History of Roulette or How it All Began..

The history of roulette is a bit confusing. This is mainly because; the genesis of the game has been credited to several eras of time and a lot of countries take credit of inventing this game. It has been said that roulette was first invented in countries such as France, Italy and China. However, it was France, which popularized the game of roulette but it is its neighbor, Italy, which is being credited with inventing the game of roulette.

It is also believed that the history of the game dates back to the era of the Romans who first invented the spinning wheel. Apart from this, the Chinese also take credit of inventing the game wherein they used to play roulette, which had animal symbols instead of the numbers. They were the Dominican Monks who replaced the animal symbols with number symbols, which is what we use today.

Roulette first came to the United States in the 1800’s and since then it gained a large amount of popularity, which we see today. To conclude, the history of roulette is still a mystery as a lot of countries credit themselves about inventing this highly popular game.