The American Hoyle, or, Gentleman's hand-book of games: containing all the games played in the United States, with rules, descriptions, and technicalities, adapted to the American methods of playing (1864)
Dick, William B. (William Brisbane), 1827-1901, Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769 · Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 463
instance,were only ten numbers filled up, and that the ball were to enter oneof them, the bank would, in that case, lose thirty-four, and onlywin eight; whereas, when all the numbers are filled up, it winsthree, without risking a cent. The single and double zeros are bars, where stakes are… … AMERICAN ROULETTE. E. O. 455 Tms game is played as the French Roulette just described, butis much more common, sporting men preferring a twenty-eight to athirty-six Table, because its per centage against the player is muchstronger. In French or Thirty-six Roulette, the single 0 and 00are sometimes…
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