The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

of. Then it VIII quickly droD into n
certain pocket
But it VIII only work as to the num-
bers- If your bet ia down on a. number
and the CORES ponding ~unber on the
wheel happens to be near tire croupier.
II Is possible TO drop the bah into that
pocket; but the electrical contrfvance
is not sure enough on the colors to
work once out or two dozen times
The fiy-out pm is an Arrangement by
Whlch little steel pin is inserted in
the groove on the outer edge of the
wheel, near the croupier, and the at
tempt Is made 10y pulling the wire or
cord to divert me bali from the pocket
INTO which it would naturally fall
There are many devices for making
faro boxes crooked, but they all amount
10 the same thing, that they enable the
dealer 10 draw out two cards instead Of
one. HOweve-. the crooked deal boxes
are not at all necessary, and not at all
popular in the most response BILE gam
bling houses, and L never saw one in
any OF them.
necessary. If the proprietor of any
gambling house wants TO get ric1
quicker than by the work of the fatal
percentage. he can 30 SO without any
mechanical coEulvances. Now I'll show
you something
Here's an ola pack OF cards that
we've been using IN the house TO play
patience and cribhaEe and any other
old game. They're worn and greasy
and sticky. Now We'll say that Won
are on the pla .-crs' side of a faro table.
You're betting the deuce Of diamonds
10 win.
Now, III shuttle the cards. So far
as you could see. everything was all
fair and aboVebOard. wasn't it2 The
shuttle was made directly i'm front If
your eyes ana ON top OF the board.
Now. Vel suppose they're in the
box Remember. you're betting the
deuce Of diamonds TO win. BY every
right Of calculation YOU ought 20 cash
your bet. out I'm awfulIy sorry. for
mere she is, and tne deuce OF diamonds
loses.
II can 90 taat same thing with any
card in the pack al any time I want
TO shift bet.
Take another case Jones and YOU
and l are playing poker. You and I
are in cahoots. but Jones doesn't know
IT,
ION looking at my hand I refuse to
come in Jones draws two cards. Now
lis necessary, because T drop out. that
you get thai pot If YOU could have
four aces. YOU could bet Jones to
standStill. whatever he got On the
draw. generally speaking. and get the
money. couldn't yCu2
Here's Jones hand after the 5raw
and here's yours Do YOU win or dos
Jones? Well. ] guess four acres beat
a full house an You get all the money
and divide n xith me
Now, WHAT'S che use of talking about
crooked deal boxes, made crooked by
machinery. 1r trimmed cards that have
/ been passed through q shaver The lit
/ tie device of che human hand is better
than all the rlaChiDery that the ma
chinistS can tTTn ont. and Z want TO say
! to you that I cont imagine 1 am any
more accomplished in this line than
many other good faro bank dealers
But no an ccesstul gambling house
proprietor viii allow that kind of deal
ing in his house for seven seconds If
/ he knows il. and Why Because, just
! as soon as ne permits one Of his en-
! ployes to steal tOr him. he puts himself
i in the power O. that emplOye- and none
4 of the great gamblers of this or any
/ other country " OulG do that for min
ute Do you suppose 1 would jeopardiZe
] myself or my business by letting a $50