Mũndũ ũrĩa wathiririe mbeca cia metha
Mũheenania, mũtaratara wa hitho, kiumia kĩa magegania, na rwĩmbo rwa nyũmba cia mĩthako rũrĩa rwatũũrire gũkĩra othe.

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.
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.

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.
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.
Aaciarĩirwo Hertfordshire.
Patent na mĩbango ya ũhenia ya kũiga mbeca.
Monte Carlo: athiria mbeca cia metha maita maingĩ; ahoota ≈ £40,000.
Acooka; ahoota rĩngĩ.
Ooragwo nĩ gĩcunjĩ kĩacio. Rwĩmbo, 1892. Meli ĩtarĩ yathiĩ Monaco.
Aatuo mwĩhia wa ũhenia London; mĩaka ĩnyanya.
Ũhenia ũngĩ, mĩaka ĩngĩ ĩtatũ.
Ohwo njeera Ũbaranja nĩ ũndũ wa ũhenia wa banki.
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
Gũtirĩ ũira wa ũguo metha-inĩ. Ũhenia wake warĩ kũngĩ.
Mbaundi milioni nyingĩ, kũringana na ithimo nyingĩ.
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.
Kũrĩa ũhoro uumĩte
- Quinn, R. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.
- Old Bailey Proceedings Online. Trial of Charles Wells, March 1893 (t18930306-349).
- Schwartz, D. G. Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.