Indoda eyaphula ibhanki
Umkhohlisi, inkqubo eyimfihlo, iveki engaqhelekanga, kunye nengoma ye-music-hall eyaphila ixesha elide kunabo bonke.

UCharles Wells waphula ibhanki eMonte Carlo izihlandlo ezininzi ngo-1891 ngethamsanqa elilandelelanayo kunye nenkqubo angazange ayicacise. Ingoma eyabhalwa ngaye ngo-1892 yenza ukuba “ukwaphula ibhanki” kube libinzana. Waphinda walahlekelwa yinxalenye yemali kwakobo busika, waza wachitha iminyaka entolongweni ngenxa yobuqhophololo.
Wayengubani
UCharles Deville Wells (1841–1922) wayeyinjineli nomkhohlisi ophindaphindayo owayeqokelela imali kubatyali-mali ngenxa yezinto ezintsha ezingekhoyo. NgeyeKhala 1891 wafika eMonte Carlo ene-£4,000 yaloo mali. Kwisithuba seentsuku ezintlanu waphula ibhanki, oko kukuthi, wagqiba imali egciniweyo yetafile, izihlandlo ezininzi, waza wemka ne-£40,000 malunga ngokwengxelo yakhe, ezizigidi ezininzi zeeponti namhlanje.

Into awayenzayo ngokwenene
Wathi unenkqubo engenakusilela, kodwa akazange athi iyintoni. Amangqina akazange abone pateni icacileyo ekudlaleni kwakhe, kwaye akukho ngxelo inokuthenjwa ebiza indlela athile; i-MartingaleisicwangcisoMartingaleUkunyuswa kweebheji okuphindaphinda ibheji emva kokulahlekelwa ngakunye. Bona icandelo lezicwangciso ukuze wazi oko ikwenzayo nengakwenziyo.Funda yonke → ehlala inxulunyaniswa negama lakhe kukuqikelela nje. Ayinamsebenzi kangako loo nto: yonke inkqubo kwibhodi yokubhejaizixhoboIbhodi yokubhejaIgridi yokubheja eshicilelwe etafileni. Kwakhona: itafile, ilaphu.Funda yonke → inexabiso elilindelekileyoizibaloIxabiso elilindelekileyoIsiphumo esiphakathi kwibheji nganye ekuhambeni kwexesha elide. −1/37 yebheji kuyo yonke ibheji eqhelekileyo yaseYurophu.Funda yonke → elifanayo, ngoko nokuba wenza ntoni na, isiphumo yayilithamsanqa elide elilandelelanayo. AmathubaizibaloAmathubaIthuba lesiphumo, ukusuka ku-0 ukuya ku-1 okanye ku-0% ukuya ku-100%. Inani elinye: 1/37 = 2.70%.Funda yonke → ethamsanqa elide ngolu hlobo mancinci kumdlali omnye, kodwa makhulu kumawaka abantu abadlula ekhasino ngexesha elinye. Kwakuza kubakho umntu oya kuba nguWells. Wayengu-Wells.
Ingoma
Ingoma kaFred Gilbert ethi “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” (1892), eyayiculwa nguCharles Coborn, yaba yimpumelelo enkulu kwii-music hall zaseLondon yaza yawela eMelika. Umbalisi wayo uhamba ngekratshi kwibhulevadi ngomoya wokuzimela, kwaye ibinzana elithi “broke the bank” liye lathetha impumelelo emangalisayo ukusukela ngoko. Ingoma ayikhankanyi utyelelo lwesibini.
Utyelelo lwesibini nasemva koko
UWells wabuya kwakuloo kwindla waphinda waphumelela, emva koko walahlekelwa yinxalenye yemali kutyelelo lwasebusika ngo-1891–92. Wachitha kakhulu kwisikhephe sobunewunewu, iPalais Royale, ngemali yabatyali-mali; asizange sifike eMonte Carlo. Ngasekupheleni kuka-1892 amapolisa aseFransi ambamba eLe Havre, kwaye ngoKwindla 1893 inkundla yaseLondon yamgweba iminyaka esibhozo yokusebenza nzima entolongweni ngenxa yobuqhophololo. Wakhululwa ngo-1899, wafumana iminyaka emithathu ngaphezulu ngo-1906 ngenxa yobunye ubuqhophololo, kwaye malunga no-1911 waqhuba ibhanki engeyiyo yokwenene eParis eyayithembisa i-1% ngosuku, nto leyo eyamfaka entolongweni yaseFransi. Wasweleka eLondon ngo-1922. Ikhasino, eyayihlawule i-£40,000 ngo-1891 yaza yafumana ngaphezulu koko ngodumo, yazuza kakhulu kuye.
Uzalelwe eHertfordshire.
Amalungelo awodwa omyili kunye namacebo obuqhophololo otyalo-mali.
EMonte Carlo: waphula ibhanki izihlandlo ezininzi; uphumelela ≈ £40,000.
Uyabuya; uphinda aphumelele.
Ulahlekelwa yinxalenye yayo kwakhona. Ingoma, 1892. Isikhephe esingazange sihambe siye eMonaco.
Ufunyanwa enetyala lobuqhophololo eLondon; iminyaka esibhozo.
Obunye ubuqhophololo, iminyaka emithathu ngaphezulu.
Uvalelwa entolongweni eFransi ngenxa yobuqhophololo bebhanki.
Usweleka eLondon.
Kutheni eli bali libalulekile
Ngowona mzekelo ucacileyo wenkqubo “esebenzayo” emva koko ingasebenzi. Inkqubo ayenzanga nto kuzo zombini izihlandlo; ithamsanqa leza lahamba, njengoko amaphepha okwahlukaizibaloUkwahlukaUmlinganiselo wokuba iziphumo zisasazeke kangakanani zijikeleze ixabiso elilindelekileyo. Kuphezulu kwibheji yenani elinye, kuphantsi kwiibheji zemali elinganayo.Funda yonke → esitsho ukuba kufuneka kwenzeke. Ikhasino yalahlekelwa yiveki enye yaza yazuza intsomi. Yonke inkqubo ethengiswe ukusukela ngoko inoWells kubungqina bayo, kwaye nganye kuzo inotyelelo lwesibini olungakhankanywayo bubungqina.
Imibuzo
Akukho bungqina boko ezitafileni. Ubuqhophololo bakhe babukwezinye iindawo.
Izigidi ezininzi zeeponti, ngokwemilinganiselo emininzi.
Itafile nganye yayinemali egciniweyo; xa yayiphela, itafile yayima kuziswe enye. Ikhasino ayizange iphelelwe yimali.
Uncumo

Ikhasino yalahlekelwa yiveki enye yaza yazithengela inkulungwane yentengiso.
Imithombo
- 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.