This series of articles will study the stories of the most successful casino players. And we begin with the story of the legendary Charles Wells. Charles Wells, or Charles Wells, always dreamed of wealth and fame. He called himself an “inventor” and constantly spent all his money in casinos, playing roulette. He achieved his goal and became known as “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.” His story lives on in the memory of gambling forever.

A series of big wins over roulette

Everyone who enters a casino dreams of becoming a legendary roulette player. Charles Wells became one such person when in July 1891, he went to Monte Carlo to win big money.
One of the banks gave him a credit of 4000 pounds, even though they did not believe in his “inventions.”

At the casino, Charles Wells continued to play roulette for 11 hours.
He defeated the bank 12 times, and, at the same time, the amount of money in the bank did not decrease.
After Charles’s win, the casino’s reputation and the number of players increased dramatically. This man´s story is an excellent example of how a person’s dreams can come true with determination and luck.

After Charles Wells’s win at the casino, there were not enough chips left for the roulette game. He won 20 spins out of 30 and earned around 1 million francs!

November 1891 became a new milestone in Charles Wells’s wins as he returned to Monte Carlo, and within three days, he could win 1 million francs at the roulette table. Additionally, he won 5 consecutive times, placing a bet on number 5.

Charles Wells rises to prominence

The casino tried to figure out the reason for his luck but to no avail. Later, Wells admitted that he had been fortunate. In 1892, Fred Gilbert wrote a song about his game called “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.”

He constantly tried to convey to those around him that he was a successful engineer who needed the money to continue improving his invention. Many people invested in him. Charles Wells spoke of his invention as a device for saving ship fuel. He never revealed the real principle of his vision and took it to the grave with him.

Peak rise and fatal fall

In 1892, Mr. Wells returned to Monte Carlo and again made a fortune playing roulette but ultimately lost everything due to gambling.

Charles was sentenced to 8 years in prison for financial fraud and fraud, after which he received an additional three years and then emigrated to France. But even there, he could not escape his fate and was sentenced to 5 years in prison for financial fraud.

Charles Wells died in 1926 in Paris, and he left life as a poor man.
In 1935, the world’s screens were swept by a new film, “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.”
In 1983, Michael Butterworth published a book with the same title about Charles Wells.

PS: GPT-3 (from “Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3”, the third version of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer model that OpenAI created) opinion on Charles Wells:

“Charles Wells was an English fraudster who became famous in the late 19th century for his series of successful frauds and scams, including a number of big wins at the roulette tables. He was known for using a variety of methods to cheat the casinos, such as using loaded dice and marked cards. He was able to win large sums of money by exploiting the casinos’ weaknesses and exploiting the trust of the casino staff and other players.

Although he was able to pull off several successful frauds, his criminal activities ultimately led to his arrest and conviction. He served several years in prison for his crimes.

 

 It’s important to keep in mind that cheating in any form is illegal and not tolerated by any casino, it’s important to always play fair, and to be aware of the risks and downsides of gambling, as well as its potential benefits.”