Evening star., 1921-03-06

One must have a quick eye to total
the bets which the public have made
on. say. red and black respectively, or
any other even chance. and Self-con-
t"ol to slap down a good sized fiat
stake. always the same. never pro
gressing.' on one Of the two when its
opposite chance is much more heavily
charged than 1t is. OF course. the
winning is son avcra ges. without the
slightest idea that croupier can in
f1uence the bali. In any case, the
deacon did it.
This conviction that. at times. some
player does it," by discovering the
Secret" tand. then. is Immediately
bought off by the establishment, con-
Gems equally the second great legend
of Monte Cario-that OF "tte young
EnglisnmaE."
! Most such tales are silly. They in
voIve the supposition that il is pos
sible for a stranger to stroll throug n
. the Casino and pick out weak spots
in the gambling machinery which
have eScaped the attention or TIL.
mana cement Tor years.
The system player is always well
come. for they know that he is there
. to stay and will not quit until he
, mas lost his all. Even then he will
: maintain Nehe:neniiy lhat MS syste.n
! is winn. =. but that he acked sufti-
cient capital. etc. The dangerous
man is. regularly. h.. VINO slaps down
Very big bets almost anywhere. IL,
may have a lucky streak and win tn,
chandelier All r." hit. They use hin
for an adv"r;isement-and calculs -
! th3t he viii lose it all back. next
week.
,.ut, now an ,.tru--
The young EnElishman" was no
gambler. IL simply watched the.
roulette for hours. And. after d while
the inspectors watched him--uobodA
.'StuIN'' . O. q Sinn lnIt hai @
studied. The lad had hit ON an idea,
He was testing i by taking notes.
And when he finally began to play he
made no bets until the wheel had
I; turned number of times. He al
ways bet on single numbers, always
tn. same stafe-1 600 francs
it was long odds. There are So
numbers on the wheel. so each time
he won he was paid 30 900 francs. in
cludinS his stake. So. when at the
end of three weeks The inSp actorS re-
ported him to b. winning steadily one
bet in tW enty-siN. il was So serious
that the Sig specialists We're put on
him.
Yet the Young E,ng.ishmau al
though. he did it, to the best of evil
dence. was neither bought off I'd
off nor angered to disclose his secret
TO the public. because he continued
Ia come 10 Monte ~C9rlo each sea son.
play his n"rvy game on single num-
bers and win in brief sittings, but
never anything again like his first
magnificent successes. Which was d
triumph for the tact of Monte Carlo.
OF two poDular thrones OF his
secret, neither stands eNaminat ion
One is tho old story of defect"
But even if you discover "A defect You
cannot profit by it. because the sane
roulette wheel never spins twice . {
Monte Carlo.
EEN people know it The roulett~A
discs turning in permanent gun.
metal standard fixed massively to
the floorp are themselves composed of
interchangeab pieces or segments
held in place by machine screws.
Every night every wheel in the room
is carried to the basement Workshops
where all are taken apart and re-
assembled in different manner, and
never do You see that defective" /
wheel again.
But it is not SO of croupiers-thc
employees who spin the wheel. They
cannot he ia ken apart and reaSsem-
bled. Here is the banks weakness. ,
| am told in the human element.
Some explained the Young English |
mans" winnings by collusion. 1t is |
a natural thought.
Among a dozen sure winning" pam |
phlets sold at Nice. one is based !!
on the contention that tho crou- !
piers are trained for two years |
compa artment." and there is a tale of |
one. who. hoasting. in absence of in |
spectors. drought" Nos. I, >. 3. 4. !
>. s. and in consecutive order be- |
fore being caught red-handed. Also.
it is an old confidence trick to whis-
Der to q newcomer Con proposition to
take half winninss) that 'mv cousin,
tho crouuier will take SNUFF as a sig
anl to me that he will make red
w'n'
Sure enough. the honest empIoye
takes snuff-it is his well known
habit in moderation. and the hun<o
how at YOUR elbow has an even chanc.
that red viii win. anyhow. take half
vou~ wirnings and make YOU trv
again. OF course. if he has the bad
luck to make YOU lose (also an even
chance). he disappears. :,
Their" have even been crnupiers who
rrAt nded that they could influence
the wheel to obtain large sums from
dunes. OF course. no croupier can
influence the wheel. hut there is {
different and unconscious influence
Of the man who snins. Each has ),
his personal way of turning" be-
come mechanical. exact. He cannot
himself predict what number or color
he will bring. but his tendency may
be discovered by Datient observers.
and the best opinion is that some
Of the sure winners, anyhow, get
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