The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24
MORE ROULETTE PLAYED.
Faro IL on tho Decline and There Are
Fewer Big Gamblers Than Formerly.


Fewer Big Gamblers Than Formerly.
Il am frequently in gambling houses" said the
manufacturer Of hno cabinet furniture: but.
Notwithstanding, have never ventured cent in
a game Of chance in my life"
Just like to go and look on2" suggested friend
Indeed do not" returned the manufacturer
with some sharpness. 1T is business pure and
simple which takes me into such places; and at
business transact as soon as possible and get
out Tho more gambling, though going on the
moro money make which may he said Of several
other men in my line It's an i'll wind which blows
nobody good, and by that token, when gambling
is flourishing, more and more implements
CURED These are supplied by the makers Of
fine cabinet furniture. and our business is sort
Of gamblers barometer. You can always correct
ly estimate the amount Of gaming going on In the
country by the number Of orders which we cabinet
makers have to fill"
What's the state of the barometer now" pursued
the friend.
High" replied the manufacturer Nearly
every In my line is buster to day than he has
been in years and most Of us are away behind in
our orders although running with an extra force.
These orders principally for tools used by the
roulette houses TO whose already ample number,
IL seems To me daily additions are being made.
There six factories now In this city which have
no time to turn out anything but faro and roulette
tables. Many smaller concerns arc making the
accessories, such layouts spreads, racks,
cases boxes, markers chips and the scores OF
trining little essentials which are found In gamb-
ling rooms However the trade in faro tables and
outfits Is not 30 largo by any the business
in roulette materials Tho game Of faro seems
TO be waning in New York in particular. and there
arc really comparatively few gambling houses
here II haa fha call
and the reason for this Ia obvious The gambler
who once staked thousands on tho turn Of q
card bet hundred dollar stacks Of chips passing
away and in his place steps the young man who
has great deal Of money 10 win and little TO risk
| In the requirement Faro does not appeal to tho
| youngster who has only dollar, or perhaps. Ave
| at a time to wager II is too swift game for him,
whereas he can find scores and scores OF roulette
| games where he can buy stack Of twenty chips
| for So and playing them one at time, makes his
expenditure go further than in faro game where
the smallest sum represented by a check is likely
| 70 be twenty five cents
| 1T Is on these young men that the gambling
houses beginning to depend for their support,
| nowadays There was a time when their pres.
ence was barely tolerated. They represented
| little In the profits Of the house and stood for
| considerable part OF the houses expenditure
| for cigars, liquors, &c That was the day how
ever, when something like tall gambling was
| going on. But with the passing OF the tall gam
| blers the fortunes OF the gambling houses began
to wane, and several Of the shrewdest among the
| managers saw there was profit 70 be made out
| OF the young men with only few dollars at a
time in their pockets. although the profit was
| considerably less than that 10 which they were
| accustomed. SO they began TO cater 10 the young
| men They reduced the price Of their chips and
l.
| appeal most to the young mems fancy.
When a man has little money TO risk, Of cours,
he is apt to stake 1t upon that game which offer:
the largest opportunity for gain. Dollar fol
dollar, the chance offered by faro does not strik,
| the fancy Of the majority Of young fellows, bu
| roulette with a chance to make $500 per cent OF
single bet In alluring: so roulette has become
the popular game However may have re
| GREETED the games In which tens Of thousand,
were won and lost. this little gambling, il IL
| technically known. is far more pernicious ant
| far reaching in its disastrous effects upon tn,
morals OF the community: for the majority o
tho patrons of the modern gambling houses ar
young clerks on small salaries, conductors
porters, statesmen, and men in other trades. mel
camille pursuits or professions whose pay
small. II is very easy for most Of them TO pa
away a weeks wages within half an hour. an
when they must meet current expenses, desperat
means often reSorted to as a direct resul
| OF their patronage Of the roulette wheel"
| When a new gambling house Is opened wha
| furniture is required"
The usual complement consists Of Coupl
Of roulette wheels, twenty four inches in diameter
which cost anywhere from S75 10 $3.50 each tw
or three poker tables, each ON carved pedesta
OF mahogany or other hard and stable wood
worth about S75 apiece. and 10000 chips an
| racks " hold them worth in all about 81 &c
| The capital required TO start the bushes
| depends great deal upon the nerve OF tn
promoter Some roulette banks have opened wit
no more than $500 in their till and fourshcd
As rule l should think between $500
and $1,000 will help a professional gamble
to succeed This is much less than the capita
formerly required To bank a faro game In the Oh
days there were many banks going here tina
had stake Of from $4,000 to $4,000 benin
them. Some had four and FIVE times $50 OOC
! Perhaps the fact that so insignificant capita
is required TO bank roulette makes that gam
popular with gambling house keepers
Most of our heavy orders for tools come iron
the West and are given through commission house
which are now recognized agents They ar
the wall between the gambler and tho manu-
facturer of cabinet furniture much to the relic
| Of the latter. These commission houses pay
the manufacturer his money, and It is invariably
spot cash, and collect from the gambler in advance
They never lose"