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[[File:Grille de biribi 1788.jpg|thumb|Tableau for Biribi (1788)]] |
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[[File:Historisches Biribi-Spiel aus dem 18. Jahrhundert.JPG|thumb|Richly illustrated historical Biribi game from the 18th century, shown in the Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden]] |
[[File:Historisches Biribi-Spiel aus dem 18. Jahrhundert.JPG|thumb|Richly illustrated historical Biribi game from the 18th century, shown in the Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden]] |
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⚫ | '''Biribi''', or '''cavagnole''' |
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⚫ | they wish to back. The [[banker]] is provided with a bag from which he draws a case containing a ticket, the tickets corresponding with the numbers on the board. The banker calls out the number, and |
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⚫ | '''Biribi''', '''biribissi''' (in Italian), or '''cavagnole''' (in French), was an Italian game of chance similar to [[roulette]]<!--The French article says roulette-->, played for low stakes, that was banned in 1837. It was played on a board on which the numbers 1 to 70 are marked.<ref name="Dumas1998">{{cite book|last=Dumas|first=Alexandre |title=Twenty Years After|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cqBW2mNI6IC&pg=PA836|accessdate=23 May 2019|year=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press, UK|isbn=978-0-19-283843-8|pages=836–}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The players put their stakes on the numbers they wish to back. The [[banker]] is provided with a bag from which he draws a case containing a ticket, the tickets corresponding with the numbers on the board. The banker calls out the number, and any players who backed it receive sixty-four times their stake; all other stakes go to the banker.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Biribi |volume=3 |page=981}}</ref> |
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[[Casanova]] played it in [[Genoa]] (illegally, for it was already banned there) and the South of France in the 1760s, and describes it as "a regular cheats' game".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manuscript Biribi Game from the 18th century |url=https://steffenvoelkel.com/manuscript-biribi-game-2 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Antiquariat {{!}} Steffen Völkel GmbH |language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>''The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova'' (Voulme 5)</ref> He broke the bank (fairly, he claims) and was immediately rumored to have been in collusion with the bag-holder; such collusion, presumably, was common.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lathan |first=Sharon |date=2016-07-11 |title=Cavagnole |url=https://sharonlathanauthor.com/cavagnole/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Sharon Lathan, Novelist |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Biribi, biribissi (in Italian), or cavagnole (in French), was an Italian game of chance similar to roulette, played for low stakes, that was banned in 1837. It was played on a board on which the numbers 1 to 70 are marked.[1]
The players put their stakes on the numbers they wish to back. The banker is provided with a bag from which he draws a case containing a ticket, the tickets corresponding with the numbers on the board. The banker calls out the number, and any players who backed it receive sixty-four times their stake; all other stakes go to the banker.[2]
Casanova played it in Genoa (illegally, for it was already banned there) and the South of France in the 1760s, and describes it as "a regular cheats' game".[3][4] He broke the bank (fairly, he claims) and was immediately rumored to have been in collusion with the bag-holder; such collusion, presumably, was common.[5]
In the French army, "to be sent to Biribi" was a cant term for being sent to the disciplinary battalions in Algeria.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Dumas, Alexandre (1998). Twenty Years After. Oxford University Press, UK. pp. 836–. ISBN 978-0-19-283843-8. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ a b public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Biribi". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 981. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ "Manuscript Biribi Game from the 18th century". Antiquariat | Steffen Völkel GmbH (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova (Voulme 5)
- ^ Lathan, Sharon (2016-07-11). "Cavagnole". Sharon Lathan, Novelist. Retrieved 2024-07-17.