Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-08
GAMING SYSTEMS.
Many Plans by Which Men Hope to
Break the Bank.

Many Plans by Which Men Hope to
Break the Bank.
From the London Express
Like the dear old sea serpent, which has
become so familiar to us all, is the man
with wild visionary ideas Of wealth to be
won from the roulette tables at Monte
Carlo by means of an 'infaliible" system
Of his own. The latest inventor Is gen.
tleman by the name Of Senior Almefda, a
Portuguese, who claims to have most
valuable secret method Of beating the
tables. According to an Express telegram
from Lisbon. which was published In Tues
days issue, Senior Almeida asserts that
he has already won thousands, but he will
sell the secret for $4,000. 1t is very no
ticeable that these great inventors Of gam
bling systems are always willing to share
their easy road to wealth with others-that
is for a trifiing consideration. of course.
The ordinary man may perhaps wonder
why. ii it is so sure and SO easy. Senior
Almeida does not win the $4,000 on the
tables and still retain his secret. On the
other hand it is refreshing to find that the
age Of public philanthropy is not yet en-
tirely past. There have been many sys-
TENS and many inventors. The Monte
Carlo rooms still rake in the gold, but
where are the palaces built by the owners
Of the get-rich schemes? Echo answers
where.
A few years ago an Englishman, who
was well known in the south Of France,
had an idea which he kept to himself, and
worked at the famous gambling tables. At
the end OF three months he hung himself
behind his Office door, after having lost
thousands Of his own money as well as
that belonging to other people. The sys-
tenn, as he called It, was based on a mathe-
matical calculation He simply took list
Of all the winning numbers in one evening
and then worked out the chances Of their
turning up again the next day.
he NJ 10
stake every time he lost. and going back
to his original stake when he won. A
Frenchman said he had won thousands Of
francs by always betting on ten numbers
curious still was the idea of a Russian,
who used to put the thirty-six numbers
on slips Of paper into hat and shake them
up. Then his French poodle would pick out
a slip of paper with his mouth, and he
would back the number 1t contained The
dog was gaily dressed, and wore dia-
mond collar. which was bought out Of the
winnings.
Senior Almeida may have discovered the
real thing. and one of the gambling house
proprietors is said to have offered him
10000 for his secret. Gambling men are,
a rule, pretty hard propositions to get
much score out of, and when their opinion
Is asked on such schemes are rather apt
to speak in coarse terms of the inventor,
and do not lose any sleep on his account.
1t would take good-sized volume to give
the names of all the Monte Carlo bank
breakers. but the successful ones could be
written on postage stamp. Now is the
slack season at Monte Carlo, and 1t is Just
about time for the Casino press agent to
wake up and get in his fine work to lure
over some fresh pigeons for the coming
season. The gentlemen in charge Of the
tables will doubtless be very pleased to
meet Senior Almeida with his invention
power to separate him from any money
with which he may be encountered,