, 1874-02-08
KENO.

I The gambler of ANAL means, Or tho young
man just learning to tempt hazard, naturally in
! clines to q game in which little money goes q
long: way, while tho returns are large when there
sre any. Faro is too expensive, and the issue ls
100 soon decided; the winning or losing, o7en
with, checks as low Is 50 cents, is too rapid for
the small gameater. He wants something cheap
and. exciting, wherein lis money will last
lon;scE It is no matter that tho !" cheap y
ga,1s:s arc the coBtliest Of all. owing
to tho heavy percentage which the dealer
OF pr op~letor always reserves for himself-tho
pinrtr has but dollar or tTo and be risks 1t in
Tho Ilope Of 3 lucky turn in his favor. Keno is
the !. age among the cheap G'meh. AID IS cxten-
siye r patronizsI when 1t can DC lndulged in
with l,ut risk Of raid By the police
THE REVIVAL
In the recent genera! revival OF gambling, keno
ualde its appearance in force. Three or four
games we're started, ard they carried on 8 thriy-
VII &, Superintendent Rohra- made himself un-
! dera TODD as opposed to keno and ten-ccut faro
gam es, tho first named pop aac pasti7ne received
SO, sere check in the anape t'f the arrest Of keep
e:s a nd inmates, go that tht:ro ls no" tut Que
srs1sfe in full blast The pm, Jons of Keno arc for
The most part young men who' earn small salaries
Old gamblers will hzvo none Of it. and tho only
VOL. scr is that tere are peop 10 SO lneaabiy Billy
as to play the game. But tho TO are such people,
and c1 ,ough Of them to make keno dealers
fortune. il no were permitted TO carry tho
hnsness. Saturday night is tho great keno
n;nht It III then thc. weekly stipends are fri!-
tered a;yay by scores OF you1ll: men, who can
poorIy afford to Ioso thelr earnings. Clerks,
hoo1keerers mechanics, aknl barkeePerH all
have weakness for keno and al contribute to-
ward its support.
WHENCE IT cAME.
Keno originated 11aong tho GcEnane who call
it Lotto. md the children pay it at homo for
amusement merely. It's application as means
OF pnbc gaming for iuoaoE is purely iankoe
affair. though it was . favorito among French
Louisianiaua, and the pacuiar phrases and OK
clamatious which attach to tho game have also
been supplied by the Anglo Saxon. Tho word
Lotto has no distinctive 81 Significance, but it
rnirhs well be adopted on account OF its fitness
to the factB pertaining to Keno, which ID only
played bY s'lotto" fools. 1t is purely g
ga1no of chance. Ihe Te;'llt is not governed i'll
the slightest degree by the exercise of either
skill or judgment, and there is no advantage ii
capital. MS in mnnT Other games Iho moro
rnouey man plays against keno the more ho
loses.
THE GAME rs PLAYED
! without the mid OF cards .'r elaborate parapher~
MALTA. all that is requisite is o hollow wooden
globe, in which placnl ninety sma4 ivory
balls the size OF marbles, n1s snbered from one to
ninety inclusive. Tho ballss are shaken Up in
the globe, and are taken out one at time. and
| the number called out The game is to get flvo
! numbers in row, and when these como,
..Keno!'' is called by tho lucky holder Of the
consecutive figures. who is entitled to the pool,
less 10 Der cent which the proprietor takes out
for his Irotits. Tha houses is supplied with 600
strips Of thick pasteboard, about seven uaches
| long and two inches wide. Upoa these cariia
! are paincd the numbers, III three rows. fva in 4
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