Occasionally. I will take time to talk about a famous Roulette pioneer. I will be referring to these blogs as the Greats of the Game. Today's legend Joe Jagger.
Joseph Hobson Jagger was an English engineer that pioneered the concept of team play, although it was to a lesser degree than that of the famous MIT team, the actions of Jagger were no doubt a template.
Behind Jagger's overall plan was a theory. This theory was that a roulette wheel was not perfectly balanced. Which is not a bad assumption for the 1870's. So if that was the case, the wheel would land on certain numbers more than others. So in 1873, he hired 6 people to secretly write down the winning spins at a Monte Carlo casino. The information showed that one of the roulette tables showed 9 numbers that repeatedly won. He went to the casino in 1875 and bet at that wheel. Over the next 3 days, he won £60,000. As a result, the casino moved the wheels, and for a short time, Jagger was confused and started losing. But a scratch that he had noticed on "his" wheel was missing from the normal wheel he bet on. He searched and shortly thereafter found the marked wheel and started to win again. The casino would employ more stringent tactics by moving the frets (the metal dividers between the numbers) around each day. He started losing again and then gave up, buy wound up walking away with £65,000. (Incidentally, that would be worth £3,250,000 or $6,500,000US in today's money.) He never played again.
He invested in real estate and lived out the rest of his days in comfort. he is allegedly a distant cousin of Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger.
Well, that's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!
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