Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-04-07
GAMBLING SYSTEMS.
Why THEY WILL NEVER BREAK The
BANK AT MONTE CARLO.
The Percentage o. Always Against
the Player, ssa the hsss~s~ Limit
ssiiises the 0siy ssre seheme,
That OF Progressive netfias.


BILE systems Il Is impossible TO say
but probably they are 20 be- numbered
by millions. and not one OF them has
returned the victor II II the ambi'
ton doubtless OF every visitor 10 the
fascinating tables Of Monte Carlo ~
break the bank" Any player with an
extraordinary run of good luck and the
nerve TO press IL is liable 20 break the
bank" as the expression Is commonly
understood, hut no one will ever break
the bank" az Monte carlo In the true
sense OF the phrase.
AT the famous gaming rooms there
Is not one. but many tables at which
| players may stake Each table starts
play for the day with a capital Of lO0.-
900 francs. and when that sum II ex-
hausted the bank az that particular Ia
bic IL broken. aud play IL suspended
until fresh hank of 10000 francs Is
brought by the attendunts-a matter OF
a minute or two.
hut 10 break the bank ia the true
sense would he 10 exhaust the entire
capital Of the casino. and that will
never happen. for three simple reasons.
The FIRST u that the bank lays unfair
odds 10 the player. This ! will Illus
trate a. simply ~ possible.
Al roulette. the most popular form Of
gambling. there are thirty-seven mum
bers-from / TO 81 inclusive aud q. or
zero II II plain that the fair odds
against n player correctly picking one
OF these tbirty-seven numbers are 36
10 /. hut the bank only lays 81 20 ].
Hence the bank has always. roughly
speaking. a per cent advantage over
the player. To put IL another way. n
a player backs the same number thir-
ty-seyen times he ought. according 20
the fair odds. TO come out exactly
square. but 90 Monte Carlo he cannot
do so he must lose a point.
This advantage Of the bank applies
90 all the other chances besides the
numbers on which the player may
stake
Take. for example. the 80 called
even" chance OF red or black or the
thirty numbers eighteen are red.
eighteen black the thirty seventh, zero.
having nOminally no color
II is oh, ious that N n player backs /
red there are nineteen chances eight |
zen blacks and zeroi against his being |
correct The fair odds are nineteen 60 I
eighteen against him. but the hank /
only lays even money. /
The advantage 10 the bank does not /
end here. FOR when zero turns up the
bank takes all stakes except those on j
zero aud the even money chances. The i
latter are put aslde-"en prise" Is the 4
technical term
~ ON the next turn OF the wheel the
player on these even chances wins his
stake is released and he may pick Il
up. hut he wins nothing.
To win be- must stake again. aud
thus when zero turns up Il j. az least
two 10 one against a player on an
even money" chance
The second reason why the bank
must always win In the long run is the
of the maximum
The maximum 5000 francs. or f24O
Is the highest amount a player can win
Dn any one chance If a player with
unlimited resources could 90 on play
ng double or quits with the casino
he would eventually break
he bank In the FUN sense OF the term
But you cannot play double or quits"
with NJ. Blanc Tor long.
Starting with the minimum stake al
Owed viz : francs-and doubling
FOUR stakes each time. your eleventh
stake supposing you To- win or lose
would be- over 5000
mncs. and you could double no longer.
In other words. you would have come
~ point at which you could not on
me turn Of the wheel either double
'our winnings or recoup all your losses.
Al systems are designed 10 nullify ,
ne effects Of zero and the maximum.
T one could be certain that zero would
urn up. as IL ought to turn up. once In
very thirty-seven turns. Il could be
provided against. and the casino. even
With the help ~ the maximum, would {
~ in q had way. !
But no such certainty Is possible, :
nd therefore every system splits on {
his rock. And 50 with the maximum
Perhaps the most fatal systems ~ all !
re those based upon the theory that :
red has come up certain number q
{ times running black will follow. To :
Illustrate the folly OF this theory. take :
he following example: n you toss a
emmy in the air 1000 times and Il y
ONES heads 990 times IL Is OF course
My even money on IT, being tails the
ext time
The third reason, II. indeed, another a
Q needed. why the bank must always d
I'm Is that the human and fallible play. d
r Is always playing against an in n
lllble machine Il
The slightest mistake In calculation. n
10 last inattention and the system ! 4
rcaks down. And 90 err Is human. 81
So Monte Carlo fourishcs and always Il
al flourish so lopg as the law allows Z,
20 exist.-Pearsons Weekly
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