Show gambling in hong kong y a I 1 hone long kong letter ett cr A chinese se rambling gambling den aen is oue one of repulsive sights to be seen in hong kong it is generally I 1 I 1 a dilapidated hovel or mat shed tf through rough the chinks of which a gray ii light lit streams from within and a boise oise as of bedlam greets the visitors card cars A score of aro are jelling and i houting hout ilig together the air is i s full of wild imprecation S terrible oaths and hysterical laughter er when the storm lulls nothing can be liew heard rd but the jingle of coin coill lifting aside the grimy curtain that conceals the entrance the offensive odor of foul breaths and unwashed linen rises up the tile room is small only about twelve hy by ten feet and is crowded there is is a high table in the room at one end nd of which arc are seated the croupier the in money oney examiner examiner wit with h scales to weigh the broken silver on the oilier other side of the table is a motley crowd of haggard faces with bloodshot eyes watching the play with bated breath and all in a sta state t e of feverish excitement there is a chequer board lying ou on the table arranged in squares marked 1 2 29 0 4 the ille croupier throws a quantity of copper cash on the table and covers this the heap with a basin so asto as to prevent the players sli maling the quantity of the heap when this is done the players step forward and place their stakes on the fi square quare according to each mans 1 preference the croupier then removes illovits and with an fill ivory ivory rod proceed proceeds to remove thi heap ly hi taking away four cases at a it time tinie the tile remainder will be of course one two iwo three ihre or four cash and the winner determined A by the accident c of or the remaining number of cash corresponding with the number of the aqua squa square re Z on which he lie has placed hi the tile gamo M i balled called fau fan tan t |