The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
TRICKS AT MONTE CARLO.
DodFes Resorted to by the Manage
nnent in Order to Prevent Big Win
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ment in Order to Prevent Big Win
ninEs.
From the St james Gazette.
A typical row al the Casino comes in
the nick Of time AS q postscript to the
yearly balance published by the keepers
of the notorious gambling den sometimes
like $40 dividend for every $3.50 share),
and the correspondent takes il as the
earliest opportunity Of exhibiting few
of the ways of the place. This is the OH
cial version of the row and its cause;
Two players had been caught experiment
ing, with success in simple and in
geniOus way of giving the chance a
chance While one of them was putting
50-franc notes on squares or SKIES the
other, standing right behind the paying
croupiers, had cOntrived to slip two
or three 1000 franc notes underneath the
so frame one each time the ball had
favored his confederate's stake. The
crouplers, 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 re
suit that the culprits were caught in the
act As matter of course, payment was
refused, words and blows ensued, and,
with the aid of the chuckers-out, the men
were elected and arrested. Well, any
body who knows the ms and outs Of the
place will take this version with several
grains of salt. That Monte Carlo swarms
with unprincipled rutfians nobody will
deny; but the Organiza tiOn of the partie
precludes all possibility of such childish
tricks as the one above What with
eight croupiers at every table, the chef
de partie the inspectors, the detectives,
and the losing players, there are too
many eyes on each stake TO admit even
It's probability
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,
the Casino 0eing in way club, card
Of admittance is necessary; this card
must be renewed every day, and may be
refused to an unpleasant punter without
giving him any reasons for it. But there
are other ways of getting ridof obstinate
winners; there is a regular squad of
agents provocateurs, whose mode of Oper-
alton is very simple they pick a quarrel
over a stake with the man pointed out to
them, and as they are not in the least
particular about epithets or blows,
whether taken or given, a row begins. a
smiling inspector comes upwith reinforce
ments, invites you politely to come with
him, and gets you out of the precincts of
the place, There he explains that, although
he has no doubt you were in the
right, the rule of the place is not to re-
admit those who have been the cause of a
row; and there you are. Quarrels about
stakes are always plentiful at Monte
Carlo, and very often they are genuine;
in some cases, especially when the stakes
are small and on single chances, the ad-
ministration pays both claimants, and
keeps an eye on them if unknown. For
there is whole army of ruined gamblers
hanging around the place, known to
everybody in it, and exercising the pro-
fession of so-called "orphan pickers"
(cueilleurs d'orphelins). An "orphau" is
a stake left by inexperienced novices
about a minute longer than it ought to be,
and kidnapped in the twinkling of an eye
by a cueilleur, who has spotted his man.
Croupiers and inspectors look with a
benevolent eye on those green-baize pi-
rates, and generally side with them.