The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-10

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upwards, the one on top being the
soda card. This is dead and no Ast
may be made upon II. Let us suppose
the player wishes to put his money on
| the king 10 winr-he places his checks
| directly ON top Of the king painted on
| the layout and the dealer pulls out two
| cards: the soda card and the one I'M
| mediately beneath II. laying them IN
two separate piles. IL the second caro-
should be a king the player loses ana
the dealer takes I'm the checks. If, al
ter taking out two cards. the one left on
top of the deck Is a king the player
wins and the dealer pays the bet by
giving him the same number or cnecks
he has wagcred. This process is con-
tinued until the deck In the box Is all
run out, with the exception or four
cards, the pulling Of which constitutes
the last turn On the guessing or
the order in which three OF these cards
will come out the bank pays four for
one, all other bets being made on even
terms.
I'm calling the last turn we will sup
poes the cards In the box TO be the
queen, ace. king and jack. The queen,
being the last winning card. the player
makes his bet on the order in which the
ace, king. and jack will come out lie
will call II. say ace-king III after pull
ing out the queen the ace is the next
card and the king Is Immediately be-
meath IL he wins and gets four for one
for his money. but II they come in any
other order he loses.
There are many combination bets
that may be made in faro. For in
stance. you can copper any card on the
layout which means that you may play
IL TO lose, and II II loses You win your
bet. You may also play. two or three
cards in connection. so that one bet
covers any of them that may win or
lose: or you may play the high
This IL all there Is TO faro when
II Is dealt on the square. It's the sim
plest and fairest game I'm the world.
The only real advantage the bank has,
aside from the fact that the player has
to do the guessing is in the splits. Sup
pose, for instance. that a player has his
money on the king and two kings come
together-that's split and the bank
takes down half the checks that are on
the card, no matter how they are play
ed whether open or coppered. Some
faro experts affect to believe that these
splits give the bank It's strongest per-
centage. but dent think so. Any man
who has to do all the guessing at any
game OF chance Is sure to lose In the
long run II he keeps at IL long enough.
He may have phenomenal runs OF luck
and get away with big winnings at
times, but IL ne keeps on playing at the
same gait the bank will get all the
money In the end
CROOKED WORK IN FARO.
80 much for square faro. and re-
gret to say that there's little OF IT play
ed nowadays, except for the benefit OF
professional gamblers, and some OF
these even go against the brace. as II
is called There are many ways OF
cheating at faro. One of the most COM
mon is by dealing the odd, or double
odd. The former Is pretty strong; the
latter is downright highway robbery.
In dealing the odd pack of fifty-three
cards is used. the double card being. let
us say, four spot. The dealer. who Is
always an expert shuffier. rifles the
cards so as TO bring these two fours
together with a king or some other
card between them. and jack or some-
thing like IL on top. When this jack
shows up in the door of the box the
dealer knows at once that beneath II
is four. and that next to that is
king, and then another four. He takes
a quick glance at the bets on the layout
and sees in an instant whether Il Is To
the advantage of the bank TO have the
turn come foup-king or king-four. IL
he wants to makeit four-kifg he simply
pulls out the Jack in a natural way
exposing the first four with the king
under IL. and takes out the second four
secretly when he slides out the king. IL
he wants II king-four, he takes out the
first four with the Jack. leaving the
turn king-four. Dealing double odd is
the same process exactly, except that
fifty-four cards instead OF fifty-three
are used
Dealing the odd would be impossible
without q specially prepared box. These
crooked boxes are made so as to allow
of two cards being drawn out at once
instead OF only one, as in a square box,
the opening being arranged with a slide
so the dealer may widen the space at
will. Besides this the dealer has the
advantage OF what 10 called high lay
out to assist him in his cheating opera
tion. In a fair faro game the layout
cloth Is painted fat on 11e top of the
dealing table. The high layout is raised
up an inch or 50. making a sort or
fence behind which the dealer may ma
nipulate the cards with small chance
OF detection. Even with this advantage
IL would be practically impossible 10
operate the odd successfully with case
keeper and tabs In use. as somebody
would be likely In case OF a bungling
deal to detect the extra card, so In
brace games Il 10 rare to find either
casekeeper or tab unless the dealer Is
so expert in pulling two that the house
is willing to take long chances on him.
Boxes for dealing the odd are not
the only crooked ones. The needle
tell is a far more deadly bit OF machine
ry This consists OF what appears TO be
an ordinary dealing box but which really
has the wide opening for taking out the
odd card In one corner. just where
the dealer would naturally place his
finger in the act OF dealing. is minute
hole almost invisible TO the naked eye.
The cards used in this box are specially
prepared by trimming some OF them
down a trfle on the sides so they are
minute fraction smaller than others.
Concealed within the small hole In the
corner of the box II a delicate needle.
The narrow cards all slip by this needle
without disturbing II. but the wide ones
push Il upward 50 II fairly pricks the
dealers finger which Is directly over
the hole. This is signal that certain
cards are a turn down In the box. and
the dealer. by taking the intervening
ones out fairly. or pulling two as the
occasion demands. is able to regulate
the run Of the cards to the advantage
Of the bank. Then there's the end
squeeze box, and various other contri-
vances. any one OF which Is sure 10
skin a sucker to the queens taste