Roulette Wheel
date: label: date made
content: 1930
name: label: maker
content: H. C. Evans & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: 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: Prohibition
label: general subject association
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: 1984.0540.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0540
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0540.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Roulette Wheel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall 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: outer rim: 6 1/2 in; 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: center piece: 7 in; 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: center circle: 3 in; 7.62 cm