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Mũndũ ũrĩa wathiririe mbeca cia metha

Mũheenania, mũtaratara wa hitho, kiumia kĩa magegania, na rwĩmbo rwa nyũmba cia mĩthako rũrĩa rwatũũrire gũkĩra othe.

Macokio ma ihenya

Charles Wells nĩathiririe mbeca cia metha Monte Carlo maita maingĩ mwaka wa 1891 na mũhari wa mweke mwega na mũtaratara ũtaarĩ ataarĩria. Rwĩmbo rũrĩa rwandĩkirwo igũrũ rĩake mwaka wa 1892 nĩrũtũmire “kũthiria mbeca cia metha” gũtuĩke kiugo kĩa kawaida. Nĩacookirie gĩcunjĩ kĩa mbeca icio heho-inĩ ĩyo, na agĩikara mĩaka mĩingĩ njeera nĩ ũndũ wa ũhenia.

gũceerera kwa mbere
Julai 1891
ahootire
≈ £40,000 mĩthenya ĩtano-inĩ
rwĩmbo
Fred Gilbert, 1892
iherithia, 1893
mĩaka ĩnyanya

Aarĩ ũ

Charles Deville Wells (1841–1922) aarĩ injinia na mũheenania wa hĩndĩ ciothe ũrĩa woyaga mbeca kuuma kũrĩ arĩa maigaga mbeca wĩra-inĩ nĩ ũndũ wa mĩthondeko ĩtaarĩ kuo. Julai 1891 nĩakinyire Monte Carlo arĩ na £4,000 cia mbeca ta icio. Mĩthenya-inĩ ĩtano nĩathiririe mbeca cia metha, kwa ũguo nĩ kuuga gũthiria mbeca ciothe iria metha ĩmwe yaigĩte, maita maingĩ, na akĩinũka na £40,000 ta ũguo we mwene oigire, ũguo nĩ mbaundi milioni nyingĩ ũmũthĩ.

Wells atambũrũkia mĩbango ya mũthondeko ũtarĩ kuo rĩrĩa mũndũ ũigaga mbeca wĩra-inĩ asunĩkia mbeca mbere.

Rureti ya Monte Carlo

Ũrĩa eekire ma

Oigire atĩ arĩ na mũtaratara ũtangĩremwo na ndaigana kuuga nĩ ũrĩkũ. Arĩa moonire matiaonire mũhari ũrĩ na ũhoro harĩ ũrĩa aathakaga, na gũtirĩ ũhoro wa kwĩhokeka ũgwetaga njĩra yake; MartingalemũbangoMartingaleMũgarũrĩro wa beti ũrĩa ũingĩhagia beti maita meerĩ thutha wa o hasara. Rora gĩcunjĩ kĩa Mĩbango wone ũrĩa ũrutaga na ũrĩa ũtarutaga.Thoma wothe → ĩrĩa ĩnyitithanagio na rĩĩtwa rĩake nĩ kũhenia gũtarĩ na ũira. Ũndũ ũcio ndũrĩ na ũhoro mũnene: o mũtaratara wothe ramani-inĩ ya methaindoRamani ya methaKĩhari kĩa beti kĩrĩa kĩcabĩtwo metha-inĩ. Ningĩ metagwo: metha, gĩtambaya.Thoma wothe → ũrĩ na thogora ũrĩa wetagĩrĩrwohithabuThogora ũrĩa wetagĩrĩrwoMũico wa gatagatĩ wa o beti ĩmwe ihinda-inĩ iraya. −1/37 ya mbeca cia beti o beti ya kawaida ya rureti ya Rũraya.Thoma wothe → o ũmwe, kwoguo o ũrĩa angĩkorwo eekire, mũico warĩ mũhari mũraaya wa mweke mwega. MwekehithabuMwekeMweke wa mũico, kuuma 0 nginya 1 kana 0% nginya 100%. Namba ĩmwe: 1/37 = 2.70%.Thoma wothe → wa mũhari wa mweke mwega mũraaya ta wake nĩ mũnini harĩ mũthaki o wothe e kĩũmbe, no nĩ mũnene harĩ ngiri cia andũ arĩa mahĩtũkagĩra kasino ihinda rĩmwe. Mũndũ ũmwe aarĩ o mũno atuĩke Wells. Aarĩ Wells.

ũrĩa ng'ano yugagaũrĩa hithabu yugaga
mũtarataraũtangĩremwo, wa hithondũũĩkĩte; o mũtaratara wothe ũũraga 2.70% ya mbeca ciothe cia beti
ũhootaniũũgĩmũhari mũraaya; mũthaki ũmwe harĩ ngiri nĩ akoragwo naguo
kũthiria mbeca cia methakũhoota kasinogũthiria mbeca iria metha ĩmwe yaigĩte; kasino nĩ yaigaga ingĩ
gũcooka gũceereramũtaratara nĩ wathirire hinyathogora ũrĩa wetagĩrĩrwo nĩ wonekire
gĩthomono ũhoote gĩthiũrũrũkigũcookerera gatagatĩ, na rwĩmbo

Rwĩmbo

Rwĩmbo rwa Fred Gilbert “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” (1892), rũrĩa rwainagwo nĩ Charles Coborn, nĩrwamenyekire mũno nyũmba-inĩ cia mĩthako na nyĩmbo cia London na rũgĩkinya Amerika. Mũndũ ũrĩa ũrũheanaga ũhoro athiaga barabara-inĩ nene na mwĩtĩo ta mũndũ ũtarĩ na ũrĩa ũmwathaga, na kiugo “kũthiria mbeca cia metha” kĩrugamĩrĩire ũhootani wa magegania kuuma hĩndĩ ĩyo. Rwĩmbo rũtigweta gũceerera kwa kerĩ.

Gũceerera kwa kerĩ na thutha waguo

Wells nĩacookire ihinda rĩa mbura ĩyo na agĩcooka kũhoota, agĩcooka akĩũrwo nĩ gĩcunjĩ kĩa mbeca icio gũceerera-inĩ heho-inĩ ya 1891–92. Nĩahũthirire mbeca nyingĩ harĩ meli ya ũtonga, Palais Royale, na mbeca cia arĩa maigĩte mbeca wĩra-inĩ; ndĩrĩ yakinyire Monte Carlo. Mũthia-inĩ wa 1892 thigari cia Ũbaranja nĩciamũnyitire Le Havre, na Machi 1893 igooti rĩa London rĩkĩmũhe mĩaka ĩnyanya ya wĩra mũritũ njeera nĩ ũndũ wa ũhenia. Nĩarekereirio 1899, akĩheo mĩaka ĩngĩ ĩtatũ 1906 nĩ ũndũ wa ũhenia ũngĩ, na ta 1911 nĩaathanaga banki ya ũrongo Paris ĩrĩa yeranagĩra 1% o mũthenya, na ũndũ ũcio ũkĩmũtwara njeera ya Ũbaranja. Aakuĩrĩire London 1922. Kasino, ĩrĩa yarĩhĩte £40,000 mwaka wa 1891 na ĩkĩgĩa na ũmenyithania gũkĩra ũguo, nĩyagunĩkire mũno nĩwe.

Charles Wells
1841

Aaciarĩirwo Hertfordshire.

Mĩaka ya 1880

Patent na mĩbango ya ũhenia ya kũiga mbeca.

Julai 1891

Monte Carlo: athiria mbeca cia metha maita maingĩ; ahoota ≈ £40,000.

Mbura 1891

Acooka; ahoota rĩngĩ.

1891–92

Ooragwo nĩ gĩcunjĩ kĩacio. Rwĩmbo, 1892. Meli ĩtarĩ yathiĩ Monaco.

1893

Aatuo mwĩhia wa ũhenia London; mĩaka ĩnyanya.

1906

Ũhenia ũngĩ, mĩaka ĩngĩ ĩtatũ.

1912

Ohwo njeera Ũbaranja nĩ ũndũ wa ũhenia wa banki.

1922

Akuĩrĩra London.

Nĩ kĩĩ ng'ano ĩno ĩrĩ na bata

Nĩ ũhoro ũrĩa ũtheri makĩria wa mũtaratara “gũtũma” na thutha ũkaaga. Mũtaratara ndwekire ũndũ o na ũmwe maita meerĩ mothe; mweke mwega nĩ wokire na ũgĩthiĩ, o ta ũrĩa mbaara cia ũgarũrũkuhithabuŨgarũrũkuGĩthimi kĩa ũrĩa mĩico ĩhurunjũkaga ĩrigiicĩirie thogora ũrĩa wetagĩrĩrwo. Nĩ mũnene harĩ beti ya namba ĩmwe, mũnini harĩ beti cia marĩhi maigana.Thoma wothe → ciugaga no nginya ũhaane. Kasino yaũrirwo nĩ kiumia kĩmwe na ĩkĩgĩa na ng'ano. O mũtaratara wothe wendetio kuuma hĩndĩ ĩyo ũrĩ na Wells waguo ũira-inĩ wa andũ, na o ũmwe wao ũrĩ na gũceerera kwa kerĩ kũrĩa ũira ũcio ũtagwetaga.

Ciũria

Wells nĩaheenanirie?

Gũtirĩ ũira wa ũguo metha-inĩ. Ũhenia wake warĩ kũngĩ.

£40,000 cia 1891 nĩ ciagana atĩa ũmũthĩ?

Mbaundi milioni nyingĩ, kũringana na ithimo nyingĩ.

Mbeca cia metha nĩciathirire ma?

O metha yarĩ na mbeca ciayo ciigĩtwo; rĩrĩa ciathira, metha ĩkarũgama na ingĩ ikarehwo. Kasino ndĩrĩ yathiriirwo nĩ mbeca.

Gĩa gũtheka

Kasino yaũrirwo nĩ kiumia kĩmwe na ĩkĩgũra ũmenyithania wa karine kamwe.

Kasino yaũrirwo nĩ kiumia kĩmwe na ĩkĩgũra ũmenyithania wa karine kamwe.

Kũrĩa ũhoro uumĩte

  1. Quinn, R. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo. The History Press, 2016.
  2. Old Bailey Proceedings Online. Trial of Charles Wells, March 1893 (t18930306-349). Iherithia: mĩaka ĩnyanya ya wĩra mũritũ njeera.
  3. Schwartz, D. G. Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling. Gotham, 2006.
  4. Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
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