Ɔbarima a ɔfaa sikakorabea no nyinaa
Nnaadaafoɔ bi, nhyehyɛe a ɛyɛ kokoam, dapɛn a ɛyɛ nwonwa, ne music-hall dwom bi a ɛtenaa ase sen wɔn nyinaa.

Charles Wells bɔɔ bank no wɔ Monte Carlo mpɛn pii wɔ 1891 mu, ɛnam akɔntɔnkye ntoatoasoɔ ne nhyehyɛe bi a wankyerɛkyerɛ mu da so. Dwom a wɔtoeɛ wɔ ne ho wɔ 1892 mu no maa “bank no a wɔbɔeɛ” bɛyɛɛ kasasini. Saa awɔ bere no, ɔsan hweree sika no fa, na ɔde mfeɛ pii tenaa afiase ɛfiri korɔno nti.
Ɔyɛ hwan
Charles Deville Wells (1841–1922) yɛ ɔmfiri ho nimdeɛfoɔ ne nnaadaafoɔ a ɔsan bɛyɛ mpɛn pii, a ɔboaboaa sika ano firi wɔn a wɔde sika hyɛ mu hɔ maa nneɛma foforɔ a ɔbɛyɛ a na ɛnni hɔ. Wɔ July 1891 mu no, ɔde saa sika no bi £4,000 duruu Monte Carlo. Wɔ nna enum mu no, ɔbɔɔ bank no, kyerɛ sɛ ɔmaa ɛpono bi sika a ɛkora no sae, mpɛn pii, na sɛdeɛ ɔno ara ka no, ɔde bɛyɛ £40,000 firii hɔ, a ɛyɛ pound ɔpepem pii ɛnnɛ.

Deɛ ɔyɛeɛ ampa
Ɔkaa sɛ ɔwɔ nhyehyɛe bi a ɛnni mfomsoɔ, na wanka deɛ ɛyɛ da. Wɔn a wɔhunuu no anhu nhyehyɛe biara pefee wɔ n’agorɔ mu, na nsɛm biara a wotumi gye di mmɔ ɔkwan bi din; MartingaleɔkwanMartingaleBɛt nsakraeɛ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛbɔ bɛt no mmɔho mmienu ahwereɛ biara akyi. Hwɛ Akwan ɔfa no na hunu deɛ ɛyɛ ne deɛ ɛnyɛ.Kenkan ne nyinaa → a wɔtaa de ka ne din ho no yɛ susuo kɛkɛ. Ɛnhia kɛseɛ: nhyehyɛe biara a ɛwɔ bɛt nhyehyɛenneɛma a wɔde diBɛt nhyehyɛeBɛt nhyehyɛe a wɔatintim wɔ ɛpono no so. Wɔfrɛ no nso ɛpono, ntoma, felt.Kenkan ne nyinaa → no so wɔ boɔ a wɔhwɛ kwanakontaabuBoɔ a wɔhwɛ kwanNsunsuansoɔ mfinimfini boɔ wɔ bɛt biara so wɔ bere tenten mu. Bɛt sika no −1/37 wɔ Yuropu bɛt biara a ɛyɛ daa deɛ so.Kenkan ne nyinaa → korɔ no ara, enti biribiara a ɔyɛeɛ no, deɛ ɛfiri mu baeɛ yɛ akɔntɔnkye ntoatoasoɔ tenten. HokwanakontaabuHokwanHokwan a biribi bɛba, firi 0 kɔsi 1 anaa 0% kɔsi 100%. Nɔma baako: 1/37 = 2.70%.Kenkan ne nyinaa → a akɔntɔnkye ntoatoasoɔ a ne tenten te sɛ ne deɛ bɛba no sua ma agorɔfoɔ baako biara, na ɛyɛ kɛseɛ ma mpempem a wɔfa kasino bi mu wɔ bere baako mu. Na ɛsɛ sɛ obi bɛyɛ Wells. Na ɛyɛ Wells.
Dwom no
Fred Gilbert “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” (1892), a Charles Coborn too no, gyee din kɛseɛ wɔ London music halls mu na ɛtwaa kɔɔ Amerika. Ɔbarima a ɔka asɛm no nante kwan tɛtrɛɛ no so a ɔyɛ n’ade sɛ obi a ɔde ne ho, na ɛfiri saa bere no, “broke the bank” kyerɛ nkonim kɛseɛ a ɛyɛ nwonwa. Dwom no nka ne kɔ a ɛtɔ so mmienu no ho asɛm.
Ne kɔ a ɛtɔ so mmienu ne deɛ ɛbaa akyire
Wells sane baa saa ofupɛ bere no na ɔsan dii nkonim, na afei ɔhweree sika no fa wɔ kɔ bi mu wɔ 1891–92 awɔ bere mu. Ɔde wɔn a wɔde sika hyɛ mu no sika sɛee pii wɔ hyɛn a ɛyɛ ahonyadeɛ, Palais Royale, so; ɛanduru Monte Carlo da. 1892 awieeɛ no, Franse polisifoɔ kyeree no wɔ Le Havre, na wɔ March 1893 mu no, London asɛnniidan bi maa no mfeɛ nwɔtwe adwumaden afiase ɛfiri korɔno nti. Wɔgyaa no wɔ 1899, ɔsan nyaa mfeɛ mmiɛnsa bio wɔ 1906 ɛfiri korɔno foforɔ nti, na bɛyɛ 1911 mu no, ɔdii bank atorɔ bi so wɔ Paris a ɛhyɛɛ 1% da biara ho bɔ, na ɛno de no kɔɔ Franse afiase. Owuiɛ wɔ London wɔ 1922. Kasino no, a ɛtuaa £40,000 wɔ 1891 mu na ɛnyaa nea ɛboro saa wɔ dawurobɔ mu no, nyaa mfasoɔ kɛseɛ firii ne so.
Wɔwoo no wɔ Hertfordshire.
Nneɛma foforɔ ho tumi nkrataa ne sika a wɔde hyɛ mu ho nhyehyɛe a ɛyɛ korɔno.
Monte Carlo: ɔbɔ bank no mpɛn pii; ɔnya ≈ £40,000.
Ɔsan ba; ɔsan di nkonim.
Ɔsan hwere ne fa. Dwom no, 1892. Hyɛn a ɛnkɔ Monaco da.
Wɔbu no fɔ wɔ korɔno ho wɔ London; mfeɛ nwɔtwe.
Korɔno foforɔ, mfeɛ mmiɛnsa bio.
Wɔde no gu afiase wɔ Franse ɛfiri bank korɔno nti.
Owu wɔ London.
Adɛn nti na asɛm no ho hia
Ɛno ne nhwɛsoɔ a ɛda adi pefee sen biara a ɛkyerɛ sɛ nhyehyɛe bi “yɛ adwuma” na afei ɛnyɛ adwuma bio. Nhyehyɛe no anyɛ hwee wɔ bere mmienu no nyinaa mu; akɔntɔnkye no baeɛ na ɛkɔeɛ, sɛdeɛ nsakraeɛakontaabuNsakraeɛNsusuiɛ a ɛkyerɛ sɛdeɛ nsɛm a ɛfiri mu ba no trɛ wɔ boɔ a wɔhwɛ kwan ho. Ɛso ma nɔma baako bɛt, ɛsua ma sika pɛ bɛt.Kenkan ne nyinaa → krataafa no ka sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ ɛba. Kasino no hweree dapɛn baako na ɛnyaa anansesɛm. Nhyehyɛe biara a wɔatɔn ɛfiri saa bere no wɔ Wells bi wɔ n’adansedie mu, na wɔn mu biara wɔ kɔ a ɛtɔ so mmienu a adansedie no nka ho asɛm.
Nsɛmmisa
Adanseɛ biara nni hɔ wɔ ɛpono ho. Ne korɔno no wɔ mmeaeɛ foforɔ.
Pound ɔpepem pii, sɛdeɛ akontaabu dodoɔ no ara kyerɛ.
Na ɛpono biara wɔ sika a ɛkora; sɛ ɛsa a, ɛpono no gyina kakra na wɔkɔfa foforɔ ba. Kasino no sika ansa da.
Serew kakra

Kasino no hweree dapɛn baako na ɛtɔɔ mfeɛ ɔha dawurobɔ.
Nsɛm fibea
- 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.