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About Russian Roulette

Thursday, July 02, 2009
 

Instructions

Features

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    Russian roulette is a game in which one or more participants load a single bullet into a six-shooter revolver. Participants can either spin the cylinder after each discharge or continue firing until the bullet is shot.

History

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    The exact origin of the game of Russian roulette is unknown. However, one legend states that Russian prisoners were forced to play as guards placed bets on the results.

Significance

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    Worldwide popularity of Russian roulette came from the 1978 film "The Deer Hunter." Three U.S. soldiers in Vietnam are forced to play the game by their captors. A number of deaths of teenagers occurred following the film's release.

Considerations

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    The two formats of Russian roulette alter the percentage of danger. When spinning the chamber, a player has a 16.67 percent chance of being shot. However, without respinning, the percentage goes up with the successive shot.

Fun Fact

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    National Lampoon magazine released rules on a variation of the game in the 1970s. The farce featured a semi-automatic pistol, which would automatically load a round into the chamber, giving participants a 100 percent chance of discharging the gun.

Resources

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