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Show Gamblers' Chances Mathematicians have figured ont that the odds against the hopeful player who pushes nickels into a slot machine of average type are n triflo more than SS to 1. Losses are fed into them nt the rate of $4,(XX1,000,-000 $4,(XX1,000,-000 a month in New York, and losses at Monte Carlo hardly roaches that in a year. Rival gangs fight to control con-trol their profits, as in the case of bootlegging, leading to frequent homicides homi-cides and all sorts of lesser lawlessness. lawless-ness. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. |