The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-30
HOW TO BEAT THE BANKS.
a SYSTEM OF SUCCESSFUL BETTING.
Arithmetieal Progression-The Scheme
Looks Well theoretically. But Not Like
Iy to Prove of Much Practical Value
to Gamblers-The Details.

Some time ago Leonard Jerome, the
father of the American jockey club, the
patron saint of Jerome park, the father of
Lady Randolph Churchill, and the brother
of the late lamented wit, Larry" Jerome,
and the best known gentleman sportsman
in the truest sense OF the term-learned
from an old croupier in Monte Carlo
system whereby roulette could be beaten,
says the Utica Observer. 1t is simple and
it is certain. 1t is based upon a system of
arithmetical progression, but is applicable
only to simple bets on whether the black
or the red shall be the winners. 1t, of
course, can be equally we'll applied to any
other similar game of chance, such as the
toss Of dollar The presence OF the 0
and 90 in roulette does not affect it. Al
though it is simplicity itself, vet il is some
what difficult to explain.
Briefly told, it consists in a man agree
- to make bets on certain figure and
then placing five of those figures in row.
When he loses he places the amount of
his loss at the end OF the row and in an
other row marked "losses," and then for
the next bet adds together the first and
last figures OF the row. When he wins he
places the amount in a row marked win
nings," and crosses off the first and last
figures in the row and makes his next bet
the aggregate of the two figures next to
those thus crossed off. BY continuing this
process, in time, no matter what the losses
and winnings may be, all the figures in
the row will be crossed off, when the
player will discover that he is inevitably
winner to the extent OF five times his orig
lnal bet. If his first wager is for s. he
will find that he is S25 in pocket. Any
one can test this system by the tossing of
a coin and calling of heads and tails
Some figures NAV make it more plain.
A man determines to invest S25 in five-dol-
lar wagers on the calling of the color in
roulette. In his mind. or upon piece of
paper, he places the figure five in a row
five times, thus:
5 5 5
The first time he loses, and he therefore
places at the end of his row and in his
column of losses, as may be seen in the
table below. Adding the first and last
figures together, he next bets SO, and
again losing, places the figure 10 at the
end OF his row and in the column of losses.
He now, in pursuance of the rule, bets
S15, and, losing again, places 10 al the end
OF his row and in his column of losses.
Twenty dollars is his next bet, but at this
time he wins; he places the 20 in the col
umn OF winnings, and strikes off the first
and last figures in his row, which are )
and 10.
Consequently, still pursuing the rule,
his next bet is Sl5-the sum of and 10
which he wins, and that figure goes into
the winning column and the figures and
10 are stricken from the row. Four figures
now remain-all OF them fives-and adding
the first and last together the next bet is
$40, which is lost, and the figure 10gOes at
the end of the row and in the column of
losses. This makes the next bet So,
which is lost, and again - goes at the end
of the row and among the losses. Now
so is the wager and wins, and that
amount having been placed in the proper
column the figures and 10 are stricken
from the row. This leaves S15 as the next
bet, which wins again, which places that
figure in the fortunate column and re-
moves 10 and from the row.
Now but two figures remain, and each is
q 5. The bet is SO and it wins, and the
row is wiped out, and the first experiment
with the system is at an end. The total of
losses is 500, and the aggregate of winnings
Is $50 showing a difference in favor OF the
player of exactly SD, or five times the
original wager. No matter how often this
may be tried or how long fortune may
prolong it, the result will be the same.
This sum N gambling is demonstrated by
the following figures. The letter al"
shows the losses, and the crosses below the
figures show how they are eliminated from
the problem in its course: