He co-founded the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge[1] with Charles Zidler and was the inventor of parimutuel betting.

[2] Born in Catalonia in the city of Terrassa, Josep Oller emigrated to France with his family as a child.

Nonetheless, in 1874, Josep Oller was sentenced to fifteen days in prison and fined for operating illegal gambling.

Quickly, Oller's Pari Mutuel spread across most race tracks around the world, but the method was operationalised in engineered systems like that of the automatic totalisator, invented by George Alfred Julius.

First he opened various auditoriums and venues: Fantaisies Oller, La Bombonnière, Théâtre des Nouveautés, Nouveau Cirque and the Montagnes Russes.