Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-20

game. Once in while I meet man
who shrinks from using these tools. I
can't understand that. When I play
poker want to win. IF you have the
tools you can win every time"
"But will you not be suspected if you
win every time ?"
eyes, but that makes no difference SO
| long as they LEFT ynll MAY I. knew q
ga11Dlvl once who went into nice little
party of business men of whom he had
been winning $50 night for few
weeks. He found four men sitting at
table. They all knew him, and said,
Good evening, Doc He said, How
are you, boys? Can't you move up and
give nae stack of chips? 2 They said,
Not this time, Doc, we've made a rule
not to let any more in He says, All
right and took walk around the block.
When he got back he found six men
around that table. Then he knew they
had dropped on him. They evidently
suspected him, but could not tell how
he did it. Then he got introduced to
men who did not know him.
"Suppose q gambler is playing with
lot Of square players, could not another
gambler come in and spoil his game?"
eyes; that is often done. The
process is very simple. IF see skin
game going on and I know the ropes and
have the nerve, all have to do is to
rough in and insist upon my half of the
skin. Unless the gambler can back me
down I get half the pot. Generally he
will prefer to give half rather than lose
his own plucking. There are plenty of
gamblers who are constantly going
| about town, passing for business men,
who get introduced into clubs and pri-
vate games, and make handsome stake
out of unsuspecting players. Generally
when their winnings get suspiciously
large they are quietly barred out. Then
they must seek new fields and pastures
green"
Chow about roulette-are there any
cheating tools in that?'
"Most verdant youth, yes. Here are
two roulette wheels. They look per-
fectly alike. You may look at them all
day and you cannot find any difference
between them. Yet I will never let you
win cent on this one, while on the
other you have only an even chance. 1t
is common thing for man to have one
square wheel and one crooked one. He
may use the square one for months, and
then make handsome stake by using
the crooked one week."
Anything else, you wicked MANI"
81 am not wicked am merely MAX
ing it very Improbable for people gener-
ally to gamble. That is really a great
moral work. Here is nice little teeto-
tum. I spin it and it drops with high
number up. I give the same teetotum
to you, and you can't hit that number if
you spin year. How is it done? Merely
by turning part of the top sixteenth
Of an inch. It is on the principle of
loaded Dice"
care loaded dice sold openly?"
ooh, yes. Here they are on my
price-list: BEST ivory exact imitation
Of common dice There are nine of
them-three sets. One set always throws
high numbers, not always skies, because
that would be detected at once. An
other set throws low numbers, and the
other set is honest. The sets are exact
~ alike, and one can be substituted for
the other without detection. There is
great demand for these loaded dice, and
they cost about $5 set.
"Any other methods of fixing cards
for cheating?"
eyes. Here is q very common meth
cd of fixing cards. Take an ordinary
pack and trim the ends of all the cards
but the four aces. This leaves the aces
triae longer than the other cards. It
is only trife. Yet it is enough to
make it impossible to cut them without
leaving card smaller than ace on the
top of the cut, if the cards are cut by
taking hold of the ends. Ifyou want to
be sure that the first card you deal to
your opponent will be smaller than the
ace, youforce the one who cuts to Lift by the
ends of the cards. Then you know
without looking that you have an ace on
the bottom of the pack. IF you can't
deal that to yourself your education has
been neglected. The long cards can
readily be detected in your hand while
you are dealing. and you will have no
difficulty in keeping whatever cards you
like for yourself, and making certain
that your opponent does not get better
hand than is good for him."
But suppose you have to cut such a
pack for your opponent. You are sure
to cut so that low card will be dealt
to yourself, are you not? ''
"By no means. Of course, if Ishould
cut by taking hold of the ends the re-
suit would be as unfortunate for me as
for him. But my turn is provided for
in another way. The aces, for instance,
may be cut little narrower than the
other cards; then, if you cut by taking
hold of the sides of the cards, an ace
will be left on top and dealt to you.
There are different modes of using the
principle of this sort of cards, which
are called briefs and shippers. They
are well known in the market. They
are especially prepared for the different
games, so as to enable the gambler to
control the cutting of the cards."
"Do you think that these things are
used by persons who claim to be hon
est?"
"Honest? I do not believe there is
such a thing as honest gambling. I
have seen man worth $4,000 steal
a SIS chip, and I have seen his wealthy
neighbor comrel him to disgorge $3.50
on q threat of exposure. At the gaming