The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-21
GAMBLERS SUPERSTITIONS.
,,rryD IND sEEaISaLFhBsURD,rH Er
n ARE FIRMLY BRLIETED.
r,,dcmeu,ai I. tss Belief u. Ruus OF Luek
md that "a Mnchine will Always Beat N
M,n-Othcr Thir9s BeinE Equal. the Side
-,b the Most Money WIN Win.

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- ~. Most Money w,l wis.
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1irhinR ~ thr Htst pot
Another poker superstition is that the Same
msA wa, 'v', :. ,%' .u M, - 10 ~
same man n'irihs inc game. mat Is. IL a. u.
C \, D. al, + + are = ,-r PLAYING u = , tosst n r. THAI, that = a will
w'n '''' y, dnrtnn ,ha .ama 80 .n.t ~
Efro'n \ siea,i!y curing me game, so mat.
io., two or tire, pots to A.. and so BY eype.
'o' Nv" y "a ',,eNn
IN. o,td who would regularly beat him, to
.,,n fr,m batting against A ma much n.
70 ha,n rom 'rt,nk Ms"."s. as mucn ns
stake on his hands. while with c. whom he
.""I.,n ho,,inr ha wonId ba s,fo in ho,no
vsnturcsome and in risking more money.
This superstition Is based on the observa.
ton Of old Players. and it has the same foun-
o,,O"rs" in tbc ihenrv Of chance thsre ia M
good hand than another man. and the fact that
the other man had Letter eards the hand Se.
fore can nav" no a1i.nn,e,cal oea,ing on the
Kind nas Of hand .rne.a he . will have the mex. mex. deaf es1,. Al.
and matching, though here there are two d.
,se'i, Opposite Su Tea ash"n, e sSia, OF which
mas us lo',o"els' INC senoo, "n,en De,,eVes
n, m n%an numerous adherent.. though It l is likely
that for another reason these men are the
,h Mn % %1 .a y tsnSnncy ~ occm - ina n = sne, sane "
t two. and ndi the other is that The same thinS has
r roy, stt The believers sas In the frst tupe5stition
cri iaro they win play he ace to win i it
hsso won Ths ot hnq sc hhpnsfr n, IL y th LOST sI, tho tim m
t vsG be, in n a. w 1oneF aS SSn tha a p.af 70 ,n W,n n'a e Il u ,tnmse
me pree S MN. ,n.-s.t,o, =. .,,. ~.
h. an DC sAm3lng fupt,stre'Cm ID inas the
tornane GROUND q r, ms chair ~ a player re-,
y, verses the luck. Ihis snpsrstitio1 extends to
senss GAM ann " OF pGse as Oe SDiaek yns seats. rs I, l1sks
Srsr me sD ssa ir t sssss ex wifs sem Much Sr ese mor fe
f Gitep a Is p ~ ,ne sa@e ,h Wbs = man ons w az tRs to nis e9ms
drops out TH Will Delay hise entrance a u NJ p a iueks
'sss r & vacant. n srs.,ron t.. r...,s .a..
form ance ~ ~ ceramnnios nr r incn ti,u % near
The chipa. Tbers are men = Who tbink 9 thet
IGiH MAKE The cRip come a. Ia 81 TO q than ao he brirp9 o.
the rest Of the Dot With It. Many men be.
AK, n |ni re- SSdSisssyf IL y, :ssl m q e e6sHse
wiii ta skst n 1ssuSa o ts Of sh sSalr Is po ekeau snd p sns z
Il chips. II may be a good cash game. hut
that does not affect the superstition. which Is
g common in gsmbline houses IS in private
Wind CO. bats this superstition, for It is evil |
IDENTIFY not to a mans advantage to put In a
ting up promises. but even in such a case the |
SUPERSTITION questionable prevails. "'
Men who match or toss coins have ran.
bling superstitions Of ali Kinds. There Is the
man who always wants the other man TO saw
what he will do instead OF deciding himself:
then there Ia the man who believes that more
bills have even than odd numbers. and the /
man who believes that tails come in moro |
often than heads. They are less nuneroua
than the NJ An who Is willing to let ANYBODY try |
to match him. but will not himself take ths
Initiative in matching.
There Is some force in this last-mentioned
superstition. which is taken from the ohssrva.
tion OF the games in regular gambling houses
1t lis Il popular belief that a machine will al
ways beat u man. Thus 1t Ia a gamblers
axiom that II in q machine there are an indef-
mite mum Der OF balls, half OF them bear
ing odd and halt even numbers, or half
OF them red and half black. with mech
anism which. irrespective OF the color
or number. will drop ont one bali
at a time. the machine will eventually beat the
man who bets on tho color or number of balls.
1t is a belief in the virtue of mechanism over
tn" personal equation which exists in every
the human matching machine that offers 10
bet against airy even proposition the other
man may make. He will nut down the coin
and offer TO take any proposit;on the other
man may make about ii. but no will decline to
make the proposition himself He nufs him.
SELF in the position OF the man who runs
roulette wheel or n faro able. and who takes
all IN. bots No M &C. ~ h y : 49,