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Show GAMBLING ODDS ARE ARC AGAINST yOU YOUYou Luck , Whether You YouPlay YouPlay YouPlay You Get the Short End When You Woo moo Lady Roulette , Di Dice e or Horses . Play Poker , , Bridge5 Bridge Bride , ByVILLIAlI By \ WILLIAM \VILLIAl\I VILLIAl I \ C . UTLEYC UTLEY C , . C ' READS EADS or tails tmls , what'll whatll ' youerica you take 7whoThere 7whoTherehasn'tcan't ? " There hasn'tcan't hasntcant hasn'tcan'tbeen can't cant ' been beenasked beena beenasked ' be bea bej 'HEADS HEADS who hasn't hasnt | a man or woman in Am Amasked America asked thatrefuseot that question at least once . And otherain thereotherain there are aremighty aremighty mighty otherainmighty few who willan will refuseot refuseotachoose refuse to achoose choose oneonce one or tthethere the tthe other , In Inan man to decide whether tago to go toem to the em movies or the thedance thedance thedance.Lor thedanceLor an attempt toa a emi i P Por . dance , . . or to determine determme who gets the tke extrpork extra po pork chop It's Its ' probably the simplest mam- mam mani mamfestation - . ( : < festation testatIon of the inclination Inelmatlon to g'lm- g'lm glm gam g'lmble gim-ble gim ble ' - . ble that seems to be bom born in most mostof mostof mostof of us The toss of a coin looks looksfaIr looksfair looksfair faIr enough , but even on a 'fift- 'fift fift "flfty flfty 'fifttift "fift fift "fiftfittv " ' ) -fittv fittv - tift fifty } " break such as that you can't cant can'tbe can'tbe can'tbe cantbe ' ' be sure that m in a given number of oftosses oftosses oftosses tosses , say 100 , , half tho the tosses wIll wIllbe willbe willbe be heads 'heads ' " and half "tails tails " " " i In all games of chance the prob prob- probabIhty prob- prob probability probability - - ability abIhty of winning wmning is against agamst the thepIa thepin theplacer pIa pin ) er , , even it If he can be sure the thegame thegame thegame game is "on on " the level " Yet man manhas manhas manhas has gambled from time immemo immemo- immemorIal immemorial immemorial - - rial It makes little I1ttle difference wheth wheth- whether whether - . er his purpose was to relieve themonotony the themonotony themonotony monotony of everyday existence or orto orto orto to get gct something somethmg for nothing nothmg , , hs he has hasalways hasalways hasalways always been willing wlllmg to take tahe a achance achance achance achanceGambling chance chanceGambling Gambling ' \ was sas \ as popular popuJar , even famous fa- fa famous fa famous - mous , in m ancient Babylonia , , Chmaand Chma ChmaIlnd Chinaand Ilnd and India many centuries before beforethe beforethe beforethe the birth of Christ Chnst History tells us usmany usmany usmany many tales of games of ot chance chanceamong chanceamong chanceamong among the Greeks and Romans RomansGermans RomansGermans RomansGermans Germans gambled m the first cen- cen century century cen-tury cen tury - - tury of the theJChristian ChrIstIan era . i \ Monc 1\Ionte 1 Ionte Monte ( Carlo "Wide Wide " Open " Hundreds of years ago gamblmg gambling gamblmgwas gamblingwas gamblingwas was recognized recogmzed as a menace to so- so socIety society so society - ciety . In England the first law lawagamst lawagainst lawagainst agamst against it was enacted in 1661 . In In1698 1698 lotteries 10tterIe : . were made illegal ; gambling gamblmg was further curta curtailed lIed by byacts byacts byacts acts of Parliament Parhament in m 1845,1853 18451853 1845 , 1853 and and1906 1906 In 1838 France suppressed suppressedgammg suppressedgaming suppressedgaming gammg gaming tables , and m in 1872 Germany Germanyclosed Germanyclosed Germanyclosed closed gambling gamblmg resorts , even the theworld theworld theworld world famed ones at Baden Badcn Baden Badcnand Badenand Badenand and Hamburg Belgium BeJgIUm c1amped clamped c1ampeddown clampeddown clampeddown down on gambling gambhng m 1902 , , and nnd to todaj todaj today daj ' the only spot in Europe Burope where wherethe wherethe wherethe the resorts "run run " wide open " is atMonte at atMonte atMonte Monte Carlo CarJo , in ill m the tiny principalityof prmcJpahtyof prmcJpahty principality of Monaco MonacoRoulette MonacoRouJette Roulette RouJette wheels , , gaming gammg houses housesfaro , faro , "policy policy " " rackets , booJ"makmg booJmakmg bookmaking bookmakmglotteries " , lottenes lotteries and wheels of fortune arepretty are areprett arepretty prett pretty ) ' geneially generally genel aUy forbidden in m CIVll civil CIVllIzed civilIzed civilizcd Ized countries countnes today The laws of ofthe ofthe ofthe the different countries vary , how however however however ever , as do even the laws among amongthe amongthe amongthe the states of the United StatesInside StatesInside States StatesInside Inside or outside the law , gam gamblmg gamhung gambhng blmg hung flourishes in m every section of ofthe ofthe ofthe the country . Thousands upon thou thousands thousands thousands sands daily dally visit the race tracks tracksThrongs tracksThrongs tracksThrongs Throngs invest in m tickets on theIrish the theInsh theIrish Insh Irish Sweepstakes Crap games are aregomg aregoing aregoing gomg going on m in big city allevs alleys aUe } sand and m in mthe inthe inthe the back rooms of stores Apart Apart- Apartment Apartmeat Apartment - - ment meat kitchens have their Saturday Saturdaymght Saturdaynight Saturdaynight mght night poker parties Ladies Ladles gamble gambleat at bridge bndge in m the afternoonOutside afternoon afternoonOutside Outside the Law . It is 1S impossible ImposslbJe to say exactly e"Cactly eCactly " or oreven oreven oreven even approximately approxlmateJy , how big the thegamblIng thegambling thegambling gamblIng industry mdustry is in 10 the Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States , for most of it is conducted conductedouts1de conductedoutside conductedoutside outs1de outside the law , just as saloons iv \ wereconducted \ ere ereconducted ereconducted conducted during durlOg the prohibItIon prohibitionera era But a few representative fig figures figurns figures ures urns are at hand to show that the thetotal thetotal thetotal total must be an enormous oneIn oneIn one oneIn In the twenty two states \ where \ here Nevada ; slot machines machmes , no matter matterwhcther matterwhether whcther whether they operate on penDles pennies penniesnickels , half hat ! dol dol- dollars dollams . - nickels , dimes , quarters or lars lams , , are licensed for $30 30 $ a quarter quarterLast quarterLast quarterLast Last year Reno gambling houses housespaId housespaid housespaid paId ta taxes takes , < es of $94,24512 9424512 $94,245 94245 $ , , 12 Of this tills thecity the . city received $3842408 3842408 $38 38 $ 424 08 , , the state stateand stateand stateand and county $52 52 $ 232 76 , and the mu mu- munIcIpalIty mu- mu municipality municipality - nicipality of Sparks , three miles distant dIS- dIS dIStant dis distant - tant , , $3 3 $358830 358830 $358830Gamblers $ 588 30 30I 30Gamblers 30Gamblers I Gamblers fall faU into mto three main maintypes maintypes maintypes types . There is , , first of all an , the , ' 'N N ' _ - : , . a ark rk , a 6 . . . 6l l 2 .C C .ClY f lY / / J / J JJ d dn n / rd rdo rda rdJ o a J ) ! L , . fdb y ' . r Y tn Ay f fkN kN kNA A Reno Ieno ; Gamblmg Gambling House GOIDg- GOIDg Going GOIDgrun - run Tull SWIng . , superstitious gambler He belIeves belIevesImphclty believesimplicity believesimplicity Imphclty implicity that luck is a sort of ofsupernatural ofsupernatural ofsupernatural supernatural power , a god that can candec1de candecide candecide dec1de decide his Ius fate He vvoos woos luck by bytaIklOg bytalking bytalking taIklOg talking to his Ius dice , or by carr carryinga carrying ) 109 109a a rabbit's rabbits ' foot in m his pod pocl et Heseldom He Hescldom Heseldom scldom seldom thinks thlOks thanks about the mathematical m\themat- m themat mathemat- mathemat mthematlcal mithemat-ical mithemat ical ' \ - lcal ical possibilities of winning wmnIng or los- los losmg losing los losing - ing mg , , if he wins wms , , Lady Luck is WIth WIthhIm withhim withhim hIm ; if he loses , he is suffering suffermg a a"J1n a"line a"jm\ a"jm ajm a"jmAnother "line line "J1n J1n " \ . " Another tvpc type t ) pc is 1s the seeker after afterthnlls afterthrills afterthrills thnlls thrills Usually this is a person ofsome of ofsome ofsome some means It is largely Jargely this type typewhIch typewhich typewhich whIch frequents the fashIonable fashIonablegamblmg fashionablegambling fashionablegamblmg gamblmg gambling houses of Palm Beach , orthose or orthose orthose those in m the large cities where the theturnover theturnover theturnover turnover may be halt half a mllhon million mllhondollars milliondollars dollars a week for a single smgle "clubCraps "club club " " Claps Craps Not FaIr Fair.The FairThe . The third classification class1ficatIon embraces embracesthe embracesthe embracesthe the professionals professlonaJs They make theIr theIrhvlOg theirliving theirliving hvlOg living at gambling gambllOg , and they know knowthe knowthe knowthe the ropes Usually they are figures figureson on the fringe frlOge of the underworld , and andnot andnot andnot not infrequently lOfrequently they become mIxed mIxedup mixedup mixedup up in m scrapes scrnpes which have only a aminor aminor ; mmor minor relation to their gambling gambJIng ae- ae ac- ac aeI aetIvltIes activities ac activities - - I tivities tIvltIes The professional , more III hI ail ely e ely ely ly than not , is as fully capable enpabJe of cheat cheatmg cheating cheating mg ing with marked cards , loaded dIce dIceand diceand diceand and other implements ImpJements beyond the thepale thepale thepale pale , and will do so if rf he thinks thmks ' " - . - - , 1 " ' - . - - / - - . , - HUMIDOR , COUNTER , MAGNETH MAGNETHE MAGNET HE H & : , illuitratioh IlJullralioh Ilurrattoh , IhoWI how , Ihe the ( he outfito outfit oulfil THE I outfitI | Q o 01 , you receive reeeive it II rt and ond to operateth operate operateIh operateth Ih- Ih Ihhumidor th , - ' . humidor it IS a > aupplied lupplled supplied lupplledwuh suppliedwith wuh with withchetn wuhdUlin withchain dUlin chetn ) . , at eachend each endwhich end whichalow whichallow which allow a/low a low / it II ri IIto rito itSlo Slo to hang hong hung a in an lullview fullvew full lull VKW view vew , ofCUllomeu ofeuttomerr of CUllomeu euttomerr cuitomerr111 . ti , 1ae q , , the The qY Y III I cigar caie cOle care ballene bollcrlel batlener * areeonceelcd IIr are areconcealed concealed eonceelcd concealedan eonceelcdrn in an rn ony any convenient convcnlcnl locolion locolion loco locolion lion Connrctionj Connf'cllon Connfcllon Connection ' . , between be'wecn bewecn ' battenei bnllcliU batteter batteteror , 01 or d humidor hUlllldor connot cannot connote b ) * . he seer et 1 i when whenmotlllled yheiL yheiLulrucliom " ' f fmtallcd motlllled mtallcd , . 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This Tlus page from a citilog c\hlog c hlog catalog ' \ ofa of a manuficturcr manuhcturer manufacturer of ot gambling ' I parapher parapher- - paraphernalia paraphernaha nalia naha illustrates iIlustratcs one Ol1e of the reasons .asons asons r < . why wh ; thc the odds ) dds arc are Acaj a against amst * " you " " " . betting on the races is conducted conductedwIth conductedwith conductedwith wIth the use of pan parI part mutuel ma- ma machmes machines ma machines - chines chmes there has been $224 224 $224000000wagered 224000000wagered $ 000 000 000wagered 000Wagered wagered in m a single smgle year , , this does doesnot doesnot doesnot not NewYork include mclude the five tracks in New York state , where whcre ' ' " the 'take take take isenormous IS ISenormous isenormous isenormousFour enormous enormousFour I IFour Four Irish Sweepstakes drew drewabout drewabout drewabout about $19 19 $ 500,000 500000 in , American mon money money money ey , tor for which the Yanks receIvcd received receivedin receIvcdin in return some $11,500 11500 $ , 000 in prIze money prizemoney wageringon wagermgon . In England Ingland : the wagermg wagering on S\\ S sweepstakes Seepstakes \ eepstakes , horses , greyhounds greyhoundspools , pools and the like totals more than $25 25 than$25000,000 than25000000 $ 000,000 000000 , a . year , Scotland ScotJand Yard Yardand Yardand Yardand and the British Home Office are heJpmg helping arehelping areheJpmg the churches to fight them themTypes themTypes Types of Gamblers . Probably the most wide open town townin in the United States . is Rcno Reno , Ne Nevada . vada , where state , city and c1hd county countyrealize realize a sizable revenue revcnue in m tc1xes taxes tc1xesupon taxesupon taxesupon upon latter the gambling houses The lat- lat lat - . ter live hve off ocr the idle hours and loose loosepurses purses of the hundreds hundrcds who come to cometo Reno to live llve for a few weeks that they thatthey may obtain obtam divorces ' " . I ofI ofsuch ofcuch most'ofsuch , most'of mostof most of cuch such do.and doand persons are pretty well to do . , , Imd and fond lond of gambling gambhng . All banking bankmg games-faro games faro games - faro roulette , , rouletteetc i iete ete etc eteare etcare -are are - are ta taxed , < ed $165 165 $ a quarter in m he can ' ' get away \ with Ith it He sel seldom'dies seldom'dles seldom'dies seldomdies dom'dies domdies dom'dles domdles a natural naturaJ dcaUlWhatever death dcaUl deathWhatever deathWhatever I Whatever class to which wIuch a gam . bIer gambier belongs , he will w11J sooner or late latemake later latermake latermake r I make a bad risk in m the antIcIpatIon anticipatio anticipatioof anticipationof n I of feeling feelmg the emotional stImuJatIon stimulation stimulationof stImuJatIonof I of seeing seemg a 'Jong Jong ' * ' long shot " come m in He inHe mHe knows there is such a thing thmg as "loaded loaded as"loaded asloaded " ' ' dice , , but thinks thlnl.s thlnls . he is too toosmart toosmart toosmart smart to be fooled with them What Whathe he forgets is that dice are mathe mathe- mathematIcally mathe- mathe mathematically mathematically - - matically loaded 10c1dcd against agamst him lum , even evenrf evenif evenIf If rf they are perfect diceProf diceProf dice diceProf Prof John Von Neumann , , mathe mathe- mathematIcIan mathe- mathe mathematician mathematician - - matician Advanced of the Institute for Ad vanced Study at Pnnceton Prmceton Princeton , warns students warnsstudents in m his lectures Jectures that It1S it 1S is periodin perIodm ImpossIble isimpossible 1SImpossIble to win wm over a long perIod m in a Cl ciap crap ap game The magic "seven seven " ele\ ele eleen eleven "seveneleven seveneleven "sevenele \ en " combma themost combination tIon is by far the most butif frequent throw , he says , but ' If it doesn't doesnt |