The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-11
MATHEMATICS AND GAMBLING.
A System Which, it is Said, Will
Always Beat the Bank.

From the Utica Observer.
Some time ago Leonard Jerome, the
father Of the American Jockey Club, the
patron saint of Jerome park, the father of
LAZY Randolph Churchill, and the brother
of the late lamented wit, Larry" Jerome,
and the best known gentleman sportsman
In the truest SO Sc of the term-learned
from an old croupier in Monte Carlo a
system whereby roulette could be beaten.
IL 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
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.
Although it is simplicity itself, yet it is
somewhat difficult to explain.
Briefly told, it consists in a man agreeing
to make bets on a certain figure and then
placing five of those figures il a row. When
he loses he places the amount of his loss at
the end of the row and in another row
marked Losses" and then for his next set
adds together the n st and last figures of the
row. When he wins he places the amount
in row marked Winnings" and crosses
off the first and last figures in the row and
figures next to those thus crossed Off. By
continuing this process, in time, no matter
what the loss IS and winnings may be, all the
figures In the row will be crossed off. when
the player will discover that be is inevitably
winner to the extent Of Eve times his
original bet If his first wager is for S., he
will find that he is SIS in pocket. Any one
can test this system by the tossing of a coin
and the calling of heads and tails.
SOna fiOurpg NAV Flaka il mora nlain
A man determines to invest $25 in IS
wagers on the calling Of the color in rou-
let e. In his mind, or upon a piece of
paper, he places the figure five in a row FIVE
times, thus;
5 3 SIS
The first time he loses, and be therefore
places at the end of his row and in his
column of losses, as may be seen in TIE
table below. Adding tue first and last
figures together, he next bets $40, 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 SIS, and,
losing again, places SIS at the end of his
row and in the column Of losses. Twenty
dollars is his next bet, but as this tins
he wins he places the 20 In the column
of winnings, and strikes Off the first and
last figures in his row, which are and 10
Consequently, still pursuing tue rule his
next bet is $l5-the sum of and 1O-which
he wins, and that figure goes into the win
ming column and the figsres aud 10 are
stricken from the row. Four figures now
remain-all Of the n fives-and adding the
! first d last together the next bet is $40,
which is lost, and the figure 10 goes at the
end of the row and ID the column of losses.
| This makes the next bet $i5, which is lost.
and again IS goes at the end of the row and
among the | sses. Now 500 is the wager
aud Ans, and that amouat having been
! placed in the proper column the figures 5
and Is are stricken from the row. 1his
leaves SIS AS ths next bet, which wins
again, which places that figure in the fort