Belle (card game)

Belle is a lottery-like gambling game, similar to Biribi and Cavagnole, that was brought from Italy to Paris in the 17th century.

This article is about the lottery game of Belle. For the gambling game also known in short as Belle, see Belle, Flux et Trente-et-Un.

It needs a board with 104 numbers in 13 rows of 8 numbers, on which - similar to roulette - the bets are placed, and a bag containing 104 numbers from which the winning number is drawn.

Depending on the agreement, 100 times or 96 times the bet will be refunded in the event of a win, i.e. the odds are 99:1 or 95:1, respectively, the bank advantage is 4/104 = 3.85% or 8/104 = 7.69%.

In addition to betting on a single number, punters may also bet on a row of 13 numbers or a column of 8.

"Belle (with boards and numbers)" was included in the list of games prohibited in Austria-Hungary by the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Justice.

Sources
  • Friedrich Anton: Encyklopädie der Spiele, Leipzig 1889
  • Brockhaus Konversationslexikon von 1894/96
  • Meyers Konversationslexikon von 1888
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