Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-03-07
ONLY A MATTER OF PRACTICE
A Man With a Theory for Beating
the Roulette Table.

n Man WIN a IheOry loT BeaifnS
the Roulette Table.
"Come with me and I'll show you
how to beat roulette, !" said MT. Adoiph
Bureau TO a reporter.
As Mr.. Bureau is European guide
and claims to have been y croupier at
Monte Carlo. the reporter thought his
secret might be good to have IN New
York. Application was made to four
gambling houses, two of which were
denied IN each case. The outer guards
expressed in pantomime to the re-
porter that he was not personally re-
garded with suspicion. but that the
dlscourtesy was intended to apply only
to his companion
You see how this is" exclaimed
the chagrined croupier. "they won't
give me a chance to beat their game.
They know me too WE'LL"
How is it," asked the reporter.
"that if you have such a wonderful
system, you'll tramp all over Europe
with tourists and be broke two weeks
after you get homer i should think
you'd have broken the bank At Monte
Carlo"
That's just it. They won't Let me
play there. You see. was employed
there for two years and then dis
charged. l was unjustly suspected, it
is true, but that doesn't make any diff
ference"
did you ever break any banks in
this country?"
"Yes-in San Francisco, Omaha,
Chicago and New Orleans. There is
kind of Free Masonry among these
American gamblers, and Pm black
listed. Every big dealer in the country
has my description. and the little games
amt worth botherIng with. But If L
can keep my head this winter III break
some of them yet II have to disguise
myself"
''But this wonderful system OF yours,
what is it likeP'
SIT is no system at all. 1t is abso-
lutte certainty. l go into a strange
place two or three times and play light.
In reality L am not playing at all, but
making a study of the man at the
wheel. Every dealer has certain pecu-
liaritieS of motion, and these / must
familiarize myself with. Then, too,
the apparatus must be studied. / must
observe, compare and estimate The ac-
ton of the ball to get an idea of the
strength OF dealers wrist With these
data once ascertalned keep cases on
the numbers which come out most fire.
quently and make a list of those which
do not come out at all. BY practiclng
with small bets prove that have my
man sized up right, and then / begin
to plunge OF course, aways avoid
following heavy player, and must,
therefore, play under him. 1t may
take me a week to learn two dealers
play. for they always have a relief at
hand, and even then third man may
come in and block my game When /
have measured the strength OF a mans
wrist and watched how and where he
let's go OF Tire hall, l can piopt out tire
four most probable winning numbers.
play all four of these straight, and L
am right on one OF them three times
out of four. or course / must not win
too often, but sometimes my luck is
such that keep on hitting it right in
spite of myself. 1 won 5000 in San
Francisco in less than an hour"
How did you happen to invent this
s:heme?"
II didn't invent it. A gambler at
Monte Carlo taught it to me- The
managers there know il well. To show
you that 1 am ambidextrous. look
here" and, taking pencil III each
site directions on sheet of paper what
listener pronounced to be genuine
shorthand.
well, there was one old fellow at
Monte Carlo who could beat all the
croupiers at roulette but myself. We
work only four hours at at a time, to
be sure, but it used to make my right
hand tired, and so learned to use my
left. 1t was this gilt which puzzled
the old Frenchman. Finally l used
my left hand altogether when he was
playing. But one day he beat me, and
after that il was a regular thing, no
matter which hand / used. 1 was ac.
cused of being in league with him and
discharged"
''How did you find out the system. -
at isn't system, j tell you. Well.
l went TO the old gambler and told him
he had ruined me. He then explained
to me that he had once been a surgeon.
For several years he had been expert
mentlng ia this eye-measurement of
the strength of a mans wrist, the speed
of q motion and the exact spot at
which the ball left the hand. / told
one of the managers of Monte Carlo
this, but he wouldn't reinstate me or
even let me play. The old gentle
man and L got a roulette wheel and
practiced until could read his mo-
tions as well as he could mine. We
travelled together for several months
and made much money, often playing
opposite to one another when we struck
a difficult game. If I had some young
gentleman. whom I could trust, to
teach for three or four months, could
beat the New I ork gamblers through
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