Dal Negro Roulette/Compendia Set
Dal Negro have been the world's leading supplier of premium quality gaming boxes including Backgammon sets since the nineteen-fifties. They are also the global specialist in playing cards with a history going back to the mid-eighteenth century.
Beautifully presented roulette set with games compendia altogether in a stunning package.
The 36cm diameter wheel is made from Mahogany and is a beautiful piece of work. Naturally, the wheel is mounted on ball bearings for perfectly smooth running. In fact there are 2 rings of ball-bearings. It is accompanied by Dal Negro's luscious round gambling chips, a metal chip rake and a quality 70% woolen roulette mat.
Games compendia includes:
- 14 inch Mahogany Roulette Wheel
- 70% wool French style roulette mat - 60cm x 100cm
- 180 "Mother-of-Pearl effect" Roulette Chips
- Metal, telescopic chip rake
- 2 Mazzi decks of cards (red & blue)
- 35mm draughts pieces
- 50cm x 50cm chess/draughts board
- 92mm (King-high) chess pieces
The closed box measures approx: 53 x 53 x 9.5 cm. This set tends to be made to order and so the lead time is approximately 2 - 3 weeks - please don't leave it until the last minute.
This product contains small parts that represent a choking hazard for small children. Not suitable for children under 5 years old.
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Origins and History of Roulette
Roulette seems to have been invented by monks in a French monastery, in the 17th century. Some attribute the invention to a French scientist called Blaise Pascal during his monastic retreat on 1655. Another theory is that French Dominican monks invented Roulette, basing it upon an old Tibetan game in which the object was to arrange 37 animal statuettes into a magic number square of 666. Roulette in French means "Small Wheel" which again points back to a French origin of the game.
E.O., a relative of Roulette seems to have become rapidly very popular in the 1770s until it was banned by statute around 1782, and it could well be that E.O. is the direct English ancestor of modern Roulette.
Documentary evidence indicates that the game of roulette sprung up in the 18th century. Like many English games, the earliest mentions are in legal documents banning the game. The English Act 18 Geo. II of 1745 stated "And whereas as certain pernicious game called Roulette or Roly-Poly is daily practiced"... "no place shall be kept for the playing of the said game of Roulette or Roly-Poly"....
You can learn more about Roulette from The Online Guide to Traditional Games.