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60: The Real Story About The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo
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You may have come across the old Victorian music hall song "The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo".
But did you know that the song was based upon real events?
In 1891, an English inventor and fraudster, Charles Deville Wells, really did break the bank at the casino in Monte Carlo.
To this day, no one knows how he did it.
This is his incredible story.
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