Indoda eyaphula ibhange
Umkhohlisi, uhlelo oluyimfihlo, isonto elingavamile, kanye nengoma yasehholo lomculo eyabadlula bonke ngokuphila isikhathi eside.

U-Charles Wells waphula ibhange e-Monte Carlo izikhathi eziningana ngo-1891 ngenxa yenhlanhla eyalandelana kanye nohlelo angakaze aluchaze. Ingoma eyabhalwa ngaye ngo-1892 yenza ukuthi “ukwaphula ibhange” kube yisisho. Walahlekelwa ingxenye yemali ngalobo busika futhi wachitha iminyaka ejele ngenxa yokukhohlisa.
Wayengubani
U-Charles Deville Wells (1841–1922) wayengunjiniyela nomkhohlisi owayephinda-phinda, owayeqoqa imali kubatshalizimali ngenxa yezinto ezisunguliwe ezazingekho. NgoJulayi 1891 wafika e-Monte Carlo ene-£4,000 yaleyo mali. Ezinsukwini ezinhlanu waphula ibhange, okusho ukuthi waqeda imali egciniwe yetafula, izikhathi eziningana, futhi wahamba ne-£40,000 cishe ngokusho kwakhe, okuyizigidi eziningana zamaphawundi namuhla.

Lokho akwenza ngempela
Wathi unohlelo olungeke lwehluleke futhi akazange asho ukuthi lwalunjani. Ofakazi ababonanga iphethini esobala ekudlaleni kwakhe, futhi ayikho indaba ethembekile esho indlela athi wayisebenzisa; i-MartingaleisuMartingaleUkwenyuswa kwenani okuphinda kabili inani elibhejwayo ngemuva kokuhlulwa ngakunye. Bheka isigaba esithi “Amasu okubheja ku-roulette” ukuze ubone ukuthi kwenzani nokuthi yini engakwenzi.Funda konke → evame ukuxhunyaniswa negama lakhe iwukuqagela nje. Lokho akubalulekile kangako: zonke izinhlelo ethebuleni lokubhejaokokusebenzaIthebula lokubhejaIgridi yokubheja ephrintiwe etafuleni. Kubuye kuthiwe: itafula, i-felt, indwangu.Funda konke → zinenani elilindelekileizibaloInani elilindelekileUmphumela ovamile ekubhejeni ngakunye esikhathini eside. U-−1/37 wenani elibhejwayo kukho konke ukubheja okujwayelekile kwaseYurophu.Funda konke → elifanayo, ngakho noma yini ayenzayo, umphumela kwakuwuchungechunge olude lwenhlanhla. AmathubaizibaloAmathubaIthuba lomphumela, kusukela ku-0 kuya ku-1 noma ku-0% kuya ku-100%. Inombolo eyodwa: 1/37 = 2.70%.Funda konke → ochungechunge lwenhlanhla olude njengolwakhe mancane kumdlali ngamunye, kodwa makhulu ezinkulungwaneni zabantu abadlula ekhasino enkathini eyodwa. Kwakuzoba khona othile oba ngu-Wells. Kwaba ngu-Wells.
Ingoma
Ingoma ka-Fred Gilbert ethi “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” (1892), eyayiculwa ngu-Charles Coborn, yaduma kakhulu emahholo omculo ase-London futhi yawela naseMelika. Umxoxi wayo uhamba ngokuziqhenya emgwaqweni omkhulu enomoya wokuzimela, futhi kusukela lapho isisho esithi “ukwaphula ibhange” sesisho ukuwina okumangalisayo. Ingoma ayikukhulumi ukuvakasha kwesibili.
Ukuvakasha kwesibili nokwalandela
U-Wells wabuya ngalelo kwindla futhi waphinde wawina, wabe esalahlekelwa ingxenye yemali ekuvakasheni kobusika be-1891–92. Wasebenzisa imali eningi esikebheni sikanokusho, i-Palais Royale, ngemali yabatshalizimali; asizange size sifike e-Monte Carlo. Ngasekupheleni kuka-1892 amaphoyisa aseFrance amvalela e-Le Havre, kwathi ngoMashi 1893 inkantolo yase-London yamgweba iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili yomsebenzi onzima ejele ngenxa yokukhohlisa. Wakhululwa ngo-1899, wathola eminye iminyaka emithathu ngo-1906 ngenxa yokunye ukukhohlisa, kwathi cishe ngo-1911 waqhuba ibhange lomgunyathi e-Paris elalithembisa u-1% ngosuku, okwamfaka ejele laseFrance. Washonela e-London ngo-1922. Ikhasino, elalikhokhe u-£40,000 ngo-1891 futhi lathola okungaphezu kwalokho ekwaziseni ngalo, lazuza kakhulu ngaye.
Uzalelwa e-Hertfordshire.
Amalungelo obunikazi nezinhlelo zokutshala imali zokukhohlisa.
E-Monte Carlo: uphula ibhange izikhathi eziningana; uwina ≈ £40,000.
Uyabuya; uphinde awine.
Ulahlekelwa yingxenye yayo. Ingoma, 1892. Isikebhe esingakaze sihambe siye e-Monaco.
Utholakala enecala lokukhohlisa e-London; iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili.
Okunye ukukhohlisa, eminye iminyaka emithathu.
Uboshwa eFrance ngenxa yokukhohlisa ngebhange.
Ushonela e-London.
Kungani le ndaba ibalulekile
Iyisibonelo esicace kunazo zonke sohlelo “olusebenzayo” bese lungasebenzi. Uhlelo aluzange lwenze lutho kuzo zombili izikhathi; inhlanhla yeza futhi yahamba, njengoba amakhasi okuguquguqukaizibaloUkuguquguqukaIsilinganiso sokuthi imiphumela ihlakazeke kangakanani ezungeze inani elilindelekile. Kuphezulu ku-straight up, kuphansi ekubhejeni okulingana nemali.Funda konke → esho ukuthi kumele kwenzeke. Ikhasino lalahlekelwa isonto elilodwa futhi lazuza inganekwane. Lonke uhlelo oludayiswe kusukela lapho lune-Wells ebufakazini balo, futhi lonke lunokuvakasha kwesibili ubufakazi obungakukhulumi.
Imibuzo
Abukho ubufakazi balokho ematafuleni. Ukukhohlisa kwakhe kwakwenzeka kwenye indawo.
Izigidi eziningana zamaphawundi, ngokwezilinganiso eziningi.
Itafula ngalinye lalinemali egciniwe; uma iphela, itafula lalima isikhashana kulandwe enye. Ikhasino ayikaze iphelelwe yimali.
Okokuhlekisa

Ikhasino lalahlekelwa isonto futhi lathenga ikhulu leminyaka lokukhangisa.
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.