The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12

regulates the sums one is to bet. or the
latter every soul in Monte Carlo knows
Il DOZEN, each newcomer discovering at
least the doubling system by his own I'M
aided genius on the first day. or the former
every player ut the tables has been seeking
q clue since the day when the existence Of
the terrible ecdrf. or swing. dawned on
him.
All fair games Of even chances-.for in
stance, heads-or-ta ils-present the fascinat-
ing problem; but here In Monte Carlo It
turks in special form. which has its weekly
publications. Permanences or statistics
Of the days run at each table form the
basis Of innumerable calculations:
A thousand players keep tab on the
roulette in their note books. The manage.
ment in order to facilitate the learned
study, furnishes neat score cards gratis,
rued in black and red. with a black m
for nor or a red r." for rouge at the top
II each column
When red wins YOU prick pinhoie in
the RI column, and so on, well-pricked
card presenting lines of holes In zigzag.
Every liveried turnkey in the rooms has
pins 20 furnish on demand, great souvenir
pins manufactured for the management.
For those who have not tine TO KEEP
tab. there are the two weekly publications
called lie Monaco and Rouge-st-Noir, the
tef-styled organs Of defence for players,
which profess to give each days statistics
Of roulette. But they are not Official, and
they have the serious defect of neither
stating from which tables run the parts
Of tho statistics have bft n TAX n. nor vet
indicating where one tables run begins
ana VIII r. inother's ends.
How fascinat ng IL the stu DIV OF these
I-nnanenc, >, Red is seen to follow black
IN q rtan patterns. Now, one has only
o. bet that the same patterns will not re-
Produce themselves to have famous
N1rche.
Others see clearly that although black
falls into the red compartments about as
oft n as into the black, and vice versa.
Continue to stake steadfastly ON one color,
therefore. and you will in the long run
win as many bets IA you lose-whicn Is
all the marchs wise mussdge requires.
Such is Lord Rossiyns system, recently
ma de public.
Such, also. is tho system OF 10000. the
most famous AMI Oldest. being the up.and-
down or Alembert progress Ion. D'Alem-
bert Jean le Rond,, a Fr nch geometrician
OF the eightet nth century and typical
encyclop Pdist applying the law o 7 equilib-
nun to roulette. said something like this:
let us stake always on tho same color;
AIDING one TO our stake after each loss ana
oeducting one from our previous stake
sitar each win. Suppose we start py
losing five tinfs In succc ssion; We shall
have lost l+2+3+4+5=l5; then suppose
we win fv" times in sucoession, establish
lns III" equiibrium: We shall have won
i've units for ten bets
50 the Alembert earns always one-half
unit for each bet.
Regularly one does not win and lose In
tpltts. as above. Instead. the up and down
VIII consist Of long lines of little oscillations
WIN lose, win. lose lose, win, win. lose, win.
Use, causing our bets to alternate thus:
Ia 20, 2. I. 2, 1, ,. Lord hoeelyn'e
system varies from Il In that his ups are
twice as violent, adding one after each win
as well as after each loss, until the sum OF
all his previous losses plus one unit Tor each
turn played ia wiped out.
Both systems work beautifully for hours
N succession, 30 that In any particular SIT
ing one can demonstrate their soundness.
ms Is thanks to the preponderating nttle
oscAlajons. Unfortunately now ana men
the oscillations give place to the swings
OF good and bad luck
These constitute the ecdrf or temporary
VARIATION from the equilibrium. Players
are aware OF it's existence and Provide
themselves with capital to meet II when IL
swings 10 the bad.
Afrend Of ours began playing the Aiem-
Ser just TO win his winters rent. lew
Gays later he came TO us perplexed.
Zee here he said. Il ought TO be even
with the game; and I am away behind 1
am betting sl32 a clip and i cant Keep
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per- In mathematics :.
i started with 5000. calculated It
you'd stand swing Of any bad luck ina.
might come. starting with u for my unity.
Hum, bum!' unused a second. expert.
bow many turns have you bet opf.