The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22
BEATS BANK WITH
LITTLE SILVER BOX.
Mysterious Machine Used by
G. Wall at Monte Carlo
Upsets All Systems

MONTE CARLO, Jan. PIG. Wallis
mysterious machine with which he is
hghtlng the banks at Monte Carlo is
puzzling the experts. The manner in
which it upsets all known experience
of play is making the Casino officials
distinctly uneasy They confess them
selves quite unable to discover the Sc
cret Of the system
Three hundred people stood around
the table at which Mr.. Wall was sit
ting last night and saw him PLAY with
steady success, winning throughout.
The excitement was, however, as moth
ing compared with that which attended
play this morning
For once luck was dead against the
the machine, and Mr.. Wall set himself
to see it through. Zero turned up three
times, and Mr.. Wall, who began by
stalking 4 shilling pieces, was at one
time forced to stake ELS at each bet.
Stolidly clicking his machine he
continued what appeared to be an i'm
back almost to the starting point, and
at the close had lost only G10. He had
played just two hours, and putting his
luck machine in his pocket, he but
toned his coat and left the building
Old Players Are Puzzled
Old players here admit they can
neither understand the machine nor
MI. Wallis play, and are of the opinion
that this mornings experience would
nave broken him if he had played any
known system"
Mr.. Wall tells how he came to invent
his machine.
Ever since he was a boy, he says, he
mas been interested : in the mathe-
matical laws of chance, and fifteen
years ago he got an idea which he be-
lieved would neutralize. il not beat the
turn in favor of the bank at roulette.
He has constantly experimental with
his theory, but it was not until twelve
months ago that he considered he had
met with success.
His plan, roughly stated, consists in
slXty-four persons playing sinultane-
ously against the bank on a. precon-
certed plan, each move of each of the
players being decided beforehand.
He saw that it was impossible men
tally to control sixty-four different
players, and first experimental with
eight, but even this proved unsatis-
factory, as eight sets of calculations
could not be made between each turn
of the wheel.
Makes lightning Calculator
Then he determined to make a ma
chine which would make the calcula-
tions mechanically. That was last
summer. Today his "Ten Per Cent
Lightning Calculator" as Mr. Wall
christened his Invention, is the won
der of Monte Carlo.
1t is an innocent looking little silver
box about six inches long and three
inches broad, is fiat, and on its face are
sixteen openings about the size of a
siXpence.
Under each opening is to be seen a
number, and the numbers are various
l-nnI rod er,l HI, ,,ol- - IT,,
Ing a spring, all of the sixteen change
IN an instant, and as they change the
player makes his. bet. If he does SO,
Mr.. Wall says that six months private
experimenting proves that he cannot
lose.
Il can win 10 per cent a day for life.u
he said, "or break the bank in a.day'
Each time he plays he represents
SlXty-four. players and if sixty three
of these lose and one of them wins
he comes out quits If sixty-two lose
and two win, he wins sixty-four units
on the balance.
The game can be played with any
thing from shilling to "a unit
and, unlike all other systems, it never
runs into really big figures, even un-
der the worst of bad luck
Mr.. Wallis exact method of play is
his secret, and his secret is in the ma
chine; but his. plan is to play on all
the simple chances at roulette. He ig-
nores Zero which he says does not
affect the ultimate issue.
His Method His Secret
He adds only single units to his
stakes while he is losing, but as soon
as he begins to win he allows his win
nIngs to double and quadrupIe He
CLAIMS that his defense is perfect and
that with quite moderate capital he
can withstand fortnights steady un-
broken bad luck.
Mr.. Wall says he has studied all
known systems" and has watched the
play of such famous players as Lord
Rosslyn, Col. Harrison Power. Sam
Lewis Lord Villiers. Mr. Schwab.
Monte Carlo" Wells, F'itzroy Erskire
and has seen the failacy of all their
systems
After Mr.. Wall had finished play on
Christmas eve, when he made his
first appearance at the tables, polite
attendant requested his presence in the
private room Of the directors. There
he was requested to show his machine
and explain what it was for.
When he had done SO an official told
him that short time before an ex-
cited attendant had come rushing to
them, saying that a foreigner had
brought an Internal machine into the
rooms and was going to blow up the
Casino.
I See now,' said the official, with a
smile, that you are not going to blow
up the rooms. You only wish to break
the bank
Mr.. Wallis brother will bring the inn
proved machine which he is now con-
structing in London to Monte Carlo
some time this month.
RUSH TO STAGE DUE TO
MANDATE OF THE POPE.