The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

up, one OF the numbers from 81 to
32 is almost certain to follow. Why
this should be no one has ever been
able to discover. The numbers are
even manner that fraud on the
part of the croupier who launches
the ball is rendered absolutely inn
possible; in addition to which 1t
always travels In a direction oppo-
site to the ball Yet, even with
these precautions there are certain
| numbers on the wheel which are
| almost invariably followed by
Others and 1t seems as though in
largely tIsalnst the bank and in
favor of the player.
In previous years | have watched
these numbers come up with sur
Uprising regularity while the "pro-
fessienals' have stakel their hun
dred-franc notes Ell plein and won
imuch to the wonder of the amazed
onlookers. The Casino adminIs-
Itra.ion have spent much time and
though upon tryirIy to solve the
problem. for they know that for
years the professional roulette play
ers have followed various systems,
and for that matter every one plays
a system at Monte Carlo.
On Oct. last, just pnior to the
opening of the season, the Casino
management put new wheels In
place and these new wheels have
won enormously "for the house"
Throughout the present season.
| How is it, 'Tis simplicity itself.
On the four sides of the wheel are
four little metallic cones, known in
the slang of the game as mule
ears, }" The "man at the wheel
in spinning the ball aims to strike
La different fmule ear''-one OF the
-four, thus dlverting the ball from
/ It's natural course But the system
player long ago managed to over
come the four little cones, and in
time no matter which of the four
"mule's ears" caught the clrcling
ball and diverted 1t the syctems
won with surprising regularity.
+, Well, on the new wheels Install
ed this season they had placed
leight "mule ears" instead of four
instead of four corners OF the cir
Gle there were eight; and months
passed before some of the players
discovered the diffrence between
the cid. wheels and the new. SO
this season all the old systems took
wings, all the previous calculations
lptethe professionals were for naug ght
and the Casino has won amazing
lily largely increased its profits.
However, the Casino has always
|played ahead OF the game. hence
the profit OF $5,000000 annually
Incidentally. I am prompted to tell
|some inside secrets as to the finan-
clal side of this great gambling
Icorporation. founded by NJ. Blanc
In 1877. No matter how much money
the players win at Monte Carlo 1t
all comes back
| inv iNdsS1 Vi UNIV oahpiihlo p'''''
lege secured from the Prince of Mon
aco expires in 1913, and there will
be only five years mclre of Monte
Carlo under the pp2sent regime. The
Casino company is known as the
Sea Bathing Company and Strang-
ers Club of Monaco. Now the one
thing nobody ever does at Monaco
at least, in the seasons to bathe
! in the sea. The cne thing that every,
lbody does Is TO gamble. So thC
Casino Is called the Societe de.
a Bains de-Mer ct Cercle des Estrang
I Iers. There is not another sea bath
Q ing company in the world VI
, makes a profit o trifle over
: million sterling per annum. AM
: my card of admission to the Casin'
D and everybody else's card read
i very plainly "Cercle des Estraner
Il de Monaco and you couldn't ge
4 a bath on that card II you demand
s ed II.
t The Cascino administration EN-
: ploys more than two thousand peopl
q Each of the gambling tables make
a profit of $4,000 per day. Their
: are one hundred and twenty crouT
iers employed at THE tables. The
y are paid $50 month In addition I
n their food. Some OF them are inspet
u tors who receive $l0O to 5000
y month. Then there is little arm
- OF guards patnolling the building
" as well as gardeners attendants, fir
a lnen, upholsterers, and others. TIL
IA director general, who controls tn
e vast institution is paid 100000 ps
"A year. The buildings and the Casin
err ,are said 10 have cost $5,0O0,O0O ar
Ix a Palace of Fine Arts has bee