Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-07-01
TRICKS AT MONTE CARLO.

How tho Great Gambling Concorn Keeps
Mon Prom Winning Largo Sums.
A typical row at the casino comes In
the nick Of timeas o postscript to the
yearly balance published by the keepers
OF the notorious gambling dep-some-
thing like eS dividend for every Gso
share-and / take it as the earliest oppor-
tunity Of exhibiting Q. few Of the ways
Of the place, This is the official version
Of the row and its cause: Two players
had been caught experimenting with
success in simple and ingenious way of
5..giying the chance chance" While
one Of them was punting 5O-franc notes
on squares or sixes," the other, stand
ing right behind the paying croupiers,
had contrived to slip two or three 1000
franc notes underneath the 50-franc one
each time the ball had favored his con-
-federate's stake. The croupiers, busy
paying and scooping the stakes, did not
notice the dodge at first, but feeling that
there was something wrong established
"a watch, with the result that the culpzits
were caught In the act AS a matter OF
course payment was refused. words and
blows ensued, end with the did of Che
chuckeys out the men were elected and
arrested.
Well, anybody who knows the ms and
outs Of the place will take this version
with several grains Of salt That Monte
Carlo swarms with unprincipled rufhans
nobody will deny, but the organization
OF the partie precludes all possibility OF
such childish tricks as the one above.
What with eight oroupiers at every
table, the chef de partie, the inspectors,
the detectives and the losing players,
there are too many eyes op each stake to
admit even its probability. The cue of
the situation is in the word feeling, and
what I wish to imply here IN all earnest
Is that nobody connected with the ad-
ministration Of the casino can admit a
suggestion of heavy gains on the punt
er's side-they know better. Old Blanc,
the founder of the place, used to say, 81
will give million to anybody who will
prove that he can win money at roulette
with certainty, and there Is good deal
more in this saying than reference to
the calcul des probabilities.
The fact is that nobody is allowed to
win largely. and that in cases of extraor-
binary luck the administration knows
what precautions to take. First of all.
tho casino being In way club, o card
Of admittance is necessary. This card
must be removed every day and may be
refused to an unpleasant punter without
giving him any reasons for it. But there
are other ways Of getting rid Of the OBJ
stinate winners. There is regular
squad Of agents provocateurs, whose
mode OF operations Is very simple. They
pick q quarrel over stake with The man
pointed out to them, and as they are not
in the least particular about epithets or
blows, whether taken OF given. o row be-
gins, smiling inspector comes up with
re-enforcements, invites you politely to
come with him and gets you out of the
precincts Of the place. There he e1-
plains that although he has no doubt
You were in the right the rule OF the
place b not to readmit those who have
been the cause OF a row-and there you
ere.
Ouarrels about stakes are always plen-
hful at Monte Carlo, and very often
they are genuine. In some cases, espe-
cially when the stakes are small and on
single chances, the administration pays
both claimants and keeps an eye on them
If unknown, for there Is q whole army
of ruined gamblers hanging round the
place, known to everybody In 1t, and ex-
ercising the profession of SO called "oszzll
phan pickers" (cueilleuEs ds.sorphelins>..
An orphan" issastake left by inexperi-
enced nss7ces about q minute longer than
1T ought to be- and kidnapped In the
twinkling Of an eye by a cueilleur who
has spotted his man. Croupiers and in
spectors look with benevolent eye on
those green baize pirates and generally
side with them.-Cor ST. James Gazette.