What is the Meaning & Definition of Russian roulette

The ruelta is a game of chance very common in casinos and has two modes, French or American. In the case of Russian roulette are not talking about a simple game normal random, with cards on a table, bets, a number of players and a dealer but that we are referring to something else, a game of life or death.
The name of Russian Roulette has a clear relationship with Russia, because it was in this country, in particular in the century XlX during the czarism, as they begin to appear the first testimonies about this type of game.

Game mechanics

The game has the following elements: players who bet money and a gun of drum usually loaded with a bullet. Starts the game by introducing a bullet in the revolver drum. Then turns on the drum so that no one can know where the bullet is. Each player makes a shot in his own head. When a player makes the shot and dies, the game ends and while this does not happen the shooting will going on until finally a player ends his life. Surprisingly, the winner of the game is the person that has survived and the loser is dead.

Looking for an explanation for the inexplicable

Russian Roulette is, first of all, a totally illegal game. It is part of a clandestine world that move large amounts of money. One aspect is really strange and what could express with a question: is the point of this game. In principle, the objective is to make money, but it is not clear that it is solely for the purpose, as the risk of loss of life is very high. Think that participants have some kind of mental or social problem: seeking death, have an uncontrolled risk addiction or his life is meaningless. It is difficult to give a specific answer about what motivation can be a person to play Russian roulette.
The violent component of this game has resulted in the world of cinema, especially in films of sordid and marginal environments.

Russian roulette without the bullets

In a figurative sense is that a person is playing Russian roulette when it makes a very risky activity. Some sociologists compared the uncontrolled use of drugs as a kind of Russian roulette and the same can be said of any conduct intensive inexplicable and destructive from a rational point of view (for example, driving at high speed away from the circulation). Sometimes, this expression is used to express that an action is too daring and, consequently, it is preferable to avoid it. Thus, if someone raises is jumping into the water from a cliff, most likely anyone saying that it is an outrage and it's better to not play Russian roulette.