Joseph Jagger

Joseph Hobson Jagger
Joseph Jagger from the collection of Anne Fletcher
Born
Joseph Hobson Jagger

(1830-09-02)2 September 1830
Cock Hill, Shelf, England
Died25 April 1892(1892-04-25) (aged 61)
OccupationTextile businessman
Known for"Breaking the bank at Monte Carlo"
Casino de Monte-Carlo, 1890s

Joseph Hobson Jagger (2 September 1830 – 25 April 1892) was an English textile industry businessman from Yorkshire, who in around 1881 is said to have "broken the bank at Monte Carlo" by identifying and exploiting biases in the wheels of the roulette tables there. He used his winnings to buy property in Bradford. In 2018 he was the subject of a biography by his great-great niece Anne Fletcher.