{"id":2605,"date":"2014-02-08T05:30:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T11:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2023-01-31T06:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:16:46","slug":"russian-roulette-ultimate-game-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/russian-roulette-ultimate-game-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Roulette: The Ultimate Game of Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"
In today’s world, the game of Russian roulette is generally considered to be a metaphor for taking crazy chances: a \u201cgame\u201d in which one is almost guaranteed to eventually face disastrous results. But Russian roulette has a very real history, and has been played on numerous occasions throughout the world. Let\u2019s take a look at just what this game is, where it comes from, and how it has played out in some rather notable real-life circumstances.<\/p>\n
In classic Russian roulette, a group of people \u2013 or even one person \u2013 used a real revolver and a single round of ammunition. One player placed that single round into the cylinder, made it spin, snapped the cylinder into place, and then placed the revolver to their own head. That\u2019s when they would take fate into their own hands by pulling the trigger and seeing what happened next. We can imagine this game probably seemed a lot more clever after drinking a few bottles of bathtub vodka back in \u00a0the day; it’s hard to imagine anyone sane and sober thinking this was a great idea.<\/p>\n