Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-25
TRICKS At MONTE CARLO.

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A typical row u the casino comes IN
the nick Of time - = postscript TO the
yearly balance published BY the keepers
Of the notorious gambling den-some-
thing lihs % dividsnd for every GO
share-ndJ takett - tho earliest oppor-
tunity Of exhibiting . few Of the ways
Of the place. This v the of3cial version
Of the row and its cause: Two players
had been caught experimenting with
success IN . simple and ingenious way OF
giving the chance 1 chance" While
one Of them was punting 5o-frsnc notes
on squares or sixes." tho other. stand
ing night behind TIE paying croupiers.
had contzived 10 alp two or three 1000
franc notes underneath the 50-franc one
each time the ball had favored his con-
federats's stake. The croupiers. busy
paying and scoopins the stakes, did not
notice the dodge at hrst, but feeling that
there was somsthing wrong established
. watch, With tho result that the culprits
were caught In the cot A . matter Of
course payment was refused. words and
blows eususd, and With the aid Of the
chucken out the nsn were elected and
arrested
Well. anybody who known the ins and
outs Of tho place win take this version
with several grains Of salt. That Monte
Carlo swsrms with unprincipled ruflians
nobody will deny. but the organization
Of the partic precludes all possibility Of
such childish tricks a. 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 its probability. The enc Of
the situation Is IN the word feeling. and
what wish TO imply here in all earnest
Is that nobody connected with the ad-
ministration Of the casino can admit
suggestion of heavy gains on the putt
er's side-they know better. Old Blanc,
the founder OF the place, used to say, II
will give million to anybody who will
prove that he can win money at roulette
with certainty" and there IL a good deal
more in this saying than q reference TO
the calcul des probabilities.
The fact 10 that nobody Is allowed to
win largely, and that In cases Of extrsor-
binary luck the administration knows
what precautions 20 take. First of all.
tho casino being In way club. a card
of admittance Is necessary. This card
must 10 renewed every day and may be
refused to IN unpleasant punter without
giving him any reasons for II. But there
are other ways Of getting nd OF the OBJ
stinatc winners. There Is q regular
squad Of agents rovocateurs. whose
mode Of operations is very simple. They
pack quarrel over stake with the man
pointed out to them, and as they are not
In the least particular about epithets OK
blows. whether taken or given. a row be-
gins. smiling inspsctor comes up with
re-enfoscements. invites you politely to
come with him and gets you out Of the
precincts 81 the place. There he ex-
plains that although he has no doubt
you were in the right the rule Of the
place Is not 10 readnit those who have
been the cause Of . rowland there you
are.
Qnsrrels about stakes are always plen-
tifui ut Monte Carlo. and very often
they are genuine. In some cases, cspe-
cially when tho stakes are small and on
single chances. the administratton pays
both clainanss md keeps m eye on them
IL unknown. for thsre IL . whole army
of ruined gamblers hanging round tho
place. known to everybody In IL, and cx-
ercising the profession Of % called or
phan pickers' (cueillsurs d. orpbclins,.
An orphan is stake left by inexpcri-
enced novices aboat . minute longer than
u ought 70 b. md kidnapped in thu
twinkhpg Of IN eye BY . cusilleur whs
has spotted HE man. Cruupsers and in
sT~ctors look With benevolent eye on
those gsvsa haiss pirates and generally
aide with shxm.--Cos. -. James 0As~tte.