The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-20
MONTE CARLOS BIG LOSS.
ENGLISH PLAYERS STRUCK THE
BANK FOR 100000.

Downfau of the German Gambling
places the Cause of it, But Bad
Characters are Not Tolerated.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
PARIS, March 13.-Yesterday the Monte
Carlo bank lost s2OO, 900, the largest amount
last in any one day for twenty years. The
riDners were English players, but others of
that nationality can be relied upon to soon
,sturn the wealth to the banks Golfers The
s,istence of Monte Carlo as the home of
roulette is one of the many indirect conse-
onences of the victory gained by the Prus-
SLAMS at Sadowa. Till then the public gam
hing tables in Germany existed without
their proprietors caring for the morrow.
After that event these proprietors rightly
felt that their days were numbered, and N.
Blanc, the ablest among them, made ar
rApgements in view of the inevitable conse-
ruepces. He was the founder and chief Of
the gaming tables at Homburg.
He sought for the site of a new casino,
where he might be free from the interference
Of any Prussian parliament or minister,
and he found what he required in the prin-
cipality of Monaco. In that small state
Is
antocratic as the Gear of Russia. Before
M. Blanc appeared on the scene the Prince
of Monaco had been driven by his financial
necessities to grant a concession to the
founders of gaming house. The venture
had not proved SO successful as was ex-
pected. II is easy enough opening gaming
house, but it is far from easy to keep it
filed with players. About the year lS72
one gaming house after another in Germany
closed its doors forever. All that is special
in the life of a place where play is the
chief subject of talk and attraction is now
continued and concentrated at Monte Carlo.
1t is the last home of roulette in Europe.
THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION EFFECTED.
The visitor to Monte Carlo who now sees
Il for the first time cannot conceive the
transformation which the spot on which it
stands has undergone since NJ. Blanc founded
the Casino. Before he acquired the conces-
sion for.keeping gaming tables there, SINH
lar tables were in operation in the city of
Monaco. That city was then very difficult
of access. 1t was not a pleasant place of
abode. One hotel existed for the enter
tanment Of visitors, aud those only who
can feel at home in q fourth-rate Italian
hotel could feel at home there. 1t occurred
to him that a fine site for a Casino, hotel
and villas, existed on the promontory oppo-
Sue 10 MOudCO, WHICH, HOW lu6
Monte Carlo. He built Casina, which
has been nearly quadrupled in size since
then. and close to it he built an hotel, which
has long been one of the best on the Riviera.
NJ. Blanc had appealed to the public for
the money wherewith to carry out his
plans, having formed company under the
name of "Societe des Bains de Mer ct Cercle
des strangers" with a capital of $4,000, 900
francs. The response was but slight, not
more than fourth of the shares being ap-
piled for NJ. Blanc and his friends took
the rest, and the original shareholders have
had no reason to complain Of their venture,
as the shares are at upwards of Of 200 per
cent. premium, and the dividends on the
original capital have been at least 80 per
cent. Monte Carlo had the advantage over
the German towns in which there were
were public gaming tables in possessing q
fine climate in winter. At Homburg the
Casino was kept open during the winter,
but the climate of Homburg in winter is
much less balmy than that along the
Riviera.
EVERYBODY NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY.
Perhaps it may be well to correct a COM
mon misrepresentation about the Casino at
Monte Carlo. 1t is spoken of as one which
the public can enter just as the public could
enter those at Homburg, Wiesbaden and
Baden-Baden. The inhabitants of the
German towns were forbidden to play at
the gaming tables, but no respectfully
dressed stranger was excluded from the
casinos. Now, the company to which the
Casino at Monte Carlo belongs claims aud
exercises the right TO admit and exclude
whom it pleasss. There is little difficulty in
obtaining ticket of admission, yet tickets
are not granted as matter of course. The
natives of the principally are not per-
mltted to lose their money at play. Some
times foreigners gain admission who
would be excluded IL they gave
correct description of them
selves; but the company cannot be blamed
Tor this. The proprietors of the tables have
no interest i'll those playing who cannot
afford to lose their money.
Though the gaming tables are the chief
feature in the Casino, they are not the only
attraction. Concerts are giveu twice daily
all the year round, and in the winter season
classical concert is given weekly which
cannot be surpassed anywhere. Indeed, the
lovers of music have frequently recurring
treat provided for them in the Casino, anc
Tor this they have nothing to pay. 1t doubt
less happens that the crowds which fill the
concert room afterward flock into the gam,
ing rooms and help to fill the Golfers of tht
oank. For those who abstain from play 8
large supply OF newspapers is provided, ant
the Caslno is made as pleasant a place al
possible to those who frequent it. The sums
winch change hands in it are enormous
Last year the gross receipts were 100000
francs; the expenses were Il, 600, 900, leav.
sum for distribution among the share
holders of 100000
THE ADVANTAGE OF THE BANK.
The administration plays against its Gus
TONER'S individually, every one Of whom
expects to win. but the administration i
quite sure, on the whole, not to lose. The
roulette wheel, divided into thirty-sever
stalls, OF which eighteen are colored red
eighteen black, numbered one to thirty-six
while zero has no color, is the familiar
instrument OF apparently fair chances
when the ball is dropped in, from a fxe-
groove at the outer edge of this plausibl,
toy, no hand having touched it, and tht
wheel begins to revolve horizontally, yot
may put down your money, calling eithel
;ih9uge' or 'Noirs," and you think it a.
nAeiy as not that the ball will stop III
stan OF the color you have named.
IN that case the bank will pay you equa
70 the money you have staked, and you ar
lucky to get 1t, wise if you put it in YOU
pocket and walk away. If you have chosen
70 oet on one OF the numbers instead of thu
colors the bank will pay you thirty-fivc
tihes your stake in the improbable event Of
Ihe ball resting in the stall marked with
your number. When the ball settles in thu
uhcolored receptacle that is designated zert
every player on color forfeits half his stake
70 the bank,
AS there are thirtyrseven chances in the