Ernie McKay is an American musician who led a territory band in Columbus, Ohio .
89-532: Documentation listing musicians who performed with Ernie McKay and his Orchestra has not been made available, although the best-known name associated with McKay is that of young Dean Martin (using his birth name, Dino Crocetti) who sang with the band in the 1930s. It was McKay who changed Crocetti's name to Dino Martini. Another familiar personality, Paul "Snook" Neal, who was inducted into the Columbus Senior Musicians Hall of Fame in 1996, played with
178-399: A Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1966 and was nominated again the following three years. The show exploited his image as a carefree boozer. Martin capitalized on his laid-back persona of the half-drunk crooner , inappropriately hitting on women, and making snappy if slurred remarks about fellow celebrities during his roasts . During an interview on
267-640: A Southern politician in 1961's Ada , and starring in 1963's screen adaptation of an intense stage drama, Toys in the Attic , opposite Geraldine Page , as well as in 1970's drama Airport with Burt Lancaster , a huge box-office success. Sinatra and Martin teamed up for several more movies, the crime caper Ocean's 11 , the musical Robin and the 7 Hoods , and the Western comedies Sergeants 3 and 4 for Texas , with their Rat Pack pals such as Sammy Davis, Jr. , Peter Lawford , and Joey Bishop , as well as
356-459: A ball in the opposite direction around a tilted circular track running around the outer edge of the wheel. The ball eventually loses momentum , passes through an area of deflectors, and falls onto the wheel and into one of the colored and numbered pockets on the wheel. The winnings are then paid to anyone who has placed a successful bet. The first form of roulette was devised in 18th-century France . Many historians believe Blaise Pascal introduced
445-535: A better act for their second show that night, they would be fired. Huddling in the alley behind the club, Lewis and Martin agreed to "go for broke", they divided their act between songs, skits, and ad-libbed material. Martin sang and Lewis dressed as a busboy, dropping plates and making a shambles of Martin's performance and the club's decorum until Lewis was chased from the room as Martin pelted him with bread rolls. They performed slapstick , reeled off old vaudeville jokes and did whatever else popped into their heads;
534-720: A brief relationship with model and longtime friend Patricia Sheehan . Martin's uncle was Leonard Barr , who appeared in several of his shows. In the 1960s and early 1970s Martin lived at 363 Copa De Oro Road in Bel Air, Los Angeles, before selling it to Tom Jones for $ 500,000 in June 1976. Martin's son-in-law was the Beach Boys ' Carl Wilson , who married Martin's daughter Gina. Figure skater Dorothy Hamill and actress Olivia Hussey were his daughters-in-law during their marriages to Martin's son, Dean Paul Martin. Craig, Martin's elder son,
623-462: A broken nose (later straightened), a scarred lip, many broken knuckles (a result of not being able to afford tape used to wrap boxers' hands), and a bruised body. Of his 12 bouts, Martin said that he "won all but 11." For a time, he shared a New York City apartment with Sonny King , who was also starting in show business and had little money. The two reportedly charged people to watch them bare-knuckle box each other in their apartment, fighting until one
712-528: A crooning style influenced by Harry Mills of the Mills Brothers and Perry Como . By late 1940, Martin had begun singing for Cleveland bandleader Sammy Watkins , who suggested he change his name to Dean Martin. He stayed with Watkins until at least May 1943. By fall 1943, Martin had begun performing in New York. He was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II but was discharged after 14 months due to
801-601: A gambling mecca for the elite of Europe. It was here that the single zero roulette wheel became the premier game, and over the years was exported around the world, except in the United States where the double zero wheel remained dominant. In the United States, the French double zero wheel made its way up the Mississippi from New Orleans , and then westward. It was here, because of rampant cheating by both operators and gamblers, that
890-742: A hernia. In October 1941, Martin married Elizabeth "Betty" Anne McDonald in Cleveland , and the couple had an apartment in Cleveland Heights for a while. They eventually had four children before divorcing in 1949. Martin attracted the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures , but a Hollywood contract was not forthcoming. Martin met comic Jerry Lewis at the Belmont Plaza Hotel in New York City in August 1944. According to Lewis,
979-547: A lifelong heavy smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in September 1993. He was told that he would require surgery to prolong his life, but he rejected it. Martin retired from public life in early 1995 and died of acute respiratory failure resulting from emphysema at his Beverly Hills home on Christmas Day, 1995, at the age of 78. The lights of the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed in his honor. Martin
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#17328547275151068-408: A marker, also known as a dolly , on that number on the roulette table layout. When the dolly is on the table, no players may place bets, collect bets or remove any bets from the table. The dealer will then sweep away all losing bets either by hand or by rake, and determine the payouts for the remaining inside and outside winning bets. When the dealer is finished making payouts, the dolly is removed from
1157-638: A minor hit single with " Since I Met You Baby " and made his first music video, which appeared on MTV and was created by Martin's youngest son, Ricci. On March 21, 1987, Martin's son, actor Dean Paul Martin (formerly Dino of the 1960s " teeny-bopper " rock group Dino, Desi & Billy ), died when his F-4 Phantom II jet fighter crashed while flying with the California Air National Guard . Martin's grief over his son's death left him depressed and demoralized. Lewis stated in an on-stage interview in 2005 that subsequent to his son's death Martin became
1246-571: A month after his second marriage had dissolved, Martin, at 55, married 26-year-old Catherine Hawn on April 25, 1973. Hawn had been the receptionist at the chic Gene Shacove hair salon in Beverly Hills. They divorced November 10, 1976. He was also briefly engaged to Gail Renshaw , Miss World –U.S. 1969. Eventually, Martin reconciled with Jeanne, though they never remarried. Martin and Hawn had no biological children of their own but Martin adopted Hawn's daughter, Sasha. After their divorce, Martin had
1335-519: A number of Westerns . By the early 1970s, The Dean Martin Show was still earning solid ratings, and although he was no longer a Top 40 hitmaker, his record albums continued to sell. He found a way to make his passion for golf profitable by offering a signature line of golf balls, and the Dean Martin Tucson Open was an event on golf's PGA Tour from 1972 to 1975. At his death, Martin was reportedly
1424-505: A player bets on red, there are 18 red numbers, p = 18 {\displaystyle p=18} , so the chance of winning is 18 ( 36 + n ) {\textstyle {\frac {18}{(36+n)}}} . The payout given by the casino for a win is based on the roulette wheel having 36 outcomes, and the payout for a bet is given by 36 p {\textstyle {\frac {36}{p}}} . For example, betting on 1-12 there are 12 numbers that define
1513-418: A player's inside and outside bets for each spin. For inside bets at roulette tables, some casinos may use separate roulette table chips of various colors to distinguish players at the table. Players can continue to place bets as the ball spins around the wheel until the dealer announces "no more bets" or "rien ne va plus". When a winning number and color is determined by the roulette wheel, the dealer will place
1602-611: A primitive form of roulette in the 17th century in his search for a perpetual motion machine . The roulette mechanism is a hybrid of a gaming wheel invented in 1720 and the Italian game Biribi . A primitive form of roulette, known as 'EO' (Even/Odd), was played in England in the late 18th century using a gaming wheel similar to that used in roulette. The game has been played in its present form since as early as 1796 in Paris . An early description of
1691-415: A publicity photo of Martin, Lewis, and actress Sheree North was published on the cover of Look magazine. Martin was shocked to see Lewis and North pictured but Martin cropped off the page. The team's publicity manager, Jack Keller, remembered Martin walking on the set "with a copy of Look and he threw it right in my face and called me every vile name he could think of." Lewis recalled Martin "saying he
1780-532: A reclusive alcoholic. Later, a tour with Davis and Sinatra in 1988, undertaken in part to help Martin recover, sputtered. Martin was married three times. He wed Elizabeth Anne "Betty" McDonald, (July 14, 1922 – July 11, 1989) of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania in 1941. The couple had four children: Martin then married Dorothy Jean "Jeanne" Biegger (March 27, 1927 – August 24, 2016), a former Orange Bowl queen from Coral Gables, Florida . Their marriage lasted 24 years (1949–1973) and produced three children: Less than
1869-549: A romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks . Martin also co-starred with Shirley MacLaine in a number of films, including Some Came Running , Artists and Models , Career , All in a Night's Work , and What a Way to Go! He played a satiric variation of his own womanizing persona as Las Vegas singer "Dino" in Billy Wilder 's comedy Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) with Kim Novak , and Martin poked fun at his image in films such as
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#17328547275151958-506: A roulette wheel with n {\displaystyle n} green numbers and 36 other unique numbers, the chance of the ball landing on a given number is 1 ( 36 + n ) {\textstyle {\frac {1}{(36+n)}}} . For a betting option with p {\displaystyle p} numbers defining a win, the chance of winning a bet is p ( 36 + n ) {\textstyle {\frac {p}{(36+n)}}} For example, if
2047-433: A series of TV specials through 1984. For nearly a decade, Martin had recorded as many as four albums a year for Reprise Records . Martin recorded his final Reprise album, Once in a While in 1974, which was not issued until 1978. His final recordings were made for Warner Bros. Records . The Nashville Sessions was released in 1983, from which he had a hit with "(I Think That I Just Wrote) My First Country Song", which
2136-967: A single number wins 1 ⁄ 37 and loses 36 ⁄ 37 : For triple-zero wheels, a single number wins 1 ⁄ 39 and loses 38 ⁄ 39 : As an example, the European roulette model, that is, roulette with only one zero, can be examined. Since this roulette has 37 cells with equal odds of hitting, this is a final model of field probability ( Ω , 2 Ω , P ) {\textstyle \left(\Omega ,2^{\Omega },\mathbb {P} \right)} , where Ω = { 0 , … , 36 } {\displaystyle \Omega =\{0,\ldots ,36\}} , P ( A ) = | A | 37 {\textstyle \mathbb {P} (A)={\frac {|A|}{37}}} for all A ∈ 2 Ω {\displaystyle A\in 2^{\Omega }} . Call
2225-406: A single zero, a double zero, and an American Eagle. The Eagle slot, which was a symbol of American liberty, was a house slot that brought the casino an extra edge. Soon, the tradition vanished and since then the wheel features only numbered slots. According to Hoyle "the single 0, the double 0, and the eagle are never bars; but when the ball falls into either of them, the banker sweeps every thing upon
2314-708: A small picture and brief biography in the Gazebo Park at Route 7 and North Fourth Street. The Dean Martin Hometown Festival is held over a long weekend every June in Steubenville: led by The Dean Martin Association since 2024, impersonators, friends and family, and entertainers, many of Italian ancestry, appear. In 2005, Clark County, Nevada , renamed a portion of Industrial Road as Dean Martin Drive. A similarly named street
2403-574: A square between via Sarca and via Torrente Piomba and a congress palace called Pala Dean Martin congress center in via Aldo Moro adjacent to the Porto Allegro structure (former cinema Warner). A number of Martin songs have been featured across popular culture for decades. Hits such as "Ain't That a Kick in the Head", "Sway", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You", "That's Amore", and Martin's signature song "Everybody Loves Somebody" have been in films (such as
2492-414: A teenager, Martin played the drums as a hobby. He dropped out of Steubenville High School in the tenth grade because, according to Martin, he thought he was smarter than his teachers. Martin bootlegged liquor , worked in a steel mill, served as a croupier at a speakeasy and a blackjack dealer, and was a welterweight boxer. At 15, Martin billed himself as "Kid Crochet". His prizefighting earned him
2581-485: A triple threat: they could make money from his work in nightclubs, films, and records. Randall was paid off to relinquish the role, Martin replaced him and the film turned out to be the beginning of Martin's comeback. He starred alongside Frank Sinatra for the first time in the Vincente Minnelli drama, Some Came Running (1958). By the mid-1960s, Martin was a movie, recording, television, and nightclub star. He
2670-549: A win, p = 12 {\displaystyle p=12} , the payout is 36 12 = 3 {\textstyle {\frac {36}{12}}=3} , so the bettor wins 3 times their bet. The average return on a player's bet is given by p ( 36 + n ) ⋅ 36 p = 36 ( 36 + n ) {\textstyle {\frac {p}{(36+n)}}\cdot {\frac {36}{p}}={\frac {36}{(36+n)}}} For n > 0 {\displaystyle n>0} ,
2759-461: A zero comes up. In the United Kingdom, the farthest outside bets (low/high, red/black, even/odd) result in the player losing only half of their bet if a zero comes up. The expected value of a $ 1 bet (except for the special case of top line bets), for American and European roulette, can be calculated as where n is the number of pockets in the wheel. The initial bet is returned in addition to
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2848-460: Is a green pocket numbered 0 (zero). In American roulette, there is a second green pocket marked 00. Pocket number order on the roulette wheel adheres to the following clockwise sequence in most casinos: The cloth-covered betting area on a roulette table is known as the layout . The layout is either single-zero or double-zero. The European-style layout has a single zero, and the American style layout
2937-404: Is determined by The bet's expected net return, or profitability, is equal to Without details, for a bet, black (or red), the rule is determined as and the profitability For similar reasons it is simple to see that the profitability is also equal for all remaining types of bets. − r 37 {\textstyle -{\frac {r}{37}}} . In reality this means that,
3026-699: Is found in the U.S., Canada, South America, and the Caribbean, while the single zero wheel is predominant elsewhere. Roulette players have a variety of betting options. "Inside" bets involve selecting either the exact number on which the ball will land, or a small group of numbers adjacent to each other on the layout. "Outside" bets, by contrast, allow players to select a larger group of numbers based on properties such as their color or parity (odd/even). The payout odds for each type of bet are based on its probability . The roulette table usually imposes minimum and maximum bets, and these rules usually apply separately for all of
3115-435: Is the subject of Dean Martin's Wild Party and Dean Martin's Vegas Shindig , a pair of video slot machines found in many casinos. The games feature songs sung by Martin during the bonus feature and the count-up of a player's winnings. A compilation album called Amore! debuted at Number One on Billboard magazine's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart in its February 21, 2009, issue. Roulette Roulette (named after
3204-474: Is usually a double-zero. The American-style roulette table with a wheel at one end is now used in most casinos because it has a higher house edge compared to a European layout. The French style table with a wheel in the centre and a layout on either side is rarely found outside of Monte Carlo. In roulette, bets can be either inside or outside . Outside bets typically have smaller payouts with better odds at winning. Except as noted, all of these bets lose if
3293-721: The Matt Helm spy spoofs of the 1960s, in which he was a co-producer. In the third Matt Helm film The Ambushers (1967), Helm, about to be executed, receives a last cigarette and tells the provider, "I'll remember you from the great beyond", continuing sotto voce , "somewhere around Steubenville, I hope". As a singer, Martin copied the styles of Harry Mills (of the Mills Brothers ), Bing Crosby , and Perry Como until he developed his own and could hold his own in duets with Sinatra and Crosby. Like Sinatra, Martin could not read music, but he recorded more than 100 albums and 600 songs. His signature tune, " Everybody Loves Somebody ", knocked
3382-499: The French word meaning "little wheel") is a casino game which was likely developed from the Italian game Biribi . In the game, a player may choose to place a bet on a single number, various groupings of numbers, the color red or black, whether the number is odd or even, or if the number is high or low. To determine the winning number, a croupier spins a wheel in one direction, then spins
3471-683: The Hollywood Walk of Fame : one at 6519 Hollywood Boulevard for movies; the second at 1617 Vine for recordings; and a third at 6651 Hollywood Boulevard for television. In February 2009, Martin was honored with a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award . Four of his surviving children, Gail, Deana, Ricci and Gina accepted it on his behalf. In 2010, Martin received a posthumous star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The town of origin of Dean's father, Montesilvano , dedicated to him
3560-505: The Muscular Dystrophy Association , in September 1976. Sinatra shocked Lewis by bringing Martin out on stage and as the two men embraced, the audience gave them a standing ovation and the phones lit up, resulting in one of the telethon's most profitable years up to that time. Lewis later reported the event was one of the three most memorable of his life. Lewis quipped, "So, you working?" Martin, playing drunk, replied that he
3649-508: The 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show ). Danny Gans portrayed Martin in the 1992 CBS miniseries Sinatra . Martin was portrayed by Joe Mantegna in the 1998 HBO movie about Sinatra and Martin titled The Rat Pack . Mantegna was nominated for both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the role. British actor Jeremy Northam portrayed the entertainer in the 2002 made-for-TV movie Martin and Lewis , alongside Will & Grace 's Sean Hayes as Jerry Lewis. Martin
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3738-773: The Beatles ' " A Hard Day's Night " off number one in the United States in 1964. This was followed by "The Door is Still Open to My Heart", which reached number six that year. Elvis Presley was said to have been a fan of Martin, and patterned his performance of " Love Me Tender " after Martin's style. Martin, like Elvis, was influenced by country music . By 1965, some of Martin's albums, such as Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again , Houston , Welcome to My World , and Gentle on My Mind , were composed of country and western songs by artists such as Johnny Cash , Merle Haggard , and Buck Owens . Martin hosted country performers on his TV show and
3827-594: The British TV documentary Wine, Women and Song , aired in 1983, Martin stated, perhaps tongue-in-cheek, that he had someone record them on cassette tape so he could listen to them. Martin's TV show was a success. The show's loose format featured quick-witted improvisation from Martin and his weekly guests. This prompted a battle between Martin and NBC censors, who insisted on more scrutiny of the content. He later had trouble with NBC for his off-the-cuff use of obscene Italian phrases, which brought complaints from viewers who spoke
3916-654: The Hollywood social scene, and were politically influential (through Lawford's marriage to Patricia Kennedy, sister of President John F. Kennedy ). The Rat Pack was legendary for its Las Vegas Strip performances. For example, the marquee at the Sands Hotel might read "DEAN MARTIN—MAYBE FRANK—MAYBE SAMMY". Their appearances were valuable because the city would flood with wealthy gamblers. Their act (always in tuxedo) consisted of each singing individual numbers, duets and trios, along with seemingly improvised slapstick and chatter. In
4005-588: The Oscar-winning Logorama , A Bronx Tale , Casino , Goodfellas , Payback , Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol , Sexy Beast , Moonstruck , Vegas Vacation , Swingers , and Return to Me ), television series (such as American Dad! , Friends , The Sopranos , Mad Men , House MD , Samurai Jack , and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ), video games (such as The Godfather: The Game , The Godfather II , Fallout: New Vegas , and Mafia II ), and fashion shows (such as
4094-666: The R&;R AC chart. It also went to No. 36 on the R&R Country chart – the last time Martin had a song this high in the charts was in 1965, with the song " I Will ", which reached No. 10 on the Pop chart. An album of duets, Forever Cool , was released by Capitol/EMI in 2007. It features Martin's voice with Kevin Spacey , Shelby Lynne , Joss Stone , Big Bad Voodoo Daddy , Robbie Williams , McBride and others. His footprints were immortalized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 1964. Martin has three stars on
4183-533: The Rat Pack, so-called after an earlier group of social friends, the Holmby Hills Rat Pack centered on Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall , of which Sinatra had been a member (The Martin-Sinatra-Davis-Lawford-Bishop group referred to themselves as "The Summit" or "The Clan" and never as "The Rat Pack", although this has remained their identity in popular imagination). The men made films together, formed part of
4272-519: The U.S. and number 2 in the UK, the era of the pop crooner was waning with the advent of rock and roll . Martin wanted to become a dramatic actor, known for more than slapstick comedy films. Though offered a fraction of his former salary to co-star in a war drama, The Young Lions (1958), Martin's part would be with Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift . Tony Randall already had the part, but talent agency MCA realized that with this film, Martin would become
4361-576: The US alone, over 50 million worldwide. Martin's best known songs include " Ain't That a Kick in the Head? ", " Memories Are Made of This ", " That's Amore ", " Everybody Loves Somebody ", " You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You ", " Sway ", and " Volare ". Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti on June 7, 1917, in Steubenville, Ohio , to Italian father Gaetano Alfonso Crocetti (1894–1967) and Italian-American mother Angela Crocetti ( née Barra; 1897–1966). Gaetano, who
4450-472: The audience laughed. This success led to a series of well-paying engagements on the Eastern seaboard, culminating in a run at New York's Copacabana . The act consisted of Lewis interrupting and heckling Martin while he was trying to sing, with the two ultimately chasing each other around the stage. The secret, both said, is that they ignored the audience and played to each other. The team made its television debut on
4539-507: The average return is always lower than 1, so on average a player will lose money. With 1 green number, n = 1 {\displaystyle n=1} , the average return is 36 37 {\textstyle {\frac {36}{37}}} , that is, after a bet the player will on average have 36 37 {\textstyle {\frac {36}{37}}} of their original bet returned to them. With 2 green numbers, n = 2 {\displaystyle n=2} ,
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#17328547275154628-666: The band. This article about an American musician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti ; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century, he was nicknamed "The King of Cool". Martin gained his career breakthrough together with comedian Jerry Lewis , billed as Martin and Lewis , in 1946. They performed in nightclubs and later had numerous appearances on radio and television and in films. Following an acrimonious ending of
4717-404: The bank's two numbers, zero and double zero". The book was published in 1801. An even earlier reference to a game of this name was published in regulations for New France ( Québec ) in 1758, which banned the games of "dice, hoca, faro , and roulette". The roulette wheels used in the casinos of Paris in the late 1790s had red for the single zero and black for the double zero. To avoid confusion,
4806-499: The bet S {\displaystyle S} a triple ( A , r , ξ ) {\displaystyle (A,r,\xi )} , where A {\displaystyle A} is the set of chosen numbers, r ∈ R + {\displaystyle r\in \mathbb {R} _{+}} is the size of the bet, and ξ : Ω → R {\displaystyle \xi :\Omega \to \mathbb {R} } determines
4895-544: The board and players may collect their winnings and make new bets. Winning chips remain on the board until picked up by a player. In 2004, California legalized a form of roulette known as California Roulette. By law, the game must use cards and not slots on the roulette wheel to pick the winning number. The pockets of the roulette wheel are numbered from 0 to 36. In number ranges from 1 to 10 and 19 to 28, odd numbers are red and even are black. In ranges from 11 to 18 and 29 to 36, odd numbers are black and even are red. There
4984-478: The casino's refusal to agree to Martin's request to perform only once a night. Martin joined the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino , where he was the featured performer on the hotel's opening night of December 23, 1973, and Martin's contract required him to star in a film ( Mr. Ricco ) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Martin also made a public reconciliation with Lewis on his partner's Labor Day telethon , benefiting
5073-483: The color green was selected for the zeros in roulette wheels starting in the 1800s. In 1843, in the German spa casino town of Bad Homburg , fellow Frenchmen François and Louis Blanc introduced the single 0 style roulette wheel in order to compete against other casinos offering the traditional wheel with single and double zero house pockets. In some forms of early American roulette wheels, there were numbers 1 to 28, plus
5162-421: The first broadcast of CBS-TV network's The Ed Sullivan Show (then called The Toast Of The Town ) on June 20, 1948, with composers Rodgers and Hammerstein also appearing. Hoping to improve their act, the two hired young comedy writers Norman Lear and Ed Simmons to write their bits. With the assistance of both Lear and Simmons, the two would take their act beyond nightclubs. A radio series began in 1949,
5251-457: The first part of the 20th century, the only casino towns of note were Monte Carlo with the traditional single zero French wheel, and Las Vegas with the American double zero wheel. In the 1970s, casinos began to flourish around the world. In 1996 the first online casino, generally believed to be InterCasino , made it possible to play roulette online. By 2008, there were several hundred casinos worldwide offering roulette games. The double zero wheel
5340-509: The great comic geniuses of all time. They were friends, as well, with Lewis acting as best man when Martin remarried in 1949. But harsh comments from critics, as well as frustration with the similarity of Martin and Lewis movies, which producer Hal Wallis refused to change, led to Martin's dissatisfaction. He put less enthusiasm into the work. Martin soldiered on during the production of the Martin & Lewis feature 3 Ring Circus (1954), when
5429-438: The house advantage. The house average or house edge or house advantage (also called the expected value ) is the amount the player loses relative to any bet made, on average. If a player bets on a single number in the American game there is a probability of 1 ⁄ 38 that the player wins 35 times the bet, and a 37 ⁄ 38 chance that the player loses their bet. The expected value is: For European roulette,
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#17328547275155518-467: The language. The show was often in the Top Ten. Martin, appreciative of the show's producer, his friend Greg Garrison , made a handshake deal giving Garrison, a pioneer TV producer in the 1950s, 50% of the show. However, the validity of that ownership is the subject of a lawsuit brought by NBCUniversal . Despite Martin's reputation as a drinker—perpetuated via his vanity license plate "DRUNKY"—his alcohol use
5607-513: The mentioned payout: it can be easily demonstrated that this payout formula would lead to a zero expected value of profit if there were only 36 numbers (that is, the casino would break even). Having 37 or more numbers gives the casino its edge. Top line (0, 00, 1, 2, 3) has a different expected value because of approximation of the correct 6 + 1 ⁄ 5 -to-1 payout obtained by the formula to 6-to-1. The values 0 and 00 are not odd or even, or high or low. En prison rules, when used, reduce
5696-416: The more bets a player makes, the more they are going to lose independent of the strategies (combinations of bet types or size of bets) that they employ: Here, the profit margin for the roulette owner is equal to approximately 2.7%. Nevertheless, several roulette strategy systems have been developed despite the losing odds. These systems can not change the odds of the game in favor of the player. The odds for
5785-608: The partnership in 1956, Martin pursued a solo career as a performer and actor. He established himself as a singer, recording numerous contemporary songs as well as standards from the Great American Songbook . Martin became one of the most popular acts in Las Vegas and was known for his friendship with fellow artists Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. , who together with several others formed the Rat Pack . Starting in 1965, Martin
5874-405: The player in American roulette are even worse, as the bet profitability is at worst − 3 38 r ≈ − 0.0789 r {\textstyle -{\frac {3}{38}}r\approx -0.0789r} , and never better than − r 19 ≈ − 0.0526 r {\textstyle -{\frac {r}{19}}\approx -0.0526r} . For
5963-466: The return of the bet. The rules of European roulette have 10 types of bets. First the 'Straight Up' bet can be imagined. In this case, S = ( { ω 0 } , r , ξ ) {\displaystyle S=(\{\omega _{0}\},r,\xi )} , for some ω 0 ∈ Ω {\displaystyle \omega _{0}\in \Omega } , and ξ {\displaystyle \xi }
6052-506: The roulette game in its current form is found in a French novel La Roulette, ou le Jour by Jaques Lablee, which describes a roulette wheel in the Palais Royal in Paris in 1796. The description included the house pockets: "There are exactly two slots reserved for the bank, whence it derives its sole mathematical advantage." It then goes on to describe the layout with "two betting spaces containing
6141-518: The single largest minority shareholder of RCA stock. Martin began reducing his schedule once comfortable financially. The final (1973–1974) season of his variety show was retooled into one of celebrity roasts , requiring less involvement. In the roasts, Martin and his panel of pals made fun of a variety of popular entertainment, athletic, and political figures. After the show's cancellation, NBC continued to air The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast as
6230-625: The socially charged 1960s, their jokes revolved around adult themes, such as Sinatra's womanizing and Martin's drinking, as well as Davis's race and religion. Sinatra and Martin supported the civil rights movement and refused to perform in clubs that would not allow black American or Jewish performers. Posthumously, the Rat Pack has experienced a popular revival, inspiring the George Clooney / Brad Pitt Ocean's Trilogy . In 1965, Martin launched his weekly NBC comedy-variety series, The Dean Martin Show , which ran for 264 episodes until 1974. He won
6319-559: The table, except what may happen to be bet on either one of them, when he pays twenty-seven for one, which is the amount paid for all sums bet upon any single figure". In the 19th century, roulette spread all over Europe and the US, becoming one of the most popular casino games. When the German government abolished gambling in the 1860s, the Blanc family moved to the last legal remaining casino operation in Europe at Monte Carlo , where they established
6408-564: The two men met initially in the lobby, where Martin approached him and said, "Hey, I saw your act, you're a funny kid." Martin was singing at the hotel's famous Glass Hat Club at the time and the two happened to be on the same bill. Martin and Lewis formed a fast friendship which led to their participation in each other's acts and the formation of a music-comedy team. Their debut together occurred at Atlantic City 's 500 Club on July 24, 1946, and they were not well received. The owner, Skinny D'Amato , warned them that if they did not come up with
6497-523: The wheel was eventually placed on top of the table to prevent devices from being hidden in the table or wheel, and the betting layout was simplified. This eventually evolved into the American-style roulette game. The American game was developed in the gambling dens across the new territories where makeshift games had been set up, whereas the French game evolved with style and leisure in Monte Carlo. During
6586-571: The year Martin and Lewis signed with Paramount producer Hal B. Wallis as comedy relief for the movie My Friend Irma . Their agent, Abby Greshler, negotiated one of Hollywood's best deals: although they received only $ 75,000 between them for their films with Wallis, Martin and Lewis were free to do one outside film a year, which they would co-produce through their own York Productions. They also controlled their club, record, radio, and television appearances, and through these they earned millions of dollars. In Dean & Me , Lewis calls Martin one of
6675-517: Was a barber, was originally from Montesilvano, Pescara , and Angela was born December 18, 1897, in Fernwood, Ohio . Angela's father, Domenico Barra, emigrated from Monasterolo del Castello , Bergamo. Martin's first language was Italian and he spoke no English until starting school at the age of five. Martin attended Grant Elementary School in Steubenville, where he was bullied for his broken English . As
6764-553: Was among the most popular acts in Las Vegas , where he sang and was a comedian, benefiting from the decade of comedy with Lewis. Martin's daughter, Gail, also sang in Vegas and on many TV shows including his, co-hosting his summer replacement series on NBC. Daughter Deana Martin continues to perform, as did youngest son Ricci Martin until his death in August 2016. Eldest son Craig was a producer on Martin's television show and daughter Claudia
6853-446: Was an actress in films such as For Those Who Think Young . Though thought of as promiscuous, Martin spent a lot of time with his family; as second wife Jeanne put it, prior to the couple's divorce, "He was home every night for dinner." As Martin's solo career grew, he and Frank Sinatra became friends. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Martin and Sinatra, along with friends Joey Bishop , Peter Lawford , and Sammy Davis Jr. , formed
6942-534: Was appearing "at the 'Meggum ' " (meaning the MGM Grand Hotel). This, with the death of Martin's son Dean Paul Martin more than a decade later, helped bring the two men together. They maintained a quiet friendship, but only performed again once, on Martin's 72nd birthday in 1989. Martin returned to films briefly with appearances in the star-laden, critically panned but commercially successful The Cannonball Run and its sequel Cannonball Run II . He also had
7031-610: Was dedicated in 2008 in Rancho Mirage, California . Martin's family was presented a gold record in 2004 for Dino: The Essential Dean Martin , his fastest-selling album, which also hit the iTunes Top 10, and in 2006 it was certified "Platinum". There is a street named after Martin in San Antonio, Texas . For the week ending December 23, 2006, the Dean Martin and Martina McBride duet of " Baby, It's Cold Outside " reached No. 7 on
7120-440: Was fed up to the ears playing a stooge. One morning he arrived an hour late on the set and stared daggers at me. 'Anytime you wanta call it quits, just let me know.'" Martin was chagrined by the situation: "Why the hell should I come in on time? There's not a damn thing for me to do." In later years Martin reflected on the working conditions during 3 Ring Circus : "There was no sense of me being in that picture at all. The picture
7209-590: Was interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. The crypt features the epitaph " Everybody loves somebody sometime ", the first line of his signature song. In 1997, Ohio Route 7 through Steubenville was rededicated as Dean Martin Boulevard. Road signs bearing an Al Hirschfeld caricature of Martin's likeness designate the stretch with a historical marker bearing
7298-562: Was knocked out. Martin knocked out King in the first round of an amateur boxing match. Martin gave up boxing to work as a roulette stickman and croupier in an illegal casino behind a tobacco shop, where he had started as a stock boy. At the same time, he sang with local bands, calling himself "Dino Martini" (after the Metropolitan Opera tenor Nino Martini ). Martin got his break working for the Ernie McKay Orchestra . He sang in
7387-638: Was known as Dude in Rio Bravo (1959), directed by Howard Hawks and also starring John Wayne and singer Ricky Nelson . Martin teamed again with Wayne in The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), cast as brothers. In 1960, Martin was cast in the film version of the Judy Holliday stage musical comedy Bells Are Ringing . He won a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the 1960 film comedy Who Was That Lady? , but continued to seek dramatic roles, portraying
7476-457: Was married to Lou Costello 's daughter Carole (1938–1987) until her death from a stroke at age 48. Dean Martin bred Andalusian horses at his Hidden Valley Ranch, Thousand Oaks Ventura County, California. Martin volunteered to perform fundraisers for the Bergson Group in the late 1940s. Although a Republican, Martin supported Democratic candidate Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Martin,
7565-661: Was named "Man Of the Year" by the Country Music Association in 1966. The final album of his recording career was 1983's The Nashville Sessions . The image of Martin as a Vegas entertainer in a tuxedo has been an enduring one. " Ain't That a Kick in the Head? ", a song Martin performed in Ocean's 11 , did not become a hit at the time, but has enjoyed a revival in the media and pop culture and has been his most frequently played song in media for two decades. For three decades, Martin
7654-408: Was on 35 minutes before I sang one song. Then it was an old one, 'It's a Big, Wide Wonderful World', and I sang it to animals." Martin lived up to his contract and remained with Lewis until the agreement expired on July 25, 1956, 10 years to the day from the first teaming. Martin's first solo film, Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), was a box-office failure. Although " Volare " reached number 15 in
7743-526: Was quite disciplined. Martin was the first to call it a night and, when not on tour or on a film location, liked to go home to see his family. Martin borrowed the lovable-drunk shtick from Joe E. Lewis , but his convincing portrayals of heavy boozers in Some Came Running and Howard Hawks's Rio Bravo led to unsubstantiated claims of alcoholism. Martin starred in and co-produced four Matt Helm superspy comedy adventures during this time, as well as
7832-499: Was recorded with Conway Twitty and made a respectable showing on the country charts. A follow-up single, "L.A. Is My Home"/"Drinking Champagne", came in 1985. The 1974 film drama Mr. Ricco marked Martin's final starring role, in which he played a criminal defense lawyer. In 1972, Martin filed for divorce from his second wife, Jeanne. A week later, his business partnership with the Riviera hotel in Las Vegas dissolved amid reports of
7921-499: Was the host of the television variety program The Dean Martin Show , which centered on Martin's singing and comedic talents and was characterized by his relaxed, easy-going demeanor. From 1974 to 1984, Martin was roastmaster on the popular Dean Martin Celebrity Roast , which drew celebrities, comedians and politicians. Throughout his career, Martin performed in concert stages, nightclubs, audio recordings and appeared in 85 film and television productions and sold 12 million records in
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