Belle (gambling)
Belle is a lottery-like , accommodated in the 17th century from Italy to Paris gamble similar to Biribi or Cavagnole .
You use a board with 104 numbers in 13 rows of 8 numbers on which - similar to the roulette game - the bets are made, and a number of 104 numbers in a bag from which the winning number is drawn.
Depending on the agreement, 100 or 96 times the stake will be refunded in the event of a win, i.e. H. the win ratio is 99: 1 or 95: 1, the bank advantage thus 4/104 = 3.85% and 8/104 = 7.69%.
In addition to betting on a full number, you could also bet on a row of 13 numbers or a column of 8.
Belle (with boards and numbers) was included on the list of prohibited games by the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Justice .
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- Friedrich Anton: Encyclopedia of Games , Leipzig 1889
- Brockhaus Konversationslexikon from 1894/96
- Meyers Konversationslexikon from 1888