Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-09-29
DOMINO oAmEsIeRs.
a New Gambling Device wlth wiaicH
Moheolians Amusc themselves.
(Pittsbur yh Post.l

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Pittsburgh Postl
The police rails on the Chiness gams
Bling establishments III Pittsburgh havt
almost broken up the playing of their fa-
vorite gams of 'stan," which nobody hut q
Chinaman ever did or ever could un'ler-
stand. Tan is some sort OF an arrange
tnent with Chinese coin fcr Checks, and
the little sliding counting-niachine, soms-
what similar to the "casa-keeper" iis faro,
playing the most trouiIfeut position Inf
the paraphernalia- There Is nothing Il
Chinaman so much fears as the brass butt
tons ami blue clothes OF a policenian. It
is Eard to make genuine NJ ,ngo.iai be-
lieve that he is not to be hanged, drawn
and Gllrtered when he gets arrested. He
has therefore given uf:1 cards, too; because
the police have prejudice against COLI
bred pasteboards. The inextinguish able
desire to camille has forced the Mongois
to resort to new devices, anil the domino
game is now the great gambling device.
A Grant street d We Is the greet resort
for the Chinese gamblers, ana it is there
there that the rattle of the dominoes iS
oftencst heard. Like all their games it IL
one Caucasian knows little about, and ir
took Considerable Investigation for re-
porter TO fad ut how it was played. Hd
wouldn't swear that he did find out, lG6
this is the explanation IN intelligent
Cbinaman gave him:
The number of domifoes used depends
nfson the number OF pl. yers, but gem
orally the number Is I6l. The doininoes
are placed on the table and scattered
around here and there, as they can not be-
shuffied Ike cards. The dealer, who Is
nerahy the proprie'or of the place, them
turns the dominoes over, with the face
down. He next picks them up anil assorts
them into thirty two piles, each five high.
The gamblers then pay ten cents to the
dealer, who asks them il they are
ready to 60 on with the game.
When they are oil really he leaves the
first two rows intact, so that they contain
Eve dominoes EACH From every second
row, on TO the end he takes one domino
and places 1t to one side. The players
then shake dice to see who will be the first
player. The winner gets ten dominoes
and the others nine each. The game con-
sists in pairing the dominoes=that is,
adding the numbers of spots on any two
OF them 80 as to make either ten or twen-
ty, and the player who first scores five
pairs wins the amount put fn by thS
gamesterS less five cents, which goes to
the dealer. The first man when he re-
ceives his ten dominoes examines themS
ana il he then has five pairs he wins the
game. If, on the other hand, he has not
that number of pairs, he must throw one
of the dominoes on the table, thus leaving
him nine in his hand. The Sec
ond player, who originally received
but nine dominoes, is entitled to-
pick up the discarded domino and use IL
II by so doing he can make five pairs. Il
the discarded domino will not benefit his
hand he calls for a domino from the
dealer, who gives 1t to him from the hot
tom OF the pile. II he then can not m AXE
five pairs he throws away one domino,
and a third player draws the same as the
Second player. The system OF drawing
and discarding Is continued until ore Of
the players obtains five pairs, and the
game is thereby en- led.
Naturally there can not be any large
amount Of money Won or lost by such a
game. 1t is only the spirit Of gambling
that keeps up the game. Some of these
nights there will be another rail or the
Celestials in Pittsburgh, and a horse and
wagon will have to be oLtainel to haul
the dominoes to the Central station.