The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-12-23

one sitting from percentage alone.
If they Just stayed In the game
long enough We would get It oil. No
man ever made money gambling be-
cause the percentage WAS 20 great.
We got Is cents out Of every dollar
bet and with any way they played
they must finally give It to the house.
have seen Thousands Of dollars
change hands In q night. Johnnie
Crockett parted with $1,000 in one
game, for instance
Faro Prime Favorite
Faro hank, which lured the terri
torial pioneers - NO other game, WAS
the prime favorite with Young. He
was an experienced dealer, q posi-
ton which elected the envy Of many
10 gambler.
1.-THE greatest thrill I ever felt In
10 gambling game3" he unused. well
It depends upon what kind Of thrill
you mean. ! recall one thrill that
lasted for . minute and q half, was
told afterwards. At that time !
thought II was ct least 10 minutes.
ut came whom ! was dealing in
10 game. A spectator made himself
10 nuisance and Just asked him II
he would hot please step back. In
stantly he jerked . revolver from
each hip pocket and stuck them In my
face and at the same time spat in my
face. I paid him not the slightest
attention, but kept ON dealing the
cards without missing q motion. I
couldn't have helped myself II I had
been q giant. The man saw he could
not get Q fight, 80 he left. Soon
afterwards some one shot him in q
saloon.
Thrills were q part of the game
| of chance. It was what drew men
/ ON to their ruin, the desire for the
thrill, and they finally got SO they
could not live without it. Winning
meant little to them. The money
had come too easy. They would re-
turn and put up risk just to feel
the thrill that Is peculiar to gamb-
ling"
fered to the gambling public" he de-
clared. There were few brace
games, as we called the crooked lay.
outs. in the old days. Gambling
when l followed 1t, was as square az
any business. Cheating was not com.
monty resorted to and it was not
necessary. The gambling houses
made big money as it was. The mer
who followed gambling as business
played honestly.
"All the games / ever saw run II
Montana had their limits. You Otter
hear of the game with the sky fol
the limit. They were never known
out here. It may be today In some
lplaces where millionaires gamble TO-
fun that no limit is placed on far
bank game. Old Montana gambler
were plungers, but not so with tn
gambling houses. Small house
> might have small limits. French
Levy's house in Butte had $40
limit and I have seen them refuse t.
raise 1t for some fellow who couldn'
win or lose fast enough to suit him
. self. The house was not so anxious
however. to take big risks. 1t ha
!. to protect its working capital and df
!. SO just 40 bank today protects It
capital by keeping closely With
rules in the handling of its funds.
; zone night watched young ma
named Miller buck the faro bank lay
out of French Levy in Butte. Til
: gamblers system was working to pei
!, lection. He was winning steadily an
consistently and he kept urging th
;, dealer to raise the limit. The deale
;, refused emphatically. One hundre
= dollars was all he would take on
8 bet. Taunts did not move him.
. Took Both Offers
a "Finally Miller said. I'll just CIV