The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17

Luck, Good md Bad--An Unnu-
thenticnted Story AnaIyzed-Pat
Sheedy's VaIueIesS system For
Making Modest Days Wages Ex-
planned.
From the Boston Herald.
There was either a misstatement or
misunderstanding in a recently published
account Of the f'extraordinary run of
luck" experienced by an American girl on
a roulette table at Monte Carlo Casino.
The story ran thus: "She went there
merely to see the gambling. of which she
had heard so much, and becoming excit-
ed, obtained permission from her escort to
venture one gold piece and one only. II
she lost It, she would play no more: If
she won, she would play with her win
nings until they were gone. She placed
the coin on No. Is, and the turn of the
wheel was in her favor. Her escort en-
tered into an animated argument with her
to take what she had gained and to be
content with her experience. She remind
ed him of the terms of their agreement,
and while the controversy was going on
the croupier gave another turn to the
wheel, which, when it stopped, showed the
same number as winner, AS her money
had remained on the table, 1t was increasA
ed thirty fold. Again urged to remove her
gains and to cease playing, she became
angry. and left the money on the same
number with the intention of losing It,
Once more the ball stopped in 10, and her
SIT oil coll
fortune, which she was at length prevail
ed upon to pocket
The rules of play and the inexorable law
of limit, or maximum, which prevail in
Monaco make II impossible to do any
thing of the kind thus outlined. No sin
gle bet Is ever accepted at Monte Carlo
that can possibly win more than the max
imum, and no unused money is allowed
to remain on either of the two "tableaux''
which make up roulette table. If the
surplus-that is to say, the money not
actually belts not taken away by the
player 1t will be raked into the bank" by
a croupier.
AT the gambling game of Monte Carlo.
roulette, the lowest sum one may bet is
3 francs, and the maximum may be aimed
at In several different ways, where one
has time to do so, which is very seldom
however. 1t matters not, though, how
many or how few stakes one puts down.
there is positive limit to the amount of
EACH as only this maximum VIII be paid
by the establishment. The American girl
placed her gold coin on No. Is. This means
that she bet ION plein' on one of the thir-
ty-six numbers, and where, If you win, as
it appears she did, you are paid thirty
five times your stake. The smallest gold
coin is fiVe-franc piece, the largest a 100
francs. But 1t is not permitted 5-franc
rr1lI II.
This is true, too of a 10-fTanc gold piece;
but the croupier willing gives you silver
coins for such gold coins. AS this Amer
lean girl staked gold. her coin was worth
% francs or more. We will suppose it was
a 20-franc piece; that is to say, a louis
1t is not alone the value of the coin. II
Is the maximSm we must bear in mind
With her one louis she gained thirty five
more louis, and the statement is she left
these thirty-slx pieces on No. 10. Then
another turn commenced. when the
wheel stopped 0t is really the ball, or
round white marbdle, that stops; the
wheel does not), # showed the same num-
Der as winner, and as her money had re-
manned on the table, Ii was increased thir-
ty-fold." There is no bet whatever in
the game of roulette which increases thir-
ty-fold. The only possible win of a single
bet is thirty-five times zen plein," seven
teen times "a cheVal" eleven times
"transversale a trois," eight times
"carre," eight times for the "quaetre pre-
miers," five times for a "transversale a
SIX" two times for either at the "bas de
COLONIES" or on a Domaine" one-half
for one on "deux donzaines." one-half for
one "deux COLONIES" or on deux dou-
zaines," and equal for the red or black,
for odd or even, or for over or under No.
IS.
So much established, 1t follows that, in
asmuch as the first turn of wheel and stop
of ball were in this girls favor, she had
won-2Ox35-700 francs. The paying crou-
pier for her side Of the "tableau," that is
to say, the end of the table where she
was playing-there are two paying Group
iers for each ''tableau"-would at once
have paid over that amount by stacking
thirty-fve gold coins on her coin, and so,
If she had really left it all on the table,
there would have been So louis lying zen
pein" on No. 10. But they were not there
for the inspector never permits any sum
beyond the correct amount-that Is to say,
the amount which may possibly win the
maXimum-to remain. The only excep-
ton to this rule is where the player throws
down a bank note for 800 or 600 francs,
and then he or she must declare how much
of it is bet, and the sum thus announced
is repeated loudly so that everyb body can
hear by paying croupier and by an in
spector.
Admitted, however, that this rule may
have been neglected in this one instance
an employe who breaks a single rule at
Monte Carlo is discharged at once, and
there Is no exception to this law-this
American girl would, when the wheel
stopped" the second time, and inasmuch
as all her money was on No. IS, which won
again, have won 1920 francs, as thirty
five times 720 francs would be that
amount. That, however, is far in excess of
the maximum and, as a matter of fact,
she did not bet any more than $50 francs,
no matter how much money she had on
the table, for thirty-five times 100 francs
makes $500 francs, and 600 francs Is the
maximum possible win on a single bet at
roulette in the Casino Of Monte Carlo
do not believe she was allowed to let all
her money remain on No. 10, but suppose
the rule was broken at this particular
time; If No 10 won she would be paid only
the banks maximum that is to say. e.
300 francs, and If she had lost the Group
Ter would have raked in only her largest
possible bet, that is to say, louis,
That she won twice and was paid IS for
1 each time. up to the maximum, is not
denied; her money. after the second
turn" would therefore amount to SO
louis plus the 315 louis just won. or a to-
tai If z 020 francs Again eo mo ro IL,