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Show CAMBLINC AT LONG BRANCH. The Stories of Heavy Lo7.es Are Not Ex-BKorated. Ex-BKorated. New YoiiK, July 28.Tho stories of heavy losses at Long Branch aro Iu no wise exaggerated. Tho experience of the four bookmakers who dropped $.-(),-000 at one sitting has not been forgotten..- That kind of play is now r.f nightly night-ly occurrence. A coterie of Spaniards and Greeks has given a great impetus to the games. Hardly a night passes that the dealers and croupiers are not asked to raise the limit, aud as a New-York New-York Star man entered a club house the other evening a wealthy tobacco manufacturer of Jersey City had just been accorded the privilege of wagering $1000 on the turn of a card. Then it is no common thing for the original capital capi-tal of the player to run as high has $."0UO. In fact, Dick Roche, the St. Louis bookmaker, asks for a slack of twenty chips at a timo, each chip valued at $100. Everything is carried on the grandest scale. A player the other evening went into Daly's and made wagers around the various tables which cost him $1700. He simply approached ap-proached tho proprietor and said: 'John, I have markers against me at every table; please release them: here is my check for the amount." . Then, again, when a little dispute occurred between two players about tho ownership owner-ship of three checks calling for $130,the same host settled the difference of ouin- ion by nodding to the faro dealer and saying: "Why, Dick, don't delay tho game for a little matter of that 'kind; pay both gentlemen." It is not very wide of the mark to say that Long Branch this year is a worthy rival of Monaco on the Mediterranean in its palmiest days. It is amusing to the public some times, but profitable to the gambling house keepers always, aud their guests must pay all the bills. |