The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-21
Gambling Allowed
by Police; Joints"
Conducted Openly

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The police we'll of these facts. The place
has been operating between and three years. nigh,
and day
Out OF consideration for the Theatrical Managers
cation may well be said here that the Green Room
Or "The t NJ A. as it is properly known doesn't belong
% that organization
Gets Into Crap Game With "Slicker"
A crowd of fellows seated around table playing
pngngi A friend who was with me los. s. in this
d about five minutes
It's good game for the Green Room"
We had round of drinks at the bar. While
sanding there nattily dressed, pale faced young fellow
came out OF the back room which is iounging place for
xlers great many who do anything harder
than vicitmize unfortunate women, eongregate there
Want to shoot craps" the pale faced fellow wanted
TO know.
you're on" agreed He picked up the dice
shoot a bucki" he asked
"Fair enough said. "A buck goes
We each placed 81 the bar. We "peeweed" for the
dee which is to say he took the dice and took the
spot entitled come OUT first that is he got the
first throw.
Ever "Shoot Craps"? Here's Ho.0 It's Done
II you don't know thing about craps. you must learn
that man throws seven or eleven the first throw,
is pass. and he takes his opponents money II he
zones out with up. and deuce.
skies. his throw is called crap and he pays his
opponent he comes OUT on any other number he must
continue 10 throw until he "seven or turns up the number
K first "came out" on
Therefore i the advantage of the holder o: the
dee TO throw sevens and "elevens" the come
md keep repeating as long as possible.
My opponent dice "sicker'
His first pass "sde-away" but messed" the
cubes before they stopped II hadn't would have los;
NY dollar
I'm superstitous." told him. II always en-
He nodded and tried the trick again
Again caught them before they stopped sliding
Every Gambling House Is Crooked
Roll en-" said sharply. looking him in the eye Il
"Oh. you're dynamite" he growed. Somebody must
hve robbed you once"
But he rolled EN-. and won. He tried the slide
away several times after that Sometimes he got by"
NTH il. but most OF the time he didn't
Finding that ruse wouldn't work he tried another the
let It ride trick He put down $40 gold piece. When
won 81 OF it. he said:
You're one in tho piece" Next throw was two
the piece. and until had about six in the piece
Then he forgot" how many ! was in the piece" He
gued and bested by s. in the argument, which let
called him crook. and told him to play somebody
be could beat.
He was crook. There isn't gambling house in town
that isn't crooked. KNOW, because used make my
living gambling But that before the anti gambling law
passed and when that form OF work considered
kgal
Something About Cheating Tricks
You can't beat the gamblers in Seattle unless you
then you can't beat them in their own house fheyn get
There are trick. too subtle for even the "smartest
gambler who lived defeat when he is pted against
crowd Of house men,"
II deal bottom" smoothly that you can't
zee the cards leave the deck when he tells you he is doing
4; ii he deal second working with marked cards il
can stack" the cards and work in cold deck" without
-FOUR knowing it while you're looking athimcan you beat
him.
That kind OF thing goes every night in the gambling
houses OF Seattle.
I KNOW. because I can do most of these tricks
myself and because know personally lot of gamblers
who do them and know they playing the face
the law in this city every night