Roulette Balls
date: label: date made
content: 1930
name: label: maker
content: H. C. Evans & Co. Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: Three metal balls, one red and two white, used with a 1930s H.C. Evans & Company Roulette Wheel. The wheel was outfitted wilth an electomagnetic device used to cheat gamblers. The dealer could push a button to send a magnetic charge that directed the ball away from numbers on which players had made large wagers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Gambling
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Sports & Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Russell T. Barnhart
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0540.16
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0540.16
label: accession number
content: 1984.0540
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balls, roulette
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (one ball material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (white & red balls material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 in x 92 in x 18 in; 147.32 cm x 233.68 cm x 45.72 cm
label: Measurements
content: white balls: 3/4 in; 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: red ball: 1 in; 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: metal ball: 3/4 in; 1.905 cm