Ŋutsu si gbã gadzraɖoƒe la
Ameblela ɖeka, ɖoɖo ɣaɣla ɖeka, kɔsiɖa wɔnuku ɖeka, kple ha aɖe tso ha-xɔwo me si nɔ agbe wu wo katã.

Charles Wells gbã kasino ƒe ga le Monte Carlo zi geɖe le ƒe 1891 me to dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ ɖe wo nɔewo yome kple ɖoɖo aɖe si ƒe gɔme meɖe kpɔ o la dzi. Ha si wophlɔ le eŋu le ƒe 1892 me na “breaking the bank” (kasino ƒe ga gbãgbã) zu nyagbɔgblɔ. Ebu ga la ƒe akpa aɖe le vuvɔŋɔli ma me eye wòde ga ƒe geɖe ɖe ameblewɔwɔ ta.
Ame si wònye
Charles Deville Wells (1841–1922) nye mɔ̃ɖaŋudzela kple ameblela si wɔa ameblenu edziedzi; eƒoa ga ƒu tso gadelawo gbɔ ɖe mɔ̃ yeye siwo meli o ŋu. Le July 1891 me la, eva Monte Carlo kple ga sia tɔgbe £4,000. Le ŋkeke atɔ̃ me la, egbã kasino ƒe ga zi geɖe, si gɔmee nye be kplɔ̃ aɖe ƒe ga si wodzra ɖo la vɔ, eye wòdzo kple £40,000 abe ale si eya ŋutɔ gblɔe ene; esia sɔ kple pound miliɔn geɖe egbe.

Nu si wòwɔ ŋutɔŋutɔ
Egblɔ be ɖoɖo aɖe si medaa vo o le ye si, gake megblɔ nu si wònye kpɔ o. Ŋkuɖodzinyalawo mekpɔ ɖoɖo aɖeke si dze ƒã le eƒe fefe me o, eye nuŋlɔɖi aɖeke si dzi woate ŋu aɖo kpe o meyɔ mɔnu aɖeke o; MartingaleaɖaŋuMartingaleTɔtrɔ ɖoɖo si tsɔa bɛtga ƒoa ɖe eve le gabubu ɖe sia ɖe megbe. Kpɔ Aɖaŋuwo ƒe akpa la be nànya nu si wòwɔna kple nu si mewɔna o.Xlẽe blibo → si woblaa ɖe eƒe ŋkɔ ŋu zi geɖe la nye susu ko. Mele vevie o: ɖoɖo ɖe sia ɖe le kplɔ̃ ƒe ɖoɖodɔwɔnuKplɔ̃ ƒe ɖoɖoBɛtɖoɖo ƒe xexlẽdzesi ƒe ɖoɖo si woŋlɔ ɖe kplɔ̃ la dzi. Woyɔnɛ hã be table, felt, cloth.Xlẽe blibo → dzi ƒe asixɔxɔ si wokpɔ mɔ naakɔntabubuAsixɔxɔ si wokpɔ mɔ naEmetsonu le titina me le bɛt ɖe sia ɖe me le ɣeyiɣi didi me. −1/37 le bɛtga me na Europa bɛt gbadza ɖe sia ɖe.Xlẽe blibo → sɔ, eyata nu sia nu si wòwɔ o, emetsonu lae nye dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ ɖe wo nɔewo yome didi aɖe. MɔnukpɔkpɔakɔntabubuMɔnukpɔkpɔMɔnukpɔkpɔ be emetsonu aɖe nadzɔ, tso 0 va ɖo 1 alo tso 0% va ɖo 100%. Xexlẽdzesi ɖeka: 1/37 = 2.70%.Xlẽe blibo → be dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ didi abe etɔ ene nava la le sue na fefewɔla ɖeka, gake ele gã na ame akpe geɖe siwo toa kasino aɖe me le ɣeyiɣi ɖeka me. Ame aɖe ava zu Wells. Wells ŋutɔe wònye.
Ha la
Fred Gilbert ƒe ha “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” (1892), si Charles Coborn dzi la, xɔ ŋkɔ ŋutɔ le London ƒe ha-xɔwo me eye wòtso yi Amerika. Ame si le nya la gblɔm la zɔna kple dada le boulevard dzi abe ame si le eɖokui si ene, eye tso ɣemaɣi la, nyagbɔgblɔ “broke the bank” fia dziɖuɖu wɔnuku aɖe. Ha la meyɔ sasrãkpɔkpɔ evelia o.
Sasrãkpɔkpɔ evelia kple esi kplɔe ɖo
Wells gbugbɔ va le haƒoƒoɣi ma me eye wògaɖu dzi, emegbe ebu ga la ƒe akpa aɖe le sasrãkpɔkpɔ aɖe me le vuvɔŋɔli 1891–92 me. Etsɔ gadelawo ƒe ga zã ga geɖe ɖe tɔdziʋu kesinɔtɔ aɖe, Palais Royale, ŋu; meɖo Monte Carlo kpɔ o. Le ƒe 1892 ƒe nuwuwu la, Frans kpovitɔwo lée le Le Havre, eye le March 1893 me la, ʋɔnu aɖe le London tso ƒe enyi ƒe gaxɔmenɔnɔ kple dɔsesẽwɔwɔ nɛ ɖe ameblewɔwɔ ta. Woɖe asi le eŋu le ƒe 1899 me, wogatso ƒe etɔ̃ bubu nɛ le ƒe 1906 me ɖe ameblewɔwɔ bubu ta, eye le ƒe 1911 lɔƒo la, ewɔ gadzraɖoƒe alakpa aɖe le Paris si do ŋugbe 1% le ŋkeke ɖe sia ɖe me, si na wòde gaxɔ le Frans. Eku le London le ƒe 1922 me. Kasino la, si xe £40,000 le ƒe 1891 me eye wòkpɔ ŋkɔxɔxɔ si ƒe asixɔxɔ ʋu ema wu la, kpɔ viɖe geɖe tso eƒe nya me.
Wodzii le Hertfordshire.
Mɔ̃ɖaŋununya ƒe nuɖoanyiɖaseɖigbalẽwo kple gadede ƒe ameblenuwo.
Monte Carlo: egbã kasino ƒe ga zi geɖe; ekpɔ ≈ £40,000.
Egbugbɔ va; egaɖu dzi.
Ebu eƒe akpa aɖe. Ha la, 1892. Tɔdziʋu aɖe si meɖo Monaco kpɔ o.
Wobu fɔe ɖe ameblewɔwɔ ta le London; ƒe enyi.
Ameblewɔwɔ bubu, ƒe etɔ̃ bubu.
Wode gaxɔe le Frans ɖe gadzraɖoƒe ƒe ameblewɔwɔ ta.
Eku le London.
Nu si ta ŋutinya la le vevie
Enye kpɔɖeŋu si me kɔ wu be ɖoɖo aɖe “wɔ dɔ” eye emegbe mewɔ o. Ɖoɖo la mewɔ naneke le zi eveawo siaa me o; dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ va eye wòyi, abe ale si kakaɖeakɔntabubuKakaɖeDzidzenu si ɖenɛ fiana alesi emetsonuwo kakana ɖe asixɔxɔ si wokpɔ mɔ na ŋu godoo. Ekɔ na xexlẽdzesi ɖeka ƒe bɛt, eye wòbɔbɔ na bɛt sɔsɔewo.Xlẽe blibo → ƒe axawo gblɔ be ele be wòanɔ ene. Kasino la bu kɔsiɖa ɖeka eye wòkpɔ ŋutinya-gli ɖeka. Ɖoɖo ɖe sia ɖe si wodzra tso ɣemaɣi la, Wells aɖe le eƒe ɖaseɖiɖiwo me, eye wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe hã si sasrãkpɔkpɔ evelia aɖe si ŋu ɖaseɖiɖi la meƒo nu tso o.
Nyabiasewo
Kpeɖodzi aɖeke meli le kplɔ̃wo ŋu o. Eƒe ameblewɔwɔwo nɔ teƒe bubu.
Pound miliɔn geɖe, le dzidzenu geɖe nu.
Ga si wodzra ɖo nɔ kplɔ̃ ɖe sia ɖe si; ne evɔ la, kplɔ̃ la tɔ eye wotsɔ bubu va. Ga mevɔ le kasino la si kpɔ o.
Nukokoe sue

Kasino la bu kɔsiɖa ɖeka eye wòƒle ƒe alafa ɖeka ƒe ŋkɔxɔxɔ.
Nunyaƒewo
- 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.