The age-herald., 1902-03-09

lyn lost his $50 900, while MT. Schwab won. All system players lose. It Is inevitable that it should be so. On the other hand, bold player may catch fortune right and after a phenomenal run of luck, escape with his gains.
 System has nothing to do with It. The plunger would lose with all certainty if he continued at play. Ultim ately the per centage in favor of the bank will count and there can be only one result. The man with a system is more surely ensnared than the casual player; he will expose his money more often to the friction of the wheel. That is why he is welcomed.
 Theoretically, a system is perfect. If the players word were accepted and he were at liberty to risk fabulous sums the bank could not win. It would be necessary to do nothing more than continue betting on an even chance, doubling with every loss, until the fortunate turn, which could not be forever delayed would make good past losses and give profit.
 It is the limit fixed by the bank that safeguards it against loss. When perpet- ual motion is discovered it's principles may | be applied to gambling and the player may be sure of winning In the mean time the Lord Rosslyns of the future will l continue to lose, while those who follow 1 MT. Schwab occasionally will win, but | more often will leave good American l gold at Monte Carlo.
 There is fascination about roulette | that is not found in any other game. Its | combinations are many, and the player | may please himself in selecting an easy | or a desperate wager. small fortune | may be won on a single turn of the wheel | with a comparatively insignificant sum l risked. Returns are quick. There are no | long waits. All of these things please the venturesome, the result being that the roulette tables at Monte Carlo are always surrounded.
 Percentage Baffles.
 Few men in legitimate business are con- tent with a profit of a fraction more than one per cent. That is less than the com mission charged In stock deal. It is all that is against the roulette player at Monte Carlo. Yet few recognize how per sistently that percentage operates and what immense earnings it m cans.
 Contrary to public belief, there Is no baccarat at Monte Carlo. Only two games are played. They are roulette and trente ct quarante. It Is not possible to compute the exact percentage against the player at trente ct quarante, yet 1 believe 1t to be even less than that at roulette.
 Six roulette tables each with a double layout, are in operation during the after noon and evening, and 1t Is seldom that all are not well surrounded. American roulette tables have two percentage num- bers, the '0'' and the '0O." When either of these appears all wagers except those on the winning "0' or '00' are conflscated. At Monte Carlo there is only a single percentage number, the "0." and when 1t wins wagers on the colors or other even chances are 'imprisoned' or di- vided.
 When MT. Schwab made his attack on Monte Carlo he found great rows of banknotes, gold and silver on each side of the wheel There is now no such, thing as 'breaking the bank" Once it was the rule that each wheel started the day with a capital of about s20,0OO. If there was a run of bad luck sufficient to exhaust that amount, that particular wheel was closed temporarily. Now the other wheels