Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-23
WORLDS GAMBLING CENTER
Fort Mill Soldier Tells of Visit to
Monte Carlo. &.
(Fort Mill Timcs.)


speaking of gambling" yesterday
said James T. Young, Jr, World war
veteran OF Fort Mill, who was in
France with a signal corps outfit from
Washington. y. c., "thc place TO see
real gambling, not the tin horn va
riety, is at Monte Carlo, the worlds
Headquarters for games of chance,
where fortunes are won and lost every
day in the year. in less time than II
takes to tell about it. The city OF
Monte Carlo, is on the Island of Mon
AGO. in the Mediterranean sea, about 20
miles from Nice, France. Even during
the war visitors, men and women alike,
came to Monte Carlo from every quar-
ter of the globe to try their luck. the
Bank of Monte Carlo, the great gamb-
ling institution, is licensed under the
laws of the island and there is no
danger of it's promoters being run In as
would hanprn in this country. The"
bank is situated on high cliff, known
as The Gift of Sighs,' overlooking the
Mediterranean, where it is said scores
and scores of people who had lost thclr
al at the banks seductive games end
ed their lives by hurting themselves
from the cliff.
During the war it was rule of the
Bank of Monte Carlo not to admit men
in uniform, but every now and then one
managed to cvadc the vigilance of the
'ynX-eycd spoilers who are constantly
on guard for those who might try L"
stick up the place or make way with
something that did not belong to them.
Perhaps the propretors of the bank
had figured it out that the soldiers did
not have enough money to make the
effort OF trying to separate them irom
it worth while, or perhaps they con-
c,udcd the men in uniform might try
to start something Either guess was
perhaps good one. My observation
was that there were many men in the
army would have welcomed an oppor-
,unity 60 organize a raid on ana break
the bank at Monte Carlo
There are many devices. at IN"
Bank of Monte Carlo To pi not" the
interests of the house against those OF
the player For instance, the gambling
rooms, | was told, were heated arti-
ficially in summer and winter alike to
cause the player to become confused
and lose his power of clear thinking.
The windows are never raised during
the hours the games are in progress
and everybody is encouraged to smoke
incCsSantly OF course wine and other
Intoxicating drinks are always to be
had. And for the least service PEI
formed by ore of the attendants tn"
player is expected to give him TIP.
Should the payer want match 10
light a cigar ur q cigarette the only
way to get il is to ask an attendant
for il. That calls for Il tip. The h""rS
i'm the gaming rooms are covered Win
the thickcSt and heaviest kind of car
pets and these make ones feet burn.
adding to his discomfort and confused
state of mind. Every condition "i
course favors the bank. Many men win
fortunes there, but for every one who
leaves the bank with luck on his side
there are a dozen to tell II ditfe' ent
story.
/ The visitor can find almost any
! kind of card game at Monte Carlo he
| wisheS-to bet on. Iiacarat seems I" h'
! the favurite game, but Of course faro
and other card games are to he found
| there. Fortunes also change hands al
Monte Carlo every day in the year on
craps. | was told that in the many
wears the Hank of Monte Carlo has
| been in existence only one man hao
been able 10 break ii even temporarily
This vas in 1914 and the fortunate
player :orccd the cYoupicr u announce
that the institution was out of funds
How much this man won | did no
hear hut the bank was ready for huSi'
ness as usual the following day. There
appears II he no such thing rs ;
system 10 beat the bank. Thousand:
have imagined that they had discover
ed "A way to get the best of the insti
tuition only To learn to their Sorrov
that they were mistaken"