The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-23
FIVE MILLION PROFIT
in SIXTY DAYS
Stories Of Vast Sums Won
and Lost at Famous
rambling Place
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Monte Carlo, july 23.-To those who |
imagine that at Monte Carlo the gamb-
ing always goes Systematically
against the players and that their gold
aows increasingly into the Golfers OF
See bank It win seem difficult to be.
heve that sometimes the banks ao
counts show a deficit for months to-
gesher
Last year az the end of ten months
" the fiscal year the banks books
showed loss of over 100000 an
average deficit Of 100000 a month
which fortunate gamblers had put in
TO their pockets. This. Of course, was
exceptional and this spell Of bad luck
vas followed by such a tide of pros
pcrity that in the two succeeding
months Of the year the deficit was
completely wiped out and a profit of
over $4,000 was made in its place.
As the banks profits amount only
10 > per cent on the sums staked at
ihe tables it is clear that during these
Two months no less than $777 500. 900
nust have changed hands, and that
syery day the stakes must have
amounted to over $2.7SO, 900.
u is perhaps difficult to grasp such
amounts as these, but their signiA.
cance becomes apparent when we con.
nder that TO furnish single days
stakes in gold it would be necessary
20 employ elghty-eight strong porters
each carrying a burden Of over a hun
dredweight in gold. and that this
Weight Of gold would be sufficient to
art Of the seventy gamblers on their
Fcet.
During these two montns the play.
srs risked a sum roughly equal to a
quarter OF years national revenue
80 that TO feed the gamblers appetite
at Monte Carlo alone requires more
sold than to run the machinery Of
he British empire in times Of pslce.
Some Seasons are Very Dull.
But. Of course. money is not always
changing hands at Monte Carlo at this
appalling rate Of over $50 for every
tick of the clock, night and day. This
oaiy happens during the height Of the
season. when the tables are crowded
hy rich and fashionable gamblers.
whose play is as reckless as It Is un
scientific. This is the banks harvest
Time. and during the remainder OF the
year. when the system player has his
innings, the flow of GOLD into the
banks oxchequec Is comparatively
trivial and often ceases altogether.
Some OF the eccentriclties OF roulette
and trente-etquarrante are so remark.
able as almost to appear incredible.
On one day at roulette the number 80
made It's appearance seven times In
Hnccession, an eyeat against wa,,h
NE betting is 100000 600 to /. Ia
irentc-etquarante on one occasion
there was a Series Of seventeen blacks
Ia succession and thirteen times
nouleur- occurrences against which
Che odds are almost incGculable.
Although the chronicles OF Monte
Carlo are fun OF disasterous losses and
tragedies, the tables have certainly
brought sudden fortunes to some play
ers During three hours play a Rus
nian count won $4,000. although be-
fore he was twentyfour hours Older
he had lost twO.thirds of Il.
During the same season shrewe
Englishman had remarkable spell o
good fortune. He had made up M,
nind TO limit his losses to s25 but hi,
margin was never reached. From IN,
Aeginning fortune smiled upon hin
"a n mast remarkable way. ami NJ N,
end Of a fortnights play his SIS IA,
grown TO 100000. which he very wise
y decided 10 take home with him a
snce,
Wins Fortune IN Four Gays.
story Is told OF a Frenchman viii,
lad lost his last franc at the tables
And ~ utter despair was on the pDm
- committing suicide Fortunately
rierd who know Of his losses sough