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Di man we brok di bank

Wan frɔd man, wan sikrit sistɛm, wan wik we nɔ ɔdinari, ɛn wan myuzik-ɔl sɔŋ we las pas ɔl dɛn.

Shɔt ansa

Charles Wells brok di bank na Monte Carlo sɔm tɛm na 1891 wit lɔk we kam wan afta di ɔda ɛn wan sistɛm we i nɔ ɛva ɛksplen. Di sɔŋ we dɛn rayt bɔt am na 1892 mek “brok di bank” tɔn to wan sayin. I lɔs pat pan di mɔni bak da kol tɛm de, ɛn i spɛn bɔku ia na prizin fɔ frɔd.

fɔs visit
Julay 1891
win
≈ £40,000 pan fayv de
di sɔŋ
Fred Gilbert, 1892
sɛntɛns, 1893
et ia

Udat i bi

Charles Deville Wells (1841–1922) na injinia ɛn man we de du frɔd ɔltɛm, we bin de gɛt mɔni frɔm invɛsta dɛn fɔ invɛnshɔn dɛn we nɔ de. Na Julay 1891 i kam Monte Carlo wit £4,000 pan da kayn mɔni de. Pan fayv de i brok di bank, we min se i dɔn ɔl di kesh we wan tebul gɛt, sɔm tɛm, ɛn i kɔmɔt wit bɔt £40,000 lɛk aw i tɔk am, we na sɔm milyɔn pawn tide.

Wells de opin plan fɔ invɛnshɔn we nɔ de, we wan invɛsta de push mɔni kam to am.

Monte Carlo rulɛt

Wetin i rili du

I se i gɛt sistɛm we nɔ de fel, ɛn i nɔ ɛva se wetin na am. Pipul we si am nɔ si ɛni klia patɛn na aw i ple, ɛn nɔ stori we yu kin trɔst nɔ nem wan we; di MartingalestratɛjiMartingalePrɔgrɛshɔn we de dɔbul di bɛt afta ɛni lɔs. Luk di Stratɛji pat fɔ si wetin i de du ɛn wetin i nɔ de du.Rid ɔl → we pipul kin tay to in nem na gɛs. I nɔ rili mata: ɛni sistɛm pan di bɛt tebulikwipmɛntBɛt tebulDi bɛt grid we dɛn print pan di tebul. Dɛn kin kɔl am bak: tebul, felt, klɔt.Rid ɔl → gɛt di sem valyu we fɔ ɛkspɛktmatematiksValyu we fɔ ɛkspɛktDi avrej rizɔlt fɔ ɛni bɛt if yu ple lɔng tɛm. −1/37 fɔ di bɛt mɔni fɔ ɛni nɔmal Yuropian bɛt.Rid ɔl →, so ilɛk wetin i du, di rizɔlt na lɔng rɔn fɔ lɔk. Di prɔbabilitimatematiksPrɔbabilitiDi chans fɔ wan rizɔlt, frɔm 0 to 1 ɔ frɔm 0% to 100%. Wan nɔmba: 1/37 = 2.70%.Rid ɔl → fɔ lɔk we las lɔng lɛk in yon smɔl fɔ wan pleya, bɔt i big fɔ di tawzin tawzin pipul we de pas na kasino pan wan sizin. Sɔmbɔdi bin go bi Wells. Na Wells.

wetin di stori sewetin di kɔnt se
di sistɛmi nɔ de fel, i sikritnɔbɔdi nɔ no; ɛni sistɛm de lɔs 2.70% fɔ ɔl di mɔni we yu bɛt
di winsabilɔng rɔn; wan pleya pan tawzin gɛt wan
fɔ brok di bankfɔ bit di kasinofɔ dɔn di kesh fɔ wan tebul; di kasino briŋ mɔ
di sɛkɔn visitdi sistɛm stɔp fɔ wokdi valyu we fɔ ɛkspɛkt sho
di lɛsinyu kin bit di wiltin de go bak to di avrej, wit sɔŋ

Di sɔŋ

Fred Gilbert in “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” (1892), we Charles Coborn siŋ, bin big big na Lɔndɔn in myuzik-ɔl dɛn ɛn i kros go Amɛrika. Di pɔsin we de tɔk na di sɔŋ de waka prawd prawd na di bulvad lɛk pɔsin we nɔ nid ɛnibɔdi, ɛn frɔm da tɛm de “brok di bank” min big win we sɔprayz pipul. Di sɔŋ nɔ tɔk bɔt di sɛkɔn visit.

Di sɛkɔn visit ɛn afta

Wells kam bak da ɔtɔm de ɛn i win bak, dɔn i lɔs pat pan di mɔni we i kam na di kol tɛm fɔ 1891–92. I spɛn bɔku pan wan big fayn yot, di Palais Royale, wit invɛsta dɛn mɔni; i nɔ ɛva rich Monte Carlo. Lɛt na 1892, Frɛnch polis ol am na Le Havre, ɛn na Mach 1893 wan Lɔndɔn kɔt gi am et ia at wok na prizin fɔ frɔd. Dɛn lɛf am na 1899, i gɛt tri ia bak na 1906 fɔ ɔda frɔd, ɛn bɔt 1911 i rɔn wan fek bank na Paris we prɔmis 1% ɛni de, ɛn dat put am na Frɛnch prizin. I day na Lɔndɔn na 1922. Di kasino, we pe £40,000 na 1891 ɛn gɛt mɔ pas dat na advatismɛnt, mek gud gud mɔni frɔm am.

Charles Wells
1841

Dɛn bɔn am na Hertfordshire.

di 1880 dɛn

Patɛnt ɛn frɔd invɛstmɛnt plan dɛn.

Julay 1891

Monte Carlo: i brok di bank sɔm tɛm; i win ≈ £40,000.

Ɔtɔm 1891

I kam bak; i win bak.

1891–92

I lɔs pat pan am bak. Di sɔŋ, 1892. Wan yot we nɔ ɛva sel go Monaco.

1893

Dɛn kɔndɛm am fɔ frɔd na Lɔndɔn; et ia.

1906

Ɔda frɔd, tri ia bak.

1912

Dɛn jel am na Frans fɔ bank frɔd.

1922

I day na Lɔndɔn.

Wetin mek di stori impɔtant

Na di kes we klia pas fɔ sistɛm we “wok” ɛn dɔn nɔ wok. Di sistɛm nɔ du natin di tu tɛm; di lɔk kam ɛn go, lɛk aw di variansmatematiksVariansWan mɛzhɔ fɔ aw di rizɔlt dɛn sprɛd rawnd di valyu we fɔ ɛkspɛkt. I ay fɔ bɛt pan wan nɔmba, i lɔ fɔ ivin-mɔni bɛt.Rid ɔl → pej dɛn se i fɔ du. Di kasino lɔs wan wik ɛn i win wan lɛjɛn. Ɛni sistɛm we dɛn dɔn sɛl frɔm da tɛm de gɛt Wells na in tɛstimoni dɛn, ɛn ɛni wan pan dɛn gɛt sɛkɔn visit we di tɛstimoni nɔ tɔk bɔt.

Kwɛstyɔn dɛn

Wells bin chit?

Nɔ pruf de se i chit na di tebul dɛn. In frɔd dɛn bin de ɔda say.

Ɔmɔs £40,000 frɔm 1891 valyu naw?

Sɔm milyɔn pawn, lɛk aw mɔs we dɛn de mɛzhɔ am.

Dɛn rili brok di bank?

Ɛni tebul gɛt kesh fɔ yuz; we i dɔn, di tebul stɔp smɔl ɛn dɛn go tek mɔ. Di kasino nɔ ɛva dɔn mɔni.

Smɔl jok fɔ ɛz di maynd

Di kasino lɔs wan wik ɛn i bay wan ɔndrɛd ia fɔ advatismɛnt.

Di kasino lɔs wan wik ɛn i bay wan ɔndrɛd ia fɔ advatismɛnt.

Usay wi gɛt am frɔm

  1. Quinn, R. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo. The History Press, 2016.
  2. Old Bailey Proceedings Online. Kɔt kes fɔ Charles Wells, Mach 1893 (t18930306-349). Sɛntɛns: et ia at wok na prizin.
  3. Schwartz, D. G. Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling. Gotham, 2006.
  4. Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
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