Joseph Oller
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Josep Oller i Roca was a Catalan entrepreneur who lived in Paris for most of his life. He co-founded the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge with Charles Zidler and was the inventor of parimutuel betting.
Josep Oller
Parimutuel betting
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Parimutuel betting, or pool betting, is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool, taxes and the house-take are deducted, and payoff odds are calculated by
Joseph Oller
…Catalan entrepreneur who lived in Paris for most of his life. He co-founded the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge with Charles Zidler and was the inventor of parimutuel betting. Born in Catalonia in the city of Terrassa, Josep Oller emigrated to France with his family as a child. Later, he relocated back to Spain to study at…
Betting on the Favorite, an 1870 engraving