trente et quarante

[ trahnt ey kuh-rahnt; French trahn tey ka-rahnt ]

noun

1. rouge et noir.

trente et quarante

/ trɑ̃t e karɑ̃t /

noun

1. another name for rouge et noir

Word History and Origins

Origin of trente et quarante¹

Borrowed into English from French around 1665–75

Word History and Origins

Origin of trente et quarante¹

C17: French, literally: thirty and forty; referring to the rule that forty is the maximum number that may be dealt and the winning colour is the one closest to thirty-one

Example Sentences

Assuming a player had been working a Labouchere on this run in the usual manner, on Black with a capital of 500 units, he would have had to retire after the 27th coup through lack of capital; and assuming him to have been playing with a 20-franc unit, he would have had to retire from Roulette on the 28th coup, and from Trente et Quarante after a few more coups if the bad sequence continued, no matter how large his capital had been.

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The Refait is said to occur once in 38 deals on the average; and if this were true, the Bank would have a slightly less advantage at Trente et Quarante than it has at Roulette.

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The maximum and minimum stakes allowed at Trente et Quarante are 12,000 francs and 20 francs respectively.

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The latter consideration is probably wrong; and, as far as the writer's experience goes, it is a very paying business to insure the stake at Trente et Quarante.

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Any system that is applicable to the even chances at the Roulette table can of course be played at Trente et Quarante; but for some reason or other it is unusual to see any system properly worked at this game, possibly because too large a capital would be required.

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