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The En Prison version of roulette gambling was introduced in the 19th century. En Prison is the European version of roulette without the double 0. This form of the game lowered the house’s edge further down from 2.7% to 1.35%. Because of this very low house edge, the game of roulette began to gain popularity which grew rapidly. In Europe, roulette games count for 50% of casino earnings. However, in the United States where many casinos only offer the double 0 version, roulette is only 5% of casino earnings.
Even though the origins of roulette gambling are disputed, the game as we know it definitely began in France. In 1720, the first gaming table using a rotating wheel and spinning ball was used for gambling. Then, it was called roly poly. Soon after its introduction, roly poly was banned in England under the gaming acts law of 1739. However, these laws were ignored by Beau Nash, the Master of Ceremonies at Bath, and he made a very similar game to modern roulette which he called Even Odd. This game was also banned soon after in 1745.