Wanderings of a Vagabond An Autobiography
Wanderings of a Vagabond An Autobiography
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It is our inventive powers which INVESTORS. 159 have caused foreigners to have so high an opinion of our gamb ling talent. Nearly every banking game of chance which has been introduced into this country has been perverted from its original fairness, in order that the percentage might be more favorable to the bankers, or, what is worse, to place them so entirely in the hands of sharpers that they can bid defiance to fortune whenever they have for adversaries men having more money than brains. As... faro has in this country more play against it than all . The other banking games combined, sharpers have for the last fifty years concentrated on it their talents, for the purpose of devising cunning schemes for swindling both the dealer and the player ; and I shall now make it my business to examine how far they have succeeded.
FARO-BOXES. , In describing the game of faro I stated that, previous to the introduction of these boxes, it was customary for the dealer to hold the pack of cards face downward, while he turned over with his right hand a card from the top of the pack This was the player's card ; he then turned over another, which was for the bank, and kept on doing so until the pack was exhausted.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is our inventive powers which INVESTORS. 159 have caused foreigners to have so high an opinion of our gamb ling talent. Nearly every banking game of chance which has been introduced into this country has been perverted from its original fairness, in order that the percentage might be more favorable to the bankers, or, what is worse, to place them so entirely in the hands of sharpers that they can bid defiance to fortune whenever they have for adversaries men having more money than brains. As... faro has in this country more play against it than all . The other banking games combined, sharpers have for the last fifty years concentrated on it their talents, for the purpose of devising cunning schemes for swindling both the dealer and the player ; and I shall now make it my business to examine how far they have succeeded.
FARO-BOXES. , In describing the game of faro I stated that, previous to the introduction of these boxes, it was customary for the dealer to hold the pack of cards face downward, while he turned over with his right hand a card from the top of the pack This was the player's card ; he then turned over another, which was for the bank, and kept on doing so until the pack was exhausted.
What to read after Wanderings of a Vagabond An Autobiography?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by John Oconnor to read onlineMoreLess
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