The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
SYSTEMS TO BEAT The GAME
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carlo ami what Happened In Two
Instances Human Equation Counts.

carlo and what Happened In Two
Instances Human Equation Counts.
IL il an axiom among the proprietor-
OF gambling houses that there il no sys-
tenn ~ system that will beat the game.
On the other hand it is the firm belief
Of every gambler that he has system
that would beat the game il Ia oaly had
money enough to play il through.
The curious fallacy underlying all
systems il that they ar. based upon a
! variation in the amount stak-d on the
event and not upon a variation in the event
itself. There IL not in the world a roulette
player mad enough TO say that a certain
number or color will come up oftener
than another. IL he has "a system you
will find that in the last resource It is based
upon betting sometimes 81 and sometimes
500 on precisely the same chance
IL ia "a very difficult matter TO convince
the average gambler that there il nothing
in any Of these systems which vary the
amount bet simply because they are all
reducible TO one and the same system.
which ID tins:
Determine how much Won can afford
To risk on your system and bet the whole
amount on one turn Of the card or one roll
| Of the wheel and have done with II.
| systems simply prulong the agony
without affecting the ultimate result "A
particle The odds that YOU imagine
| to he in favor Of your wonderful system
of betting or 81 varying the size of your
bets are simply the odds on the length Of
time il will take % clean you ont when YOU
have not The courage 70 risk II all at once.
When individuals sit down 70 a game Of
car,is sucn a. poker It il man against man
and whatever the weakness of one player
he may b. able to take advantage OF even
greater weakness or so'ue other weakness
in his adversary The professional gam
bier may have some advantage. tech
nically known as Ms racket but another
may have something deeper II is a ease
Of diamond cut diamond
But when a gambler sits down To play
against a bank which never betrays any
sign Of anxiety. never weakens. never
quits. but plays right along in good luck
or in bad with the regularity 81 a machine.
ns II money were no object. the gambler
feels that the game ia hopeless unless he
can oppose this machinslike regularity
with another machine. unless he can sink
his individuality IN a system.
There il a popular fallacy to the etfsc.
that what beats every one in PLAYING
against banking games is the percentage.
and this in spite VI the fact thar there are
countless systems which show a greater
percentage In favor Of the player than
any claimed for the bank Ask any pro-
fessional faro dealer about his percent
age and he will tell YOU that splits would
not pay for the gas. The thing that beats
"" nm, ne VI" n"' SIT anu
win as much as ne VIII sat and lose
The agent for travelling circus strolled
into a faro hank i'm Me,nphis one sirn,nsr
ni,n, /, ,s-, and drn,,,,sl ssko 10 60,
" :"
hours' ne examines" Tue caro@ anu me
dealing box He kept his own tab and
finally he sent out for 10 cent grocery
cards and 1o, the daa,er u, n,,u ,ha,,, on,
-. ~, -, 49,, - -
,o' MI ~. "s 49, no se n'
luck. Inc oank hah no Tear III rsfurning
apparently. but sat there and took all he
had TO los.
! S.,, d.v a, ,o,n the sa,,a ,,a, ,,laca.,
~ go, =, - =. -
pu'. "A ,"' :" was 'h"
chsnse from h's hshch p'i. In twenty
minutes he had run II up tO $50 Aston
i.h.sd "a, his luck in making such "a vinpir Z,
~ ,uart.r and fearing II would oho,,.,.,
IL H., -, ~. - =.
~ .'' "'N i u" "''' i-i ,
the house. Why did he not sit there until
he had won back his $3.50? Because h.
MAS no, a machine.
r., Ia mo horl,iry ,o,,,s i, ,h-,i
70 Nv t..".,' k",,'- VI w, No' H.
except s'ich ifnita'i"hs Oh petty larceny
which has a. great percentage in its
,,yor when su,,ar.lv pIav.d a. s,,,.
~ ,....s -. ., 49,, ,-a,s.''.',
oi 'he syS'ehhs A''oN" I'd the professional
gambler; yet Tor TWO reasons these sys-
TENS seldom or never wan: The first
reason IL that the man behind the system
Is not tn" machine that the bank IL. and
tn. s.cond reason IL that he has not the
capital that the bank has. IL the bank
has $1,000 and you have SO 1t IL exactly
100 To l that you lose your $40 When
a gambler gets hold of money enough
To- buck the tiger successfully he opens
a bank himself instead.
! \ man who fully realized the advan-