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Another Englishman who had success on the roulette tables at Monte Carlo was Joseph Hobson Jaggers, a worker at a textile mill in Bradford. With his experience of the textile industry, he knew that wooden spindles were subject to wear and tear. On a visit to Monte Carlo in 1873, Jaggers was interested in the mechanics of roulette wheels. He realised that if the spindles of the roulette wheels were worn, the wheels would not be perfectly balanced. This would mean that some numbers would come up more often than others. He theorized that if he could find such a wheel, he could develop a system for winning.

Jaggers employed six clerks to record each number spun on the roulette wheels for an entire day’s business. He then spent hours analyzing the data that had been collected. After six days he discovered a wheel where nine of the numbers were spun with greater frequency than the others. He began gambling and four days later he had won US$300,000.

The casino retaliated by switching the wheels around after the close of business and the following day he lost heavily. He then realized that a small scratch he’d noticed on the winning wheel was missing. Searching through the casino he rediscovered his lucky wheel and resumed play, winning US$450,000.

The casino then changed the design of the wheels. The fret (metal strip) that separates the numbers was made movable. Each night the operators put the fret in a different position. Jaggers started losing and decided to quit gambling, retiring with a profit of US$325,000 — the equivalent of over $3 million today.

In 1880 Monte Carlo was the venue for another coup on the roulette tables. This time a team of 18 Italians operated in shifts, playing for 12 hours a day over a period of two months. Their efforts paid off with a win of US$160,000, equivalent to around $1.5 million today. Big wins on roulette have also been recorded in more recent years.

In 1947 Chicago graduates Albert Hibbs and Roy Walford took a motorcycle trip to Reno, Nevada. After studying the frequency of the numbers spun on the roulette wheel at the Palace Club they determined that number nine was a particularly good bet. With a stake of $100 the pair started playing roulette. After 40 hours they had won $5000. The Palace retaliated by switching the wheel but, confident they had a winning system, they went on to another club, Harolds. Using the same method they increased their win to $14,500. Then they started to lose heavily and with just $6500 left decided it was time to quit.

Their success gained them so much publicity that when they went to the Pioneer Club in Las Vegas a year later a casino manager recognized them. As a publicity stunt, he staked them $500 and invited them to try their luck at roulette. Hibbs and Walford put their system into action. After one month’s play they had won $33,000 but their winning streak was brought to an abrupt end when the owner asked them to leave.

In 1986 Billy Walters challenged the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City to a ‘freeze-out’ game of roulette.

The terms he proposed were that he would deposit US$2 million at the cash point, which the casino was required to match. Walters said he would play until either he had won the casino’s $2 million or they had won his. Management agreed and play commenced. With each spin of the wheel, Walters played bets of $2000 on five numbers. After 18 hours of play he had won the casino’s $2 million stake. He then asked if the casino wanted to continue playing. Expecting to get its money back, management agreed. Walters eventually decided to quit when he had won $3.8 million.

Plenty of other gamblers have had success at the roulette tables. In 1958 two students from Nevada, known as the Jones boys, played eight neighbouring numbers on one roulette wheel for 40 hours and won $20,000. Their winning streak was cut short by the casino management who promptly barred them.

In Argentina, two teams of players, headed by Artemeo Delgado and Helmut Berlin, won over US$1 million on roulette over a period of four years.

After Dr Richard Jarecki was barred from the casino in Monte Carlo for excessive wins, he tried his luck at San Remo in Italy. His journey paid off when he won more than US$1 million from playing roulette. In 1981 it took a team of players headed by Pierre Basieux just five months to win over $150,000 in Monte Carlo.

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