The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-06

GENTLEMEN fhh lyDh LIN -
One Of the croupiers commences the game
! by saying
! p" Niessienrs faites yOs ieux. - " Gentlemen.
! make your bets. aud having waited until the
] bots arc made he rIges the bail a rapid turn
! ia one direction md makes the wheel re90lve
! in the opposite and YOU may continue 10
| have your stakes until lie says Kisn lie 70
pas which he does as tho ball commences
| to descend towards the wheel, when al bet
ting must Immediately cease.
METHODS OF BETTING.
The methods Of betting are numerous, but
are divided into two catesorles
| lhefe are SIX simple chances as they are
! called-tbeso arc rouge and NOR odd and
even. md passe and manQue. That Is YOU
may bet that the stall into which the ball falls
will be n red OF black one an odd or even
! one or above (mauque) or below (passe) the
middle Of the thirty-six numbers.
Then there are seven multiple chances:
l. You may bet on ANY number coming out,
and if YOU WIN will be paid thirty-1ye times
your bet.
2. YoH may bet Oh two adjacent numbers.
which is called betting cheyn. straddhng
and will DO pnid seventeen times your bet If
either comes out.
g. Or you may take one of the transverse
lines Of three numbers. as ]. 2. g. and Will he
paid eleven times your bet If either comes out.
T. VT you lUhN hct cH udlc u loui uhlu-
bers al accent. as II, 10. II. ~, and will receive
eight times your bet in case Of either Of those
coming ont.
5. Or on group Of six adjacent numbers
forming two transverse lines when you are
paid five times your bet if either comes ont.
Il. Or you may bet on blocks of dozen
mmbers when you put your bet on one OF
the squares marked II + ~ NJ aud ~ d. that
is. first II. middle IL and Inst H. and il the
number comes amid the dozen you have
| chosen YOU are paid double your stake.
2. Or, finally you may bet columns that
Is that the coming number will DO in one of
the three vertical columns and are paid
double your stake IL successful.
When the ball rests Ia Que Of the stalls the
croupier immediately calls out number. its
color whether odd OF even aud above or be
low the medal line. Suppose it is eighteen
and the eighteen square is red, he Says: DIX
hut rouge pnlr CT iunnque."
ADVANTAGES or InE pA.g.
The advantage Of thu hnuk is in zero
chiefly. When zero comes tho crOupier SAWS
simply zero. " and ali stake. arc forfeited 10
the bank except those on rouge or noir or
pulr or impair. and on Uasso or manquc,
which remain until the nrGt turn OF the
wheel.
The advantage Of Zero does not rest here
Ia fact. tbnt is not its main advantage uer-
haps. 10 lies IN the circumstance that your
choice throughout 10 only ono ~ thlrty-seyen
willie the banks is one in thiriy-siH. Tint
Is. when you bet on a number your chance Of
winning. toy reason oi the zero, l. only one in
tbirty-ser0D. while If you win you arei paid nj
the rate of thiTty-six 10 one and less on all
other comhinatIuns
And yet with all this advantage. the bank
would not last week If the doctrine Of prob
abilities was applicable IN a restricted number
OF cares, for the player has TIN, great advan-
tage. he can bet US lie pleases and tho bank
must accept his bet
When. for instance black numbers have come
out three or four times 10 succession mAthe-
mstics would shy lay "a bet on a red number
coming, aud yet ] saw q yOuug man when
WIS last ut Monte Carlo lay down bOO-frnnc
note on the black nine times In Succession
and win every time. At the tenth no lost and
then quit.
TRRNTg TT QUARANTF.
The other table Is called the Trente 800 ct
ftnuranfa f.tlo nd Il 81.