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roulette

Game of chance based on the outcome of the final random position of a ball landing on a numbered and colored pocket of a spinning wheel.

The name is derived from the French term for "little wheel."[1]

According to Hoyle: In October[2] 1876, Bret Maverick traveled to Wagon Wheel, Wyoming Territory, to set up an honest casino and put the crooked Joe Riggs and his brace joint, the Golden Bucket Saloon, out of business. One night when the saloon was full of gambling townfolk, Bret proved Riggs was using marked cards at his blackjack table. As he was about to move to the faro and roulette games, Riggs and his boys drew on Bret and Big Mike McComb. Two customers, realizing they had been cheated all along, smashed the roulette wheel on the floor while others tore the saloon to bits, putting Riggs permanently out of business in Wagon Wheel.[3]

Escape to Tampico: From 1876 – 1877, roulette was played at Steve Corbett's La Cantina Americana in Tampico, Mexico.[5]