The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-28

beating roulette, or making
the quiet gentleman who deals out the
cards turn over the box, you viii hear
a lot of the wise ones say, It's nom
sense There's no system that can beat
The banks percentage " remarked Joe
Uhman reminiscentIy- "Of course there
is a good deal of truth in this. But
the people who talk this way overlook
the best ally the house has This is
human nature It wins more for the
bank than all the splits and zerOs-
Ninety-nine times out Of a hundred it {
is the only ally the house needs But
once in a while, and it's once in a very /
long while too, this ally proves treach- I
erous. It's then if the man with the
bank ron isn't absolutely square, that 4
the brace dealing is done.
Poor human ma azure helps the bank
most frequently Wher the player wants I
too much, and wants it right away I
SuppOsing you go TO a business man I
and offer him 10 per cent for the use
OF a sum of money for few hours /
Would he think the offer a good One2
If he didn't think il was simply get |
rich-q quick scheme for rObbing him. he |
would consider il better than the KlOn- |
dixie and Standard OIL combined: But I
let that same man sit down in front Of /
a faro game with $l60 in MS pocket !
VIII he be content to win SO and then
cash in? Not once in ten thousand
times. He considers himself a piker if /
he doesn't make 200 OK 300 per cent and
make it IN a couple Of hours play.
Even if he doubles his money the aver
age man isn't satisfied. He's more like
ly to draw a long breath and say to
himself: Here's where ] dent the bank
roll And a little while after that the
proprietor Of the house has another
century all ready 10 deposit in the
morning
"Of course, there are exceptions to
this rule. But the exceptions are pro-
fessiOnal gamblers, not producers, as
they call the men who have legiti-
mate business and in reality furnish
the funds which buy shiny stones for
the man back Of the box There are
men who play day in and day out. and
who, after they have put a hundred or
i've hundred into the game, are per
fectly satisfied to cash in when they
are ten or fifty ahead Tt can't be said
that players Of this sort are popular
With the house. But they don't con-
tribute much Of their coin toward buy
ing autos for the man backing the
game.
The second quick aid to getting rich
that human nature contributes to the
house is the tendency which most men
have to back bad luck heavily and let
their good luck play itself out without
putting them muca to the better A
man wins two or three bets IN a row.
Then he thinks that it is up to him
bets 1t is quite likely that for some
time he viii continue to win two out Of
three or three out OF four bets. But
this doesn't increase his winnings to
any great extent because Of his reduc-
ton of the amount put up on each turn.
BY and by, having played for con-
siderable time in what he considers
cautious manner. he viii begin to bet
more And Just about this time his
good luck is likely to be played out and
the succeeding current OF bad luck VIII
sweep away not only his winning. but
the stake he originally started with
After he is broke or has lost all ne
can afford he viii go away cursing his
luck. He doesn't appreciate that ne has
been backing bad luck systematically
coppering his chances of winning and
playing in a manner that would put a
strain on a national bank 1t is only
one of the instances which prove the
truth of the old saying, The machine
viii always beat the man, out II IS an
instance which one can see duplicated
a dozen times an evening before any
faro bank or roulette wheel
1T is right here that the profess
siOnaI gambler has the better Of the
ordinary player. Watch an expert
enced PLAYER when he is trying to put
a 'crimp' in the bank roll He keeps
putting down little bets; that is, small
bets compared with the amount of his
resources. never getting excited, simply
waiting cOOHy for the time when things
seem to be coming has way Then ms
style of play changes Instead Of hgur-
ing that because he has won a few bets
il is mn TO him TO lose ne keeps in
creasing ESe amounts he puts down. II
ne wins q bet he lets both his original
bet and the amount the house has Just
paid him stay up In that way ne Is
not only backing his good lu-- instead
of his bad, but 10 a certain extent IS
betting the houses coin against him.
self
But it isn't human nature to do this
Not one player in 4 score has SufncIen1
sclf-restraint Cor this sort of game. AND
the man who can do il has acquired TINS
ability by long and probably expensive
training OF course. he still has botf
the percentage of the game and TIT
banks for legal capital against MN
But ne has cut out the machine agains
the man end of the game. which Work.
so strongly against the ordinary
player
Another thing the ordinary individu
al who goes against the bank fails Il
appreciate is now much better pro
tected the bank is than the playe
against an extraordinary run OF BAT
luck The man bucking faro thinks Ia
IS playing a conservative game III n
nuts down / or per cent of his Who'll
stake each time; hut the bank ma
from 200 To 1000 times the limit Dacl
OF it. and the limit bets are rev an
Ear between. The result is that tn
banker can stand a run of bad luc
without it worrying him much. II
knows the tide is certain % turn lon
before he is in any real danger.
similar streak of luck breaks the play
err And then The facC that perhaps IN
luck was just at the turning poin
doesn't help him any. His money
safely tucked away In a little drawe
back Of the box. II has gone TO pro
tect the house still further against
possible run Of bad luck.
but it isn't the limit of the percen'
age which protects the house agalns
the doubling-Up system that man
DIavers think would be infallble
they could only play it through. ~
house is wei protected against tne
system by what might be called luc
itself In roulette man bets Whll
chip on the red, loses and doubles III
bet Perhaps he may lose four or nv
- mes In a row, and each time ne dol
bIes up Then he is likely to win i
fact. ne VIII nine times out of ten De
fore the losing series amounts 10 nor
than 1--WE or six turns against him.
looks like an easy game But waite
IL through long series of plays Fac