Incroyable! But my father told me then I should never play again. “That was my first experience with the casino,” Tarditi tells me. Buttoned into a trimly-tailored suit, he’s recounting the win on his office balcony, under a mighty Monacan sun. Today, however, he is its general director. Rudy went for the gamble, waiting patiently on the square until, eventually, his father reappeared - holding two francs.ĭecades later, Rudy remains at the casino. Either keep the coin, or task his father with venturing inside, finding a slot machine and playing it.
On a family trip to the Casino de Monte-Carlo, his father stopped him just short of the grand front doors, and presented him with a single franc.
The first time Rudy Tarditi won big, he was just eight years old.
