnhart (1983) imasonkhanitsa mbiri ya kusewera magudumu okondera. Palibe amene analemba buku lowerengeka bwino lonena chifukwa chake madongosolo amalephera, chifukwa limakwana pa tsamba limodzi, limene tsamba ili lili nalo.
Lablée. Masewera afotokozedwa.
Pushkin. Dongosolo ngati misala (pa faro).
Thackeray. Gulu la anthu a makasino a m’matauni a akasupe.
Dostoevsky. Wotchova juga weniweni.
Nyimbo: “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo”.
London. Smoke akugonjetsa gudumu lopotoka ku Dawson ndi kugulitsa “dongosolo”.
Fleming. Bond akubetcha madazeni awiri.
Barnhart; Bass. Nkhani zoona za kugonjetsa gudumu.
Ethier. Masamu, athunthu.
Zimene nkhani zopeka zimadziwa
Kuti dongosolo ndi njira yomvera kuti mukulamulira. Kuti kupambana kumamveka ngati kudziwa. Kuti kutsatizana kosatheka kupitirira kumapitirira. Kuti wosewera yekhayo amene amapambanadi ndi amene anapeza cholakwika pa gudumu, ndi kuti ayenera kugulitsa mwachangu. Kuti tebulo ndi malo amene munthu wa m’nkhani amasonyeza kuti iye ndi ndani pamene zotsatira sizili m’manja mwake. Masamu amanena zinthu zomwezo m’manambala; olemba mabuku a nkhani anazinena poyamba.
Mafunso
The Gambler. Ndi lalifupi ndipo ndi nkhani yonse.
Kwambiri. Kutaya kwa Dostoevsky mwiniwake, wolemba wake wa shorthand (amene anamukwatira) ndi malo a tauni ya akasupe zonse zilimo.
Ayi. Mu Casino Royale Bond akubetcha madazeni awiri. Kufalitsa pa 19–36, 13–18 ndi ziro kunapatsidwa dzina lake pambuyo pake, ndi munthu wina.
Inde. Gudumu lopotoka kapena lopendekeka ndilo ndendende limene Jagger anagwiritsa ntchito ku Monte Carlo ndipo gawo la Labu ya Roulette limafotokoza mmene mungalizindikirire. Madola zikwi makumi atatu ndiwo gawo lopeka.
Nthabwala yopumitsa

Olemba mabuku a nkhani ankadziwa. Sizinawathandizenso.
Magwero
- 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.