Joseph Jagger: The Engineer Who Solved Monte Carlo's Roulette Wheel
In 1873, a British engineer and a team of clerks solved an unsolvable problem: they found a roulette wheel that was not quite random.
Jul 21, 2026
Topic
Big Wins
The jackpots, the bluffs, and the runs that broke the bank. We tell the stories with the numbers intact and the mythology stripped back.
The Patricia DeMauro Craps Roll: 154 Rolls Without a Seven-Out
In May 2009, Patricia DeMauro rolled a craps dice for four hours straight without hitting a seven. The probability was roughly one in 1.5 billion. She was lucky.
Jul 15, 2026
The 1919 Black Sox Scandal: Baseball's Biggest Fix
Atlantic City remembers a time when baseball players threw games for money, and when the world discovered it, everything changed. The fix that broke baseball.
Jul 8, 2026
Craps Records: The Longest Rolls Ever Documented
The longest craps roll ever documented was 154 rolls. The probability was impossible. It happened anyway.
Jul 3, 2026
The Crown Casino Whale Who Won and Lost $1.5 Billion
A man with access to unlimited capital enters a casino as both the house's customer and the house's nightmare. The architectural implications are subtle but profound.
Jul 2, 2026
The Greek Syndicate: High Rollers Who Dominated Early 20th Century Casinos
A group of Greek gamblers in the early 1900s won so consistently at European casinos that they were eventually banned. Their edge came not from luck but from understanding probability better than the casinos did.
Jun 29, 2026
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