Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-09
BEAT THE BANK
AT MONTE CARLO
System Invented by Close Observer
Melted the Users a Little Fortune.

System Invented by Close Observer
Melted the Users a Little Fortune.
In spite of all the natural skepticism
which the very word System" usually
eVOkes, old frequenters of Monte Carlo
still recall fact we'll known to them.
though unfamiliar to the general pub
lie.
In 1882 a sturdy, resolute Yorkshire
man, who hailed from Bradford the
city Of spinning mills, did actually
break the bank, or, at least, did actu-
ally win a considerable fortune with
his system.
It's working, CT, rather, the prelimi-
nary Investigations, singIe-handed
were so severe a strain, coupled with
the succeeding daily excitement, that
the pIucly pIunger did not live many
years to enjoy his hardeaTned rest.
He died at Nice four or five years
after of heart disease. His name was
Jaggers. His partner, q Dutchman,
who ran off with an Irish lady, was
seen in Paris much later, looking sleek
and prosperous.
Many witnesses remember the ex-
element that grew latteTly around
the three players-for the Irish lady
became one of them. Their persistent
success caused an inevitable rush to
their table, people standing in rows
six deep, and struggling to throw their
money on when and where the play
ers staked. But it was difficult to fol
low them, for they played on many
numbers en- plein, and the moment
they were ready the ball was spinning.
The plan of Mr.. Jaggers was this:
Starting from the premise that few
human-made machines can be abso-
lutely fawless, he began taking accu-
rate statistics himself of different ia
bles. He thought he found one to suit
his purpose, and he took his statistics,
noting down the numbers as they fell
from the first ball to the last. Hard
work, since he could neither eat nor
drink betweenwhile, and seldom sit
down, there being a stringent rule
against chairs being occupied by non.
players, and he had no money to stake
with. After the rooms were closed he
had to find time to eat, sleep and work
out his calculations.
He led this wearying existence, it
is believed, for over six months. His
investigations then proved to him, to
his complete satisfaction, that in one
cylinder, which he followed from table
to table (for all were changed occa-
sionally, and he knew it by the grain
of it's woodwork, the ball fell by pref
erence in nine of it's cells, so nine =,
its numbers in varying degrees came
up oftener than the remaining twenty
seven numbers. In other words, in
stead of each number coming within
a given space of time, say a week,
once in thirty-six spins nine numbers
came more frequently, and others more
rarely.
When that fact was to him incontest-
able, he set about finding, if not syn
dictate, at least a partner, able and Will
ing to risk sufficient capital to play
on these nine numbers and share prof
its with him.
But the many old players he ap-
preached would have none of it.
They declared, and as a rule with
reason, that numbers could, would,
and did come or stay away, frequently
beyond the average, for months, and
then right their balance, making up for
lost time with vengeance, and then
woe to the punter who was calculating
on their previous performances con-
tinuing.
Disconsolate at seeing wealth just
eluding his grasp, poor Jaggers went
on piling up his daily statistics, until
he casually made acquaintance with
the runaway Dutchman. This man
listened, saw and believed. The COM
pact was made, and the play began.
1t succeeded admirably, some of
those nine numbers always coming up
more frequently than the remaining
twenty-seven, though, as even they
fuctuated daily, it was difficult for PEG.