Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
Fat Man, Big Numbers Win;
Thin Men, Small Numbers,
Is One System.
KILLINGS" LIVEA CASINO
Heavy Losses at Monte Carlo Prove
Big Card for Advertising-many
Systems offered the Gullible
Yet Casino Continues
to Make Profit.

London.-There is one infallible way
Of winning money ut Monte Carlo,
writes u correspondent Of the London
Times, and that Is this: When TAT
man is spinning the wheel bet ON the
high numbers; when II is u thin man
bet on the low. II stands TO reason
does IL nOt3-that a small man can
not throw big numbers. Another good
plan is to put your stake in front OF
you, shut your eyes and push IT out ON
the table with u rake. The god OF
chance, being blind, naturally likes
blind people. Which also stands to rea-
son. does 1t not? There you have the
whole philosophy of roulette.
OF course there are people who tell
you that you have no right to begin TO
gamble until, at least, you know the
order of the numbers, both on the
wheel and the table, by heart. Other
wise, how can you tell the voisins-
the neighboring numbers-to the last
throw but one, so that you can know
where the ball is coming back tor
Also YOU can buy elaborate and IN
fallible systems. which makes no men
ton of fat men or thin men, at hfty
shops In Monte Carlo. For forty
francs you can buy a system when
tells YOU how, on a capital of Ego, you
can -"infallibly"-fl0 a day.
There is another, much sold, which
offers YOU 1000 chances to win against
one chance to lose.
Casino Always Wins.
Others guarantee-well. nearly guar
untee-a winning of from 900 to l'OOO
francs a day. and there are any guam
titv of systems under which losses
are impossible" Yet. In spite OF II
all the Casino is one of the most sue
cessful business institutions in Europe
and will doubtless weather even the
difficulties of the exchange and the
rise In the cost Of living.
Three days ago there a man won' NJ
one of the tables, $1,000 francs at a
single coup. The rules, II should De
explained. forbid a larger stake than
will produce more than 6OOO franfs
at a single bet. But, having staked
the limit on an individual number
YOU can also lay bets-each 10 the
linton the various combinations OF
thar number as well as on the color
the high or low. odd or eYen' the
"dozen"-whether the first, second OF
third of thirty-six numbers-and SO
forth.
am told, but / have not calculated
q that II Is thus possible to win over
so 900 francs on single turn Oh the
wheel. But $1,000 is good enough and
the friend who had seen ii and told me
added: "And that loss of $1,000 VIII
he worth $4,000 to the house. lie
probably underestimated IT,
As IL was three days ago, the man
who won the money has probably lost
81 again by now and In any case the
fame of il has gone far abroad ana
brought any number Of new gamblers
~ the table. II is by such advertise
ments that the Casino thrives.
They Keep at II.
Almost every year new books telling
vou how TO win at Monte Carlo are
published. Every year series OF charm
ing articles are written for one Journal
or another Analysing various "sys-
tens" One presumes that tAe writer's
receive no payment from the Casino
for their labor. But how handsomely
n could afford to pay theml There Is
surely no money making institution
A. the world which gets so much ana
sucb admirable free advertisement as
the Societe des Bans de Mer (as the
nroprietary organization Is calied OF
Monte Carlo.
The one cardinal and dominant Iac'
A.. afswowc one extra