About Russian Roulette
Russian roulette is a game of chance with lethal consequences. It involves placing a single bullet in a revolver and holding the gun to one's head and pulling the trigger. This results is either survival or death for the participant. It is believed to derive from Russia and is named after a roulette wheel, which spins.
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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.
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