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In the middle is a copper moulinet, surmounted by a cross, which serves to impress the bottom with a rotatory motion.

There is a banker, or rather several tailleursthe number of players is unlimited.

One of the tailleurs sets the machine in motion, throwing at the same instant an ivory ball into the concavity in an opposite direction to the movement he has given to the moveable bottom. The ball makes several revolutions with great velocity, until, its momentum being exhausted, it falls into one of the 38 holes formed by the copper bands. It is the hole into which the ball falls that determines the gain or the loss of the numerous chances which this game presents.

To the right and left of the moulinet are figured on the green cloth, for the accommodation of the players, the 36 numbers and the zeros, simple and double. The other chances are also designated on the green cloth divergent from its centre; on one side, l'impair, la manque, and rouge; and on the opposite, pair, passe, and noir. The impair wins when the ball enters a hole numbered impair; the manque, when it enters a hole numbered 18, and all those under that number; the rouge wins when the ball enters a hole of which the number is red, and vice versa.

La Roulette affords seven chances; comprising that of the numbers, and the latter chance divides itself into many others, of which we shall give a brief detail.

The player stakes upon the chances, he may select any sum he pleases, that is to say, from two francs, the minimum stake admitted, to 12,000, the maximum, unless in the like cases of which we have spoken in the game of Rouge et Noir. The player who puts his money on one of the

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numbers or the zeros painted on the green cloth, receives 35 times the amount of his stake should the ball fall into the corresponding number or zero in the interior of the roulette.

The player who plays on the numbers, may play the first twelve, the middle twelve, and the last twelve. If the ball enters one of the twelve numbers corresponding to those on the green cloth on which the player has staked his money, he is paid three times the amount of his stake.

To play the Colonnes, the gamester stakes his money in the square placed at the foot of each column marked on the green cloth; and in the event of the ball entering one of the holes corresponding to the numbers of the column, he wins three times his stake.

Again, he may equally at his pleasure play 2, 3, 4, 6 numbers, and he wins and loses, in the same proportion, eighteen times his stake for two numbers, twelve times for three numbers, nine times for four numbers, and six times for six numbers, and the rest in proportion. The player who may have put his money on one or the other of the six chances, wins double his stake if the chance arise. If, then, a ball enter a hole, of which the number is 36, the banker pays double all the following chances, passe, pair, and rouge, and likewise thirtyfive times the amount of the sum staked upon the number THIRTY-SIX, and of course draws to the bank all the chances placed on the other chances.

If the ball enter a hole numbered 18 noir, the banker pays the player double the amount of the stakes placed on the following chances, la manque, l'impair, and noir, and thirty-five times the amount of the stake placed upon the number 17, and draws to the banker all the money placed on the other chances.

Of all the games of chance at present in vogue,

Roulette is unquestionably the most disadvantageous to the player, for the bank's mean chance of winning is

or nearly 8 per cent. on a single number.

per cent. on either of the 12 num

or nearly 6
bers or the colonnes.

or nearly 5

or nearly 6

or nearly 7

or nearly 7

or nearly 5

per cent. upon two numbers.
per cent. upon three numbers.
per cent. upon four numbers.
per cent. upon six numbers.
per cent. upon the passe, pair,

manque, impair, rouge et noir.

And hence it is against the player upon the

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When, however, the numbers are all filled up, as the bank only pays the winner thirty-five times his stake, it clears three; thus, supposing thirtyeight sovereigns to be staked, and that the ball is thrown twice in a minute, the gain of the bank, without incurring the slightest risk, would be six sovereigns per minute, or three hundred and sixty per hour. Although, in whatever way you play, the chances are always in favour of the bank, still its risk varies in ratio to the number of chances which are not filled up; for instance, were only ten numbers filled up, and that the ball were to enter one of them, the bank would in that case lose thirty-four, and only win eight; whereas, when all the numbers are filled up, it wins three without risking a farthing.

FRENCH LOTTERY.

THE Royal Lottery of France is composed of 90 numbers, five of which, separately drawn in successive sorties, constitute its decision, and determine the fortune of all adventurers.

There are seven different methods whereby money may be staked, viz. on either of the fol lowing five simple chances, or on either of the two chances determiné investigated below.

1st. Par Extrait-on a single number; which occuring among the five numbers drawn, entitles the player to 15 times the amount of his stake. 2d. Par Extrait determiné-on a single num

ber; the particular sortie in which it will be drawn being also determined. Here, the chosen number occurring in the order indicated, the player receives 70 times the amount of his stake.

3d. Par Ambe-on two numbers; both which occurring among the five numbers drawn entitle the player to 270 times the amount of his stake.

4th. Par Ambe determiné-on two numbers; the particular sortie in which each will appear being also determined. Here, the two chosen numbers, each occurring in the order respectively indicated to each, entitle the player to 5100 times the value of his stake.

5th. Par Terne-on three numbers: all which occurring among the five numbers drawn, entitle the player to 5500 times the amount of his stake.

6th. Par Queterne-on four numbers; all which occurring among the five numbers drawn, entitle the player to 75000 times the amount of his stake.

And 7th. Par Quine-on five numbers; which being all drawn, entitled the player to 1000000 times the value of his venture; but this last me thod has been abolished.

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