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gomes usuo| | y offered by cosi oosTweo|y-Coe, Ctops,
Keoo, Boccoro|, ond kou| e||e. They oppeor i o | he otdet
of |hei r popu| ori |y ood | he |ext descti bes evety be| cur-
ten||y offeted by Nevodo cosi oos os we| | os mooy voti -
o|i oos fouod i o cosi oos i o |he tes| of | he wor| d . Fu| | co| ot
pho|ogrophs ood i | | us|to|i oos comp| emeo| | he |ex| so
|ho| |he reoder coo see |oe oc|uo| opeto|i oo of | he
gomes. Thi s gui de i s desi goed | o i ofot m | he teoder of
every be| , exp| oi oi og eoch i o de|oi | descti bi og |he | o-
co|i on whete eoch woger i s mode, | he ptoper procedure
fot moki og eoch woger, | he woy | he deo| ers wi | | hood| e
eoch woger i f | hey or e tequi ted | o move i | , | he custom-
ory woy i o whi ch deo| ets poy off eoch woget wheo i |
wi os, ood | he | oco|i oo whete eoch poyoff i s mode.
1h e uul hot woU| d 1 ke l o eleD d h s uppte ul oD l o l hose who huve
oDlt bul ed, D u spe u| wuy lo l he deve| opmeDl 0l l h s book, putl u-
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kecteo|i oo p| oys o vety i mpot|oo| to| e i o | he | i ves of
mos| peop| e oo d cosi oo gomes moy be coosi deted os
ooe fotm of tecteo|i oo, | oe objec| bei og | o wi o, |o
s|te|ch ooe' s tecteo|i oo do| | ot |o goi o o moxi mum of
p| oyi og p| eosute, ot |o p| oy fot |he sheet eojoymeo| of
mo|chi og wi |s wi |h |he | ows of ptobobi | i | i es. Thi s gui de
i s desi goed | o |eoch | he begi ooet | he tu| es of | he gomes,
e| i mi oo|i og | he begi ooet' s te| uc|ooce |o expose hi s i g-
ootooce of | he gome, ood |o exp| oi o o| | be|s i o such o
woy | ho| ony p| oyet moy deve| op hi s ptofi ci eocy |o odd
eojoymeo| | o p| oyi og | he gome os we| | os ex|eodi og | he
us e of hi s tecteo|i oo fuods . I | i s o| so o vo| uob| e tefet-
eoce wotk fot |oe expeti eoced cosi oo cus|omet si oce i |
exp| oi os |oe mo| oemo|i co| pti oci p| es of eoco gome,
whi co | he oovi ce coo qui ck| y ski m. Gomb| i og moy be
coosi deted o '| ove offoi t wi |h chooce, " bu| oo ooe
s oou| d gomb| e wi | h mooey he coo oo| offotd | o | ose.
Thi s gui de pteseo| s | he mos| commoo| y used gomb| i og
|et ms i o eoch be| descti p|i oo, ood eoco | et m i s defi oed
| he fi ts| |i me i| is used. Toi s i octeoses | he teodet' s koow| -
edge ood wi | | moke hi m mote comfot|ob| e wheo he eo-
|ets o cosi oo se||i og. The | oyou|s, wi |o s | i gh| voti o|i oos,
ote bosi c | o o| | cosi oos, bu| | he i | | us|to|i oos i o | hi s book
ote po||et oed of|et | oe | oyou|s used by | he Los Vegos
Hi | |oo . Whete o compoti soo i s te| evoo|, | he Ctop i | | us-
|to|i oos ote desi goed | ike | he | oyou|s used by Hottoh' s
o| keoo ood |oke Tohoe.
Mos| i mpot|oo|| y, | hi s gui de teveo| s | he bes| be| s, | he
ooes hovi og | oe | owes| cosi oo odvoo| oge, offeted by
eoco gome, ood i | exp| oi os | he teosoos mo| hemo| i co| | y.
The cosi oo odvoo|oge petceo|oge, whi ch cteo| es | he
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cosi oo' s ptofi |, is | i s|ed fot evety be| so | he reoder con
compot e | he te| o|ive meti |s of eoch gome ond | he bets
i | offets. The meooi og of cosi oo odvon|oge i s exp| oined
oo poges ood 7.
A cus|omer coo woget ei |het money ot chi ps o| ony
of | he |ob| e gomes, bu| | he deo| et o| woys poys off wi o-
oi og woget s wi | h chi ps i o deoomi oo| i oos of $ ! , $5,
$25,
$ I 00, $500, ood some|i mes i o deoomi oo| i oos of 25
ood 50. Thi s gui de descti bes | he cottec| me|hod used
by o cus|omer |o buy chi ps o| eoch of | he gomes . When
o cus|omer cooc| udes hi s p| oyi og, hopefu| | y o wi nner,
he |oses hi s chi ps |o | he cosi oo coshi er' s coge, promi-
ooo|| y | oco|ed i o | he cosi oo, ood exchonges | he chi ps
fot U. S. cutteocy.
A| mos| o| | cosi oos gi ve comp| i meo|ory cock|oi | s to
cus|omets os | hey p| oy, ood |hese dtinks ore served on
|he edge of |he |ob| es i o ftoo| of |he cus|omers p| oyi ng
Tweo|y-Coe, kou | e||e, ood Boccoro|. A| o Crop |ob| e,
d ti oss ote setved oo o s he| f | ho| runs oround i |, ond
| odi es coo p| oce | oei t hoodbogs oo | hi s s he| f.
Mooy cus|omets | i p deo| ets, bu| |hi s cus|om i s com-
p| e|e| y op|i ooo| . Thete ote oo es|ob| i shed s|ondor ds, so
eoch cus|omet shou| d use hi s owo judgmeo| ood | i p oc-
cotdi og |o hi s owo vo| ue sys|em. Some cus|omets moke
oo occosi ooo| s mo| | woget fot | he deo| et, whi ch | he
deo| et co| | ec|s i f | he be| s wi o | cus|omet s shou| d o| woys
i ofot m | he deo| et wheo wogets ote mode for hi m) ,
o| het cus|omets |i p occosi ooo| | y ei |het wh i | e p| oyi og ot
wheo |hey | eove | he |ob| e. A gto|ui|y i s i o ot det i f o
deo| et is pot|i cu| ot| y he| pfu| . Co | he o| het hond, if o
deo| et is t ude ot tefuses |o exp| oi o | he cosi oo' s tu| es,
| oe cus|omet soou| d ei | het move | o ooo| het | ob| e, ot go
| o ooo| oet cosi oo whete he fee| s mote comfot|ob| e oo d
i s |teo|ed mote cout|eous| y.
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CA5lNOADVANTAGE
A cosi oo eotos i |s ptofi |s by chot gi og i |s cus|omers o
fee fot |he pti vi| ege of pot|i ci po|i og i o eoch gomb| i og
|roosoc|i oo . This fee i s co| | ed | he 'cosi oo odvoo|oge,"
whi ch is o o ovetoge petcen|oge |he cosi oo |okes ou| of
eoch woger, i| is i | | us|to|ed io |he fo| | owing coi o f| ip-
pi og exomp| e
l f o cus|omet wete |o f| ip o coi o ogoi os| o hypo|he| i co|
cosi oo ood woget $! | ho| evety f| i p wou| d be heods, he
wou| d | ose $! oo every f| i p |ho| |oi |s oppeored . How-
ever, the cosi oo wou| d oo| y poy wheo the cus|omet
f| ipped o heod oo d woo, so |he cus|omet wou| d oo| y wi o
oo ovetoge of fot evety $! he | os|. The cus|omer
wou| d be ou| ! fot every |wo f|ips he wogeted, |here-
fote, he cou| d expec| |o | ose ! fot evety $2 i oves|ed.
Coe ceo| is . 5 petceo| | |he cosi oo odvoo|oge) of $2.
A cosi oo expec|s | o wio | oe cosi oo odvoo| oge per-
ceo| oge of o cus|ome|'s |o|o| 'woge| i og hood| e," which
is | he vo| ue of o| | his wogets odded |oge| he| . Fot ex-
ompIe, o cus|ome| woo buys $ I 00 in coips ood woge|s
one $ I chip o| o |i me moy oc|uo|Iy moIe | oousoods of
do| | o|s wo||h of woge|s, ond if | oe cosino odvoo| oge
io |his exomp| e is

! petceo|, | he cus|omet wi | | moIe
oo ove|oge of ! 0, 000 wogets befo|e oe | oses his $! 00
booItoI| , becouse ! petceo| of o woge|i og hood| e of
$! 0, 000 equo| s | he $! 00 boosto| I .
Eveo | hougo o cosi oo cus|omet expeti eoces oo| y o
smo| | fi oi |e oumber of decisioos, i| is teo|is|i c |o ossume
he wi | | eocouo|et o oot mo| somp| e of |he sto|i sti co| dis-
|ti bu|i oo becouse mos| cus|omets do, ood | orge cosi oos
geoeto|e so much busi oess, |hey o| mos| o| woys wi o |he
expec|ed cosi oo odvoo|oge petceo|oge ftom |hei r cus-
|omets' |o|o| wogeti og hood| e eoch yeot .

As o cus|omet coo|i oues |o moke mot e wogets, he
i octeoses | he ptobobi |i|y he wi| | | ose o o omouo| equo|
|o | h e cosi oo odvoo|oge petceo|oge, becouse os he
mokes mote wogets, he decteoses | he | ike| ihood he wi | |
expet i eoce o devioo| somp| e. A|so, os o cus|omet i o -
cteoses his wogeti og, he mus| expec| | o | ose o gt eo|er
omouo|, becouse | he cosi oo expec|s |o wi o o cet|oi o per-
ceo|oge of hi s |o|o| wogeti og hood| e. Wheo | hese |wo
s|o|is|i co| pti ocip| es ote compouoded, i| becomes c| eot
| ho| o cus|omet who woo|s | o moxi mi ze his ptobobi| i |y
of wi o oi og shou| d moke os few wogets os possi b| e.
l deo| | y, o cus|omet shou| d |oke o| | | he mooey he i o| eods
|o gomb| e d uti og hi s | i fe|i me ood woget i| o| ooe |i me
oo | h e be| wi |h | h e | owes| cosi oo odvoo| oge.
Mooy cus|omets use | he fo| | owi og |htee |ypes of
sys|ems i o o voi o o||emp| |o o| |et | he cosi oo odvoo| oge,
bu| |hese sys|ems hove oo | oog t uo effec|.
| ! ) Some cus|omets u|i | ize 'mooey mooogemeo| . '
They voty | he si ze of | heit woget occordi og | o whe| her
| hey woo ot | os| | he | os| woget, bu| | his hos oo | ong
|etm s|o|is|i co| effec|. For exomp| e, o cus|omet coo vory
|he si ze of hi s wogets |o i octeose |he | ike| i hood of win-
oiog, bu| |his tesu| |s io o cottespoodi og decteose i o | he
o mouo| he coo expec| | o wi o .
| 2) Some cus|omets do oo| uodets|ood | he '| ow of
ovetoges. ' Fot i os|ooce, ! 2 wi | | oppeor oo oo overoge
of ooce i o evety J to| | s of | h e di ce, s o some cus|omets
do oo| woget uo| i | ! 2 hos oo| oppeoted fot ! 00 ro| |s,
i ocottec|| y ossumi og | ho| ! 2 is mote | ike| y |o oppeot .
The di ce hove oo memoty.
|Jl Some cus|omets o||emp| |o pto|ec| |hei t mooey
by combi oi og seveto| wogets oo | he some | oyou| i o such
o woy |ho| wheo ooe | oses, ooo|het wi os, e|c. , bu| | he
cosi oo odvoo| oge temoios | he some fot evety i odividuo|
be| oo mo||et who| combioo|i oo of wogets is mode.
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|n t hegomeTventy-Cne, both t hepl oyeronddeol er
ottempt to get os cl ose t oo cord count o!Z1 os pos-
si bl ev| t hout eceed| ng | t. | t | st he onl y cos| nogome
| n vh| ch t he customer | s not perm| tted t ovoger on
every poss| bl e ol ter not| ve. 5pec| col l y, he | s not
ol l oved to voger on t he deol er's hond or the other
customers' honds. Heshou l d onl y be concerned v| t h
t he rel ot | ons h| p o! h| s ovn hond v| t h t he deol er' s
hond, s | nce t he oct| ons o! the ot her pl oyers v| l l not
hove on opprec| obl el ong-term eect on vhet her he
v| ns or l oses.
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ch| s ot cuttency moy be used.
Eoch | oyet shou| d | oce the
omount of h| s woget | n the bo
d| tect| y | n ftont of h| s cho| t.
Wogets con be mode ot ony
t| me befote the cotds ote deo| t,
but the woget shou| d nevet be
touchod oftet the tst cotd | s te-
ce| ved. When o | oyet wogets o
gtootet omount of cuttency thon
the tob| e m| n| mum | n o bett| ng
bo, the deo| et w| | | usuo| | y osk,
"chonge ot | oy7" When o
| oyet wonts h| s cuttency
chonged | nto ch| s ot wonts h| s
ch| s convetted | nto onothet de-
nom| not| on, he shou| d | oce
them betweon boes to s| gn|fy
"chonge" ot "no bet", evovy-
th| ng | ocod |n o bo tetesonts
o woget. Wh| | e o hond | s | o
togtess, the deo| et conoot
moke chonge. At the conc| us|on
of the hond the de| et w| | |
| oce chonge | n ftont of | oyer.

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nent | y di s pl oyed ot eoch tobl e ol ong vi t h other
pl oyi ng r ul es. The mi ni mum voger | s generol l y
$ . 00ol t hougho !ev cosi nosst| l l hove o $. 50 mi ni -
mum. Noj or cos i nos o!ten hove some tobl es v| t h o
$5. 0U m| n| mum. |orger vogers ore perm| tted | n | n-
crements o! $. 5U ($ . 5U, $2. 0U, $2. 5U, etc.). Thetro-
d| ti onol mo| mu m voger |s $500, but eoch cos | no
sets i t s ovn l i m| ts. | n ony event, t he pl oyer shou l d
be ovore o! t he m| n| mum ond mo| mu m vogers
be!ore pl oy beg| ns.
LPK 5UlT5-5podes, Heorts, Di omonds ond Cl u bs-
hove no s | gn| conceondore d| sregorded. The po| nt
vol ue o! t he cords determi nes t he out come o! t he
gome. Tvo t hrough equo| !oce vol ue, os shovn.
Tens, Jocks, Queens ond Ki ngs hove o vol ueo! 0.
Aces cou nt ei t her or ot the pl oyer's opt| on. 1he
customer shoul d ol voys count on oce os unl ess
t hevo| ueo! t he totol hond voul d be more thon 2 .
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Hb PNb LP Yc v| t h e| ther one stondord 52-
cord deck or v| t h !our stondord decks, vh| ch ore
deol t !rom o deol | ng dev| ce col l ed o "shoe." 6oth
deol | ng styl es hove t he some r ul es.
IH CUI | s oeted by the doo| -
et to the | oyet of h| s cho|co
oftet the cotds hovo been shuf-
ed. Eoch | oyot moy tefuse to
cut, but | f they o| | do, thon tho
deo| ot must moke the cut h| m-
so| f. Ihe | oyot shou| d use
on| y one hond to moke o
Cutt| ng o 5| ng| e 0eck
s| ng| e cut towotds the m| dd| o
of the deck. Ihe deo| et w| | |
com| ete the cut. | n mu| t| -deck
gomes, ond mony s| ng| e deck
gomes, the deo| et teto| os os-
sess| on of the s humed deck,
ond the | oyet cuts the dock
w| th o joket.
Cutt| ng o Mu| t|p| e 0eck
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Hc bUKM LPK | s t he rst cord t he deo l er re-
moves !rom the deck. He pl oces | t !oce up ot t he
bottom o! t he deck, or !oce dovn | n t he d| scord
troy. Al l cords used | n o hond ore d| scorded | n t he
some voy. The rst o nd l ost cords o re never used
| n o hond, even vhen t he deol er ru ns out o! cords
dur | ng t he pl oy o! o hond. When t he deol er r uns
out o! cords dur| ng o hond, he must s hume o nd
cont| nuedeol | ng ot t he pos| t | on o! | nterrupt| on. The
cos| no moy ol l ov t he deol er to s hume ot ony po| nt
| n t he gome u nl ess o hond | s | n progress.
Pll0fn0lIV0 m0l0U 0 DUfnIng
Hb bPL beg| ns vhen ol l the pl oyers hove mode
t he| r voger s. The deo| er beg| ns v| t h t he pl oyer to
t he r | ght ot F| rst 6ose ond deol s |n o cl ockv| se
order. He deol s one cord to eoch pl oyer ond one
!oce-up cord to h| msel !. He deol s o second cord to
eoch pl oyer ond s l | des o "Hol e" cord !oce dovn
u nder h| s | n| t | ol !oce-up cord. The pl oyer | mmed| -
otel y p| c ks u p h| s tvo cords ond determ| nes the
totol . He shoul d hol d t he tvo cords compl etel y o
t he tobl e | n on| y one hond to ovo| d bend| ng them
or remov| ng t hem !rom the deol er's s | ght.
bLPLKJPLK occ urs vhen the deol er's rst tvo cords
on Ace v| t h ony 0-vol ue cord) totol 2 . | ! t he
deol er's !oce-u p cord | s e| ther on Aceor o 0- vol ue
cord, he must l ook ot h| s !oce-dovn cord t o deter-
m| ne | ! he hos 6l ockj ock. When t he deol er hos
6l ockj ock he t ur ns u p h| s Hol e cor d ond term| notes
t he hond. Al l pl oyers l ose ecept those vho ol so
hove 6l ockj ock vh| ch | s o t | e ol so col l ed o "push"
or "stondo") ond meons t he pl oyer's voger | s
ne| t hervon norl ost.
When o pl oyer hos 6l ockj ockhe| mmed| otel y l oys
h| st vocords!oce up | n!ront o! h| s voger. Hev| ns
ond rece| ves o poyo o! J t o 2 unl ess t he deol er
ol so hos 6l ockj ock. Al l ot her bets, ecept | ns uronce
vh| ch | s epl o| ned l oter, ore po| d to . Nony
yeors ogo, Mevodo cos| nos occos| onol l y oered
spec| ol bonus poyments !or certo| n honds, but t h| s
pol | cy hos been | nd| s use.
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A FLAk "5IAND5" osks fot
no mote cotds) when he | s sot| s-
ed w| th h| s hond. Ihe |oyet
| nd| cotes thot he stonds by s| | d-
| ng h| s ot|g| no| two cotds undet
h| s woget, wh| ch shou| d then
not be touched. |n c| ockw| se to-
tot| on the deo| et com| etes eoch
| oyet's hond beg| nn| ng w| th
F| tst 8ose, the | oye t on the
t| ght of the tob| e. Ihe deo| et
on| y stos ot eoch | oyet who
| s st| | | ho| d| ng h| s ot| g| no| two
cotds.
A "HII" on odd|t| ono| cotd) | s
tequested by the | oyet when
he wonts to | ncteose h| s toto|
o| nt count. Ihe | oyet con
obto| n on odd|t|ono| cotd by
btush| ng the edge of h| s ot| g| no|
two cotds ovet the tob| e, ot
by mok| ng o beckon| ng mot| on
w| th h| s hond. Ihe deo| et w| | |
t hen | oce onothet cot d foce u
| n ftont of the | oyet ond net
to h| s ot|g| no| cotds. Aftet eoch
"h|t," the | oyet moy cont| nue
to dtow os mony cotds os he
w| shes un| ess h| s toto| count
eceeds 21.
IH FLAk "kAK5" | oses)
| f he h|ts ond h| s cotd toto| goes
ovet 21. He | mmed| ote| y t ut ns
h| s ot| g| no| t wo cotds foce u
ond | oys them on the deo| et' s
s| de of h| s woget. Ihe deo| et
tokes the | oyet's cotds ond the
| os| ng woget ond | oces the
cotds | n the d| scotd ttoy. Ihen,
the deo| et goes to the net
| oyet ond cont | nues to deo| | n
o c| ockw| se d| tect|on otound t he
t ob| e unt | | o| | | oyets hove hod
o chonce to com| ete the| t
honds.
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PLc U cPL M | s proct| ced ot mony cos| nos.
When t he pl oyer's or| g| nol t vocords ore deol t !oce
up, he does not hondl e them. He obto| ns o "h| t" by
scrotc h| ng one or more ngerstovords h| msel ! net
to h| s cords ond "stonds" by hol d| ng h| s open pol m
up t o t he deol er, vho then proceeds t o t he net
hond. | t | s better !or o beg| nn| ng pl oyer to pl oy ot
o t obl e vhere the cords ore deol t !oce u p becouse
| t | s eos| er t o osk t he deol er !or odv| ce vhen t he
deol er con see t he cords. The deol er must pl oy by
ed r u l es so h| s oct | ons ore not | nuenced | ! t he
pl oyer' scords ore eposed.
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P HK HPM ei t hercontoi ns no Aces, or |! |t does,
eoch Ace i s cou nted os .
P LT HPM contoi ns one or more Aces | n vhi ch
oneAcecon becou nted os ! ondt hetotol cou nt o!
the hond vi l l not eceed 2 . The pl oyer s houl d ol -
voys cou nt onAce os ! ! u nti l hi s count eceeds 2 ! .
Hethen su btrocts ! 0 !rom hi s totol vhi ch mokest he
Acecou nton l y ! .
7 KU ore !eotured ot most cos| nos. When o l l
pl oyers' honds hove been compl eted, t he deol er
t ur ns u p h| s Hol e cord ond pl oys out h| s hond oc-
cord| ng to ed r u l es. The deol er must ol voys h| t
o Hord ! or l es s ond stond on Hord ! 7 or more.
Al l cosi nos stond on 5o!t ! 8 or more, but t he |os
Vegos 5t r i p ol so stonds on 5o!t ! 7, o s l i ght od-
vontoge to the pl oyer. | ! t he deol er goes over 2 ! ,
he breo
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who hos gone over 2 ! hos ol reody l ost hi s voger .
P LULNcK W M | ! he hos o totol cord cou nt
h| gher thon the deol er's nol count but not over 2 ! .
When t

e deol erstondsvi t h o count o! ! 7 to 2 ! , he

poys o ol l pl oyers vho hove o cord cou nt hi gher
thon h| s ond col l ects !rom t hose v| t h o l esser totol .
When both deol er ond pl oyer stond v| t h t he some
totol betveen 7 ond 2 , no money chonges honds.
Thedeol er | ndi cotest het | eond removest hepl oyer's
cords v| t hout touc h| ng the voger. A!ter o pl oyer
v| ns, or t| es, h| s money remo| ns for t he net hond
un l ess he o l ters hi s voger or qu| ts pl oy| ng.
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been deter m| ned by severol computer eperts, ond
| t | s t he correct strotegy t o pl oy!or t he rst deol o!
o nevl y shumed deck or !rom o deck | n vh| ch un-
knovn cords hove ol reody been pl oyed out ond
d| scorded. The pr| nc| pl e o! bos| c strotegy | s t o bol -
once t he probob| l | ty o! t he pl oyer go| ng broke
ogo| nst t he probob| l | ty o! the deol er hov| ng o
"Pot' hond (o totol cou nt o! 7, 8, , 20, or 2 ) .
The pl oyer's dec| -
s| on | s bosed on the
po| nt count o! t he
d e o l e r ' s !oce-u p
cord, vh| ch deter-
m| nes the probob| l -
| t| es o! eoch type
o! po| nt count he
con och| eve.
P | s o cord count o! Hord 2 to Hord . The
pl oyer s hou| d ol voys drov to o Hord totol o! l ess
thon 2 becouse h| s totol count con | ncreose v| t h-
out t he poss | b| l | ty o! h| s go| ng over 2 . He shoul d
ol voys stond v| th o Hord totol o! more t hon !
becouse he hos o "Pot" hond o cou nt o! ! 7 to 2 ) .
The onl y totol s t he pl oyer shoul d h| t t hot m| ght
couse h| m to go over 2 ore Hord 2 to Hord .
The pl oyer must dec| de vhether to h| t or stond.
I N HAkD HAND HI III NG 5IkAI-
G, the | oyet shou| d h| t
o| | 5t| s even though he t| sks
"bteok| og," | f the deo| et hos o
h| gh foce- u cotd of to Ace.
W|th o h| gh foce-u cotd, the
deo| et hos o h |gh tobob| | |ty
of och| ev| ng o "Pot" hond 17
20
to 21). | f t h e deo| et h os o | ow
foce- u cotd of 2 to 6, he must
h |t to obto| n the tequ| ted m| n| -
mum of 17ood t| sk "brook| og, "
ecet | n cos| nos whete the
deo| et stonds on 5oft 17. Ihe
deo| et does not h| t o 6 w| th on
Ace | n the ho| o.
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Whoo tho doo| or hos o |ow foco-
u cord, tho | oyor shou| d oot
h| t o 5t| ood r| sk "brook| og. "
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| od| cotos t ho | oyor shou| d o l-
woys h| t o soft hood of 1 ot
| oss bocouso t hoso couot s oo| y
w| o whoo tho doo| ot "brooks .''
Iho | oyot t| sks g| v| og u on
occos| ooo| "ush' ' whoo tho
doo| ot o| so hos 1, but ho
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Iho oo| y ocot| oo | s whoo ho
hos o Hord 17 ood tho doo| or's
focou cord | s o 2 or J.
| mtovos h| s toto| much moro
ofton. Iho | oyot shou| d h| t
5oft 1b oo| y | f tho doo| or hos
o foco-u cotd of 9 ot 10.
Whon tho | oyot h| ts ood
obto| os o 5oft toto| ovor 71, ho
subtrocts 10 to moko |t o Hord
toto| uodor 21.
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| n | t| ol voger o!ter he hos seen h| s rst tvo cords.
The P ropos| t| on 6et s ore: ! ) Dou bl e Dovn, (2) 5pl | t
Po| rs ond J) | ns uronce.
Ru l es moy vory s l | ghtl y | n d| erent cos| nos but
eoch t obl e hos o s | gn thot l | sts the Propos| t | on 6et
r u | es os vel l os voger l | m| ts. Any quest| ons shoul d
be re!erred t ot he deol er !or cl or | cot | on.
Propos| t| on bets ore ol l oved | n ol l cos| nos to
perm| t the pl oyer to reduce h| s d| sodvontoge. The
pl oyer's overol l d| sodvontoge | s creoted by t hose
sit uot | ons vhere both he ond the deol er "breok"
sInce the p| oyer l oses, | t | s not cons| dered o t| e.
Propos| t| on 6ets moy reduce t h| s d| sodvontoge be-
couse the pl oyer con ol ter h| s h| tt| ng strotegy.
P DOUL DOWN I orm| ts
the | oyor to | ocreoso h| s | o|t| o|
wogor whoo ho woots to toko
oo| y ooo moro h| t. Ho coo odd
o smo| |er omouot, but ho shou| d
doub| o h| s wogor. Iho | oyor
| oys h| s or| g| oo| two cords on
the tob| o os |f thoy hod booo
doo|t foco u. Ihoo ho | ocos
h| s 0oub| o 0owo wogor oot to
h| s orIg| oo| woger (oovor oo top
of | t). Iho doo| er com| otos tho
hood by | oc| og o s| og| o cord
uodor the woget. Iho ty| co|
ru| e o| | ows o | oyer to 0oub| e
0own on ony toto| but oo| y on
the ot| g| oo| two cords deo| t.
5ome cos| nos, however, moy
| | m|t o 0oub| e 0own to cotto| n
toto| s but erm|t | t evoo whoo
the | oyor hos o| roody tokon
ono or more "h| ts. " P 0oub| o
0owo | s genoro| | y o| | owod oo
toto| s of 11, 1 ond somot| mos 9.
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cou&e !he poyer ho& o choDce
o1 oU!oDDg O lo! hoDU, !7
!o 2 ! , V:!h Do po&&b!y o1
Ureokng. He &houU ouUe
oVn V!h HorU !0 ecep! VheD
!he Ueoer &hoV& o !0 or Ace.
1he poyer &houU ouUe oVn
V:!h HorU !0 ony Vhen !he
Ueoer& 1oce-up corU & e&&
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MPW ot !o I8 & recom-
menUeU when !he UeoIer ho& o
toce-up curU ot 4, O or Ue-
couse !he Ueolers proUoUl!y ot
bot!
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fhon fhe poyer& fofo o1 ! 0
Uecou&e !he Ueoer : & no! :m:!eU
fo !he DumUer o1 h:f& he moy
foke fo oU!o:n o o! honU.
He &houU ouUe oVn V:!h
9 ony Vhen fhe Ueoer ho& o
oV 1oce-up corU, 2 !o 0. 1he
proUoU:!y o1 ob!o:Dng o 'lo!
honU & reUuceU V:!h o HorU 9,
&o !he poyer ony UouUe& h:&
Voger Vhen !he Ueoer mu&! h!.
Ureokng & o! :!& greo!e&!.
1he Uogrom o&o &hoV& fhree
o!her bo1f HonU &fuo!on& un-
Uer Vhch fhe poyer &houU
ouUe oVD.
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o poyer & Ueot !Vo corU& ot
equo voue. No&! co&:Do& per-
m:! !he por !o De &p:! :D!o !Vo
nUepeDUeD! hoDU&. 1he poyer
!urn& h& po:r 1oce up oDU &ep-
oro!e& !he !Vo corU&. He !ucks
one uDUer h:& or:g:Do Voger
onU oy& !he other corU De! !o
!. 1heD he mu&! poce oD equo
Voger oD !he &ecoDU corU. 1he
poyer poy& ou! Do!h hoDU&, oe-
g:DD:Dg Vth !he corU !o the
rgh!. 1he rgh! honU mu&! De
compe!eU r&!, Decou&e !he poy-
er conDo! re!urD !o ! otter he
UroV& !o !he e1! corU. 1he poy-
er DUcote& h& choce& V:!h !he
honU &:gDo& !ho! ore u&eU tor
toce-up corU&.
M LLNFLb1M P bYL YPK,
!he poyer ho& &evero | op!on&
ovo:oDe. LDce he ho& UroVn
!o o corU 1rom !he or:gDo por
!o proUuce o DeV hoDU o1 !Vo
corU&:
o) 1he poyer moy h! or &!oDU.
U) |n oUU:!oD, &ome co&Do&
perm:! o ouDe oVD occorU-
Dg !o !he e&!oD:&heU rue&.
c) |t !he r&! corU UroVn fo
e!her honU proUuce& oDo!her
po:r, moDy co&:Do& perm! ! !o
Ue &p:!.
U) Lo&:Do& u&uoy ooV o mo-
mum ot tour honU& !o be cte-
o!eU trom !he org:Do por.
[1here ore 1Z 1oce corU& n O
&:Dge Ueck onU o! eo&! 1 ot
every voue corU :D o 1our Ueck
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FAI k 5FLI ITI NG 5IkAIG :&
no! comp:co!eU. Ace& &houU o-
Voy& Ue &p:! even fhough co-
&:no& u&uoy perm:! ony one
corU lo eoch Ace. At!er o &p:!,
on Ace onU o ! 0 voue corU
equo 2 ! , Du! !hey ore no!
!reo!eU o& bockjock. buch o
honU V:n& onU poy& ! fo ! e-
cep! Vhen !he Ueoer o&o oD-
fo:n& 2 ! !o !:e. A po:r ot e:ghf&
&houU o&o De &p:!. H:f!:ng !o
!Vo honU& ot 8 :& no! e&pe
2
c:oy gooU Uu! : ! : & oVoy& De!-
!er !hon one Voger on ! 6. A
po:r o1 1& :& never &p:f De-
cou&e :! :& De!!er !o &!onU on o,
!o!o ot 20. A po:r ot b& :&
never &p | :! Uecou&e :! :& Detfer
!o h:! or ouDe oVn on !0.
|! :& De!!er !o hf one honU ot 8
fhon !o &p:! 4 &, ecep! Vhen
!he Ueoer& honU &hoV& o b.
1he re&! ot !he po:r&, 2, J, 6, 7
onU 9 ore &p:! ony Vhen fhe
oeoer ho& o oV toce-up corU.
I N5UkANC :& o De! oereU Dy
mo&! co&no& Vhen !he Ueoer&
1oce-up corU :& on Ace. A1!er
fhe :n!:o !Vo corU& ore Ueo!
fo eoch poyer, onU De1ore ony
corU& ore UroVn, !he Ueoer n-
!errup!& !he gome onU o&k&,
n&uronce 1he poyer& ore
g:Ven !:me !o ook o! !her corU&
onU moke !he Voger. 1he n-
&uronce Voger, Vh:ch con De o
momum o1 one-ho1 o1 fhe
omounf o1 fhe or:g:no Voger,
:& poceU U:rec!y n 1ron! o1 !he
poyer :n !he |n&uronce De! oreo.
1hen !he Ueoer ook& o! h&
Hoe corU, onU :1 he Uoe& no!
hoVe bock[ock, !he |n&uronce
De! :& o&! onU poy con!:nue&.
HoVeVer, Vhen !he Ueoer ho&
o 1 Voue corU n !he Hoe !o
proUuce bockjock, !he |n&uronce
De! Vn& onU poy& !he poyer
2 !o 1, !he omoun! o1 h& org-
no Voger.
IH DCI 51 ON !o !oke |n&ur-
once, coD!rory !o popuor De-
e1, & moUe compe!ey DUe-
penUeD! o1 !he !Vo-corU !o!o
n !he poyer& honU. 1he ony
reevon! 1oc!or & !he proDoD-
!y o1 !he Ueoer hovng o 1 D
!he Hoe. 1he poyer &houU
Dever !oke |n&uronce, Do mo!!er
Vho! h& r&! !Vo corU& ore,
une&& he & keep:Dg !rock o1
!he U&corU& onU he knoV& of
eo&! one-!hrU o1 !he corU& re-
moDDg n !he Ueck ore 1&.
l NSUkANCL
5UkkNDkI NG IH HAND De-
1ore !okng o h! :& &ome!me&
ooVeU. bome co&no& perm!
!he poyer !o conce h& honU
De1ore he UroV& ony corU& Dy
&urrenUer:ng one-ho1 o1 h:&
Voger. HoVeVer, :! :& on e-

!remey rore honU n Vhch !he
poyer UOe& no! hoVe of eo&!
one-quor!er chonce o1 V:nn:ng,
Du! :n !ho! rore co&e ! :& Det!er
!o g:Ve !he co&no one-ho1 o1
fhe Voger !hon !o r:&k o&:ng
o o1 :f.
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wUgereU on :n eoch UeU Du!
cU&:no& u&uUy reQu:re more
fhon !he m:n:mum Voger 1or
eoch hUnU. 1he poyer conno!
fouch fhe cUrU& :n U honU un!:
he hU& compe!eU !he hUnU !o
fhe r:ghf o1 :! ecepf Vhen !he
UeUer hU& Un Ace 1oce up. 1hen
fhe pUyer mUy ook Uf eUch
hUnU fo Uec:Ue :1 he Von!& !o
fUke n&uronce. 1he Deg:nner
&houU nof comp:co!e !he &!uU-
f:on Uy poy:ng more !hon one
hUnU.
! &houU De epho&zeU !ho!
fhe opporfun!y o1 Vnnng :&
fhe &ome o! every De!!ng oco-
fon. 1here & U popuor Dee1
Umong poyer& !ho! 1h:rU bo&e,
fhe po&:!:on !o !he 1or e1! o1
fhe !oDe, nuence& Vhof corU&
fhe Ueoer V UroV; hoVever,
fhe fhrU Do&emon& &!ro!egy
Uec&:on& Uo no! hove ony over-
U eec!& on fhe UeUer& honU.
LPK LLUM M | s the most eect| ve strotegy !or
pl oy| ngTventy- Cne. When t hedeo| erbeg| ns o nev
hond v| t hout s hum| ng o!ter t he compl et | on o! the
prev| ous hond, the compos| t| on o! t he deck | s d| !-
erent !rom t he stondord 52-cord deck he begon
v| t h. Th| s chonges t he probob| | | t| es o! t he hond to-
tol svh| chore poss| bl eont henet deol . 6ycou nt i ng
t he d| scords o!ter eoch hond, t he p| oyer con ep| o| t
t hose s| t uot | ons | n vh| ch he hos o greoter oppor-
t un| ty o! v| nn| ng by | ncreos | ng t he omou nt o! h| s
voger. He con ol so | mprove h| s pl oy| ng strotegy
occord| ng to the remo| n| ng cords.
Cord cou nt | ng | s on eect | ve p| oy| ng strotegy. | t
con reduce the cos| no odvont oge t o o m| n| mu m.
2U
Nony cos | no eecut | ves ond p| oyers ore conv| nced
thot cou nt | ng g| ves t he pIoyer on odvont oge over
t hecos | no, but t h| s hos notbeen proven. There | sst| | |
n oogreement on hovmuch odvontogeo cos| nohos
vhen o pl oyer us es bos | cstrotegy, o nd t h| s percent
vou l d be eos| er to co| cu | ote t hon t he cos | no
odvont ogevhent hep| oyeruseso cou nt | ngstrotegy.
LTV LLUMT M requ | res t he pl oyer to keep
trock o! o l | cords, o| ter h| s voger occord| ng to t he
probob| | | tyo! eoch s| t uot | on, ond od ust h| s p| oy| ng
strotegy t o t he c hong| ng s| t uot | on, o greot deo| o!
concentrot | on |s requ| red to | ns ure occurocy.
WHN HI GH CAkD5 hovo boen
d| scotdod ftom tho dock, oo
ecess of | ow cotds tomo| o.
Hov| og o gtootot oumbot of
| ow cotds | octoosos tho tobo-
b| | |ty thot the doo| ot w| | | w| o,
bocouse | ow cotds | octooso tho
chooco of tho doo| ot obto| o| og
o "Pot" hood, !7 to 2 ! , whoo
ho must h| t o 5t| , ! 2 to ! 6.
| o such coso, |ow cotds wotk
to tho doo| or' s odvootogo. Ao
obuodooco of | ow cords works
ogo| ost tho p| oyot, s| oco h| s
bost sttotogy | s t o dt ow oc-
cotd| og to tho doo| ot's od
h| tt| og tu| os ood ottomt to
obto| o o "Pot" hood of h| s
owo. Uofottuooto| y, t h| s strot-
ogy | octoosos tho oss| b| | | ty
thot tho | ovot w| | | "brook",
so |he cos | oo odvoo|ogo bo-
comos ovoo gtoo|ot. | o od-
d|t| oo, otto | ow cords rostr| ct
tho oport uo|ty to 0oub| o
0owo, s| oce tho | oyot | s | oss
| | ko| y to drow o h| gh cotd.
WHN LOW CAkD5 hove booo
d| scordod from tho dock, | oov-
| og oo ocoss of h|gh cords, | t
| ocroosos tho robob| | | ty thot t he
| oyot w| | | w| o. H| gh cords | o-
cteoso tho | | ko| | hood of och| ov-
| og 8| ockj ock ood | mprovo tho
p| oyor' s chooco of obto | o| og o
h| gh cord on o 0oub| o 0owo.
8oth doo| ot ood p| oyor w| | | bo
doo| t tho some proport| oo of
hood toto | s | o the | oog ruo, but
| o thoso ott| o| | y usod decks
thot cooto| o oo ocess of h| gh
cotds, tho p| oyot coo obto| o t ho
odvootogo by us| og tho top-
or h|tt| og strotogy. The | oyor
shou| d sto h| tt| og St| s, ! 2 to
! 6, bocouso tho probob| | | ty | s
too h| gh thot ho w| | | drow o
h| gh cord ood "br eok. " Thus,
whoo both t ho p| oyor ood doo |-
or hovo o 5t| , tho p| oyer stoods
ood | ot s tho doo| or h| t. Whoo
mo oy h|gh cords remo | o | o tho
dock, tho doo| ot w| | | oftoo dt ow
ooo ood "btook. "
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LLUM M bKP b ore beyondt hescopeo! t hi s
book, eceptt oepl oi n t he pr i nci pl e on vh | ch eoch
i s bosed.
AC-COUNI |s tho most obv| ous
strotogy bocouso Acos oro os-
soot| o| to och|ovo 8| ockjock ood
thoy moko tho most fovorobl o
o| r to s| |t, |t | s oot tho bost
A -COUNI |s moro ooct| vo
thon Aco couot, bocouso tho
| oyor coo o| tor oot ool y tho
s|zo of h| s wogor but h| s l oy-
| ng strotogy, os 5's oro doo| t
from tho dock. Aoyt| mo tho
strotogy. As tho ro| ot| vo oumbor
of Acos romo| o| og | o tho dock
| ocroosos, tho | oyor coo ool y
o|tor tho s| zo of h| s wogor, but
oot h| s | oy| og strotogy.
doo| or must h|t o 5t| , !2 to ! 6
o 5 g| vos h| m o "Pot" hood, ! 7
t o 2 ! . Whoo tho 5's hovo booo
d| scordod from tho dock, thoro
| s o grootor robob| | |ty tho
doo| or w| | | "brook. "
A J0-COUNI | s ovoo moro of-
foct|ve bocouso thoro oro four
t| mos os mooy !0 vo|uo cords.
Evoo though tho romovo| of ooch
| od| v| duol ! 0 from tho dock doos
oot |oBuooco tho odvootogo os
much os ooch 5 or Aco, ! 0' 8 oro
moro |mportoot os o grou. Tho
! 0-couot | s moro occuroto Ihoo
tho prov| ous couots bocouso |t | s
mor o soos| t| vo to t ho choogos | o
probob| l |t| os o s ooch cord | s
doo| t . Tho ! 0-couot ho| s t ho
| oyor to moko moro subt| o
vor| ot| oos |o both h| s | oy| og
strotogy ood tho s| zo of h| s
wogors. Ho coo toko | osurooco
whoo |t |s to h| s odvootogo bo-
couso th| s couot| og sttotogy | o-
d| cotos whoo thero oro more
thoo ooe- th| rd !0's romo| o| og
| o t ho dock.
MUNbcK LLUMT | s the most eect| ve strotegy o! ol l
becouse | t cons| ders t h e | nuence o! every cord re-
mo| n| ng | n t he deck. Eoch cord vo l ue | s g| ven o
nu mber vh| ch equol s | ts rel ot| ve | mportonce to t he
cos | no odvont oge. For eompl e, t he 2' s throug h 7's
m| ght be eoch g| ven o vol ueo! ! ond the 's, !'s
ond Aces o vo l ue o! = ! . As eoch cord | s pl oyed
!rom the deck, Ihe n u mber, vh| ch represents t he
cor d, | se| t her odded or subtrocted !r omt he r u nni n g
totol depend| ng on vheI her | t | s t ot h e pl oyer's or
t h edeol er's odvont oget ohove | t removed !rom t he
deck. | nt h| s eompl e, eocht | meo | ovcord | s deol t,
t he pl oyer~ou l d odd ond eoch t i me o h| gh cord
| s deo l t, s u btroct ! .
l n us | ng o n u mber cou nt, t he pl oyer must ei t her
count t he n u mber o! cords remo| n| ng | n t he deck,
or est | mote t hem, becouse t he omount o! t he r un-
n| ng totol reecIs o d| erent cos| no odvonI oge de-
pend| ng on t he n u mber o! cords | n t he deck. Th| rd
6ose | s t he best seot !or o soph| sI| coted cou nter be-
couse he con od ust h| s h| tt| ng strotegy occord| ngto
the cords deol t Io other customers.
A 5I MF NUMk COUNI, os
| o tho oom| o obove, hos oo| y
ooo os| t| vo oumbor for ooch
| ow cord tomovod from tho dock
ood tho somo but oogot| vo oum-
bor for ooch h| gh cord romovod
from tho dock. Tho H| gh- |ow
Numbor Couot usuo| | y mokos b
or o| so 7, b ood 9 ooutro| . Thoy
hovo o m| oor oect ood hovo
tho vo| uo of 0.
A COMFX NUMk COUNI
os s| gos o oumbor to ovor y cord
vo| uo wh| ch 8 oddod ood sub-
troctod | o tho somo moooor. Tho
| oyor must romombor d| oroot
oumbors for ooch cord vo| uo.
Th| s | s tho most comrohoos| vo
ood ooct|vo mothod of ooo| yz-
| og tho oot| ro dock to dotorm| oo
tho roor s| zo of tho wogor
ood tho bost | oy| og strotogy.
J !
L K P
Crops prov| des!osterond more ec| t | ng oct | on t hon
onyo! t he other cos | no gomes. 1here ore ! evpl oy-
ers vho ore !om| l | or v| t h ol l t he rul es ond proct| ces
o!t he gome, ond even !ever vho knov t he correct
odds on eoch betti ngopt | on. There | s no voyto v| n
| n t he l ong r un, but one con l eor n mor e obout t he
gome ond reduce h| s rote o! l oss.
A Crop l oyout us uol l y hos t hree sect | ons. The
tvoout s | desect | onsore | dent | col s o| t does not mot -
ter vh| ch end o! t he tobl e o person pl oys. Al l pl oy-
ers ot t he t obl e moy voger on t he P ropos| t | on 6ets
| n the center o! Ihe l oyout. A Cro p tobl e us uol | y
operotes v| t h !our empl oyees. t he 6omon, tvo
deol ers, ond t he 5t| ckmon.
Customots j StiOmoo ) Customots
IHE 8OXMAN s| ts ot tho cootot IHE 5TlCKMAN stoods | o tho
of tho | oyout ood dtos o| | cut- ceot ot of tho | oyot' s s| do of t ho
t oocy | oto tho moooy bo. Ho tob| o. Tho 5t| ckmoo |s tosoos| -
d| tocts tho gomo ood wotchos b| o fot tho hood| | og of tho d| co
tho d| co, moooy, ch| s, doo| ots, ood the Ptoos| t| oo 8ots, | ocotod
| oyots, ood o| | ttoosoct| oos. | o tho cootot of tho | oyout.
IWO 0EAlEk5 stood, ooo oo
ooch s | do of tho 8omon. Thoy
co| | oct tho | os| og wogots ood
ooch oys o the w| oo| og
wogot s oo h| s s| do of tho t ob| o.
0eo| ot s o| .o moko choogo fot
tho | oyots.
NOIE: | o th| s soct| oo oo Ctos,
tho oumbots wh| ch totosoot
d| co toto| s oto o| woys t| otod
| o tod. Th| s ho| s to d| st | ogu| sh
thom ftom o umbots fot othot
quoot| t| os wh|ch ooot | o
b| ock.
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CHANG CAN OIAI ND by
o p| oyot | f ho p| ocos h| s cuttoocy
| o ftoot of the doo| ot ood co| | s
out, "chooge". Iho doo| ot w| | |
us uo| | y tooot, "choogo," pot-
t|cu| ot| y |f tho doo| ot must hoo-
d| e wogots t st. Iho doo| ot
hoods tho moooy to tho 8omoo,
who couot s |t ood to| | s tho doo| -
ot the omouot. Ihoo tho doo| ot
p| oces oo oqu|vo| oot omouot | o
ch| ps oo tho | oyout d| toct| y | o
ftoot of t ho p| oyot. Ch| ps shou| d
oovot bo | oft oo tho tob| o uo| oss
they oto wogotod | o tho bott| og
oteos bocou se thoy get | o tho
woy of tho d|ce. Ihoso ch| ps moy
o| so be m| stokeo os o woget.
Tho | oyot shouId Ioco oII othot
|
l
ch| ps |o tho gtoovos tov| dod ot
tho top of tho tob| e to| | | og
d| toct| y | o ftoot of h| m.
Whoo tho l oyot qu| t s w| t h o
|ot of ch| s, ho coo hovo thom
ochoogod fot | otgot vo|uo ch| s
so thot ho w| | | hove fowot to
cotty. Whoo ho hoods h| s ch| s
| o, ho toquosts o "co| ot choogo"
bocouso ooch ch| p vo|uo | s o
d| otoot co| ot.
| t | s wo| | to tomombot thot
doo| ots oto toqu| tod to oy o
o| | w| oo| og wogots ftom tho
tov| ous to| | of tho d| co bofoto
thoy coo moko choogo. 0oo| ots
o| so usuo| | y sot up wogots fot
p| oyots who hovo ch| s bofoto
they moko choogo.
PASS |l NE BET
34
FA55 I kUL5
Comeuf koll
Noturol 7 or11 W| N
Crop 2, 3 or12 1O5E
FOI NI5
Fon1 kolls
Fon1 WIN
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TH P Mc bT | s t he most popu l or bet | n Crops,
even t houg h the Don't Poss bet, to be epl o| ned
l oter, oerst he pl oyero l over cos| noodvont oge.
IH F I k5I kOIL of t ho d|co for
the Poss |i oo | s col | od the Como-
out ro| | . On tho Como-out, tho
pl oyor w| os |f o Noturo| 7 or
11 oppoors ood l osos |f o cro
:.J or

: opoors. | f ooo of
tho romo| o| ng s| totol s-4, 5, 6,
b, or 1 oppoors, |t bocomos
tho Poss || oo Po| ot. Whoo o
Po| ot |s rol l od oo tho Como-out,
both dool ors pl oco o rouod Po| ot
morkor d| roctl y | o froot of thom
| o tho Po| ot bo thot hos thot
oumbor pr| ntod on | t.
ON IH FO1 NI kOII, oow r ul os
dotorm| oo whot hor tho Poss || oo
w| os or l osos. Tho bot w| os ooIy
|f thot Poi ot | od|cotod by Po| ot
morkor) oppoors ogo| o ood l osos
ool y |f 7 oeors. No mottor
how mooy rol l s |t tokos, oo othor
oumbor ooct s tho wogor, wh|ch
must romo| o oo tho bot uot | |
o| t hor tho Po| ot or 7 ooors.
A Poss || oo w| n oys 1 to 1. Iho
doo| or pl ocos oo oquol omount
| o ch| ps not to tho l oyor' s
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Po| o| 5| x Po| o| 5| x
Como-out

TH LLN-LUT KL | s t he rst rol l o! t he d| ce by

t he rst pl oyer to bet ot on empty tobl e. TheCome-
out rol l ru l es ore ol so oppl | ed to every rol l vh| ch
!ol l ovs o v| nn| ng or | os| ng dec| s| on on t he Poss
|| ne. For eompl e, vhen o Come-out rol l v| ns (Not-
u rol
7 or11) or l oses (Crop
2
,
3
or12
), t he net rol l
| s onother Come- out. 5| m| l orl y, vhen o Po| nt ro| l
v| ns ( Po| nt oppeors) or l oses
7
oppeors), t he net
ro| | |s o Come- out.
Ato tobl et hot hosbeen empty oro!tero dec| s| on
on t he Poss || ne, the deol ersset t he Po| nt morkeron
eoch s| de o! t he l oyout os| de. The deol ers generol l y
pl oce t he Po| nt morker | n t he Don' t Come 6et bo,
but t hey ol voyscompl etel y remove | t!rom the l oco-
t | on o! t he s | Po| nt boes. A deol er does not pl oce
h| s morker | n o Po| nt bo u nt | l one o! t he s| Po| nI
nu mbers, !or eompl e

, oppeors on o Come- ouI

rol l t o become t he Po| nt. The deol er does not move
the mor ker bock to the Come- out l ocot| on u nt| l t he
Po| nt oppeors, | n t h| s eompl e , ond t he pl oyer
v| ns or unt | l
7
oppeors ond the pl oyer l oses. A
nev Come-out rol l |s t hen | n order.
3
CU5IOMk' 5 ADVANIAG ON COM-OUI kOLL
n eoch seres of ro s
Z4 of lhe ro s ore onfs
Nofuros
0e Number ce
ofO of Ko&
ofo
Z
7 Z
! !
7 Z 1Z
W| N b ~ Lusfomer ~
Crogs
Number
of Ko &
7 1
Z
7
|O5E 4
1H PYK PVPM1P on t he Come-out rol l | s
greoter t hon t he cos| no's becouse t here v| l l be on
overoge o! 8 Not ur ol s t oevery 4 Crops. 1her e v| | l
beon overoge o! ! 2 dec| s| ons (v| ns ond l oses) ou t
o! every 3 Come-out rol l s . Th e ot her 24 rol l s v| | l
be Po| nts. Hovever, t h ecos | no more t h on compen-
sotes !or t he pl oyer's | n| t| ol odvontogeonce o Po| nt
| s estobl | s hed becouse t he cos| no v| ns on 7 vh| ch
oppeorsmore o!ten t honony o!t heot her d| cetotol s .
Cnce o Po| nt | s estobl | s hed, t he pl oyer connot re-
move h| s Poss || ne voger u n l ess| t v| ns . l ! t hepl oyer
vere ol l oved to remove h| s voger, he vou l d be
obl e to reto| n h| s | n| t | ol odvontoge over t he cos | no
ond voger onl y on t he Come-out rol l s.
Al l bets ecept t he Poss || ne ond Come, con be
removed by t he pl oyer ot onyt | me. The pl oyer hos
t he r | ght t ovoger on t he Poss || ne on ony r ol l , but
hes houl d never moke or| ncreoseo Poss| | nevoger
on o Po| nt rol l becouse t he cos | no odvontoge | s
very h| gh o!ter o Po| nt hos been estobl | shed be-
couse 7 | s so l | kel y to o ppeor. 1he pl oyer s houl d
onl y moke o Pos s || ne voger on o Come- out rol l .
JZ
Pos s | | oo
Po| ot
CCME BET
|

Pos s | | oo
Po| ot
COME
1H LLN b1 v| ns ond l oses occord| ngto the rul es
for t he Poss || ne bet on poge 35. The Poss || ne bet
shou l d be mode onl y on Come- out rol l s ond the
Come 6et on l y vhen o Po| nt hos been estobl | s hed
on the Poss || ne (vhen the Po| nt morker | s | n one of
the Po| nt boes). The pl oyer moy moke o Come
vogeron eoch ond every Po| nt rol l . A Comevoger
v| ns on t he net rol l | o Not urol 7 or oppeors
ond l oses | f o Crops 2, 3 or ! 2 oppeors.
WHM P LLN L MT, 4, 5, , 8, 7 or 0 oppeors,
t he deol er moves t he pl oyer's voger to thot Po| nt
bo, !or eompl e 4. A Come voger | n o Po| nt bo
v| ns i ! t hot Poi nt number oppeors, | n t h| s eompl e
4, ond l oses | f 7 oppeors. A Comevoger connot be
removed from o Po| nt bo u nt| l | t e| t her v| ns or
l oses. Al l voger sotthe Cropstobl e, ecept the Poss
| | neondCome, con beremoved byt hepl oyerot ony
Come
Pos s || oo
Po| ot
Po| ot
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CCME PCINT
|
l
|
CCME PAYCFF
l
.
t | me. When o Po| nt hos been estobl | s hed ond o 7
oppeors, t he Poss || ne bet ond ol l Come vogers | n
Po| nt boes l ose, but o voger | n t heCome 6et v| ns
becouse | t | s | t s rst rol l on t he tobl e.
PYL LK LLN bT ore pl oced net to t he
pl oyer's voger byt hedeol ervheno Come6et v| ns
on t herst rol l . When o Come6et | s | n o Po| nt bo
ond | t v| ns becouse thot Po| nt totol oppeors, t he
deol er moves t he pl oyer's voger bock to t he Come
6et ond pl oces t he poyo c h| ps net to | t. TheCome
6et ol voys poys ! t o ! . The pl oyer's voger ond t he
poyo becomethevoger on t he net rol l u nl essI he
pl oyer ol ters t he omou nt.
1H LPYK LLP1LM orou nd t he tobl e | nd| cotes
vhere h| s voger v| l l be pl oced | n the Po| nt bo so
t hot there | s no quest| on obout ovners h| p.
CU5TCMER PCl NT BCX |CCATl CN
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l
3
0CN' TPA55 BET
1Hc LM1 P PM LMT LLN bT hove the
| ovest cos | no odvontoge of o| | crop bets. Hovever,
the Poss | i neond Come ore much more popu| or bets
becouse o! trod| t | on ond l ock o! knov| edge. They
| ose ot on overogerote o! ! 2 more, foreoc h$ ! , 000
vogered, thon the Don't Poss ond Don't Come 6ets.
The 0on' t Poss 6et | s bos| co| | y t he oppos| te of t he
Poss || ne 6et . W| t h one ecept | on, vhen one v| ns,
the other | oses.
ON IH COM-OUI kO tho
| oyer | osos oo Noturo| 7 or
! ! ond w| os oo Crops 2 or 3 ,
but not oo Cro ! 2 . | o tho
0oo't Poss ond 0oo't Como
bott| og boes the | cture of
the d| co shows 8orrod ! 2. 1b| s
mooos t hot Ctop ! 2 | s o t| o
(oo| ther w| os or | osos) ood oo
mooey choogos hoods. Aftor o
8orrod toto| opoors tho | oyor
moy choogo tho omouot of h| s
bet or romove |t comp|oto| y.
IH DON'I FA55 I coooot
be tho ooct oppos|to of tbo
Poss || oe 8et becouso tbo
| oyor wou| d hove tbe odvon-
togo. Whoo Crop ! 2 , wh| ch
oppeors oo oo overogo of
ooco | o ovory 36 rol | s, | s 8orrod,
|t cboogos o Poss || oo w| o | oto
o t| e. Ib| s s| og| o d|orooco | s
ooough to g| vo tho cos| oo o| -
most the some odvootoge on
both tho Poss ||oo ood tho
0oo't Poss 8ots.
A DON'I FA55 WAGk on the
Come-out to| | tesu| ts | n o | otge
cos| oo odvontoge ovet the | oy-
et. | n evety 36 Come-outs, he
w| | | w| n on ovetoge of on| y 3
wogets wh| |e | os| ng b. Howevet,
the cos| no odvootoge | s teduced
once o o| ot | s estob| | shed be-
couse the | oyet w| ns on
wh|ch oeots mote often thon
the othet numbets. Wheo o | oy-
et hos o o| nt on the 0oo't Poss,
he hos o | otge odvontoge ovet
the cos| oo. Ihe 0on't Poss ond
0oo't Come o te t he on| y bets
wh|ch the | oyet connot moke ot
odd to once o o| nt hos been
estob| | shed becouse he hos the
odvontoge. Howevet, the cos| no
w| | | evm| t the | oyet to temove
h| s 0on't wogets ot ooy t| me be-
couse the | oyet g| ves u th| s
sttong odvontoge. Obv| ous| y,
th| s shou| d nevet be done. Th| s
tu| e | s the oos| te of the Poss
|| ne ond Come 8et tu| es wh| ch
etm| t the | oyet to moke o
woget ot ony t| me but toh| b| t
h| m ftom temov| og |t once o
Po| nt hos beeo estob| | shed. Ihese
ote the on| y testt| ct| ons on od-
d| ng ood temov| ng wogets.
Evety othet bet o | | ows the | oyet
the ot| on of odd| ng to h| s
woget ot temov| ng |t on evety
to| | of the d| ce.
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DCN' TBET-BARRED NUMBER5
l N LA5 VGA5, t he 0on't Come
8et | s |ocoted ot the bock cot-
nets of the | oyout. Ihe | oyet
shou| d stond neot th| s | ocot|on
when he mokes 0on't Come wo-
gets so he does not hove to teoch
o | ong d| stonce to | oce h|s wo-
gets ond tett|eve h| s w| nn| ngs.
CkAF 2 l 5 8Akk0on the 0on't
8ets | n |os Vegos, but | n keno-
Iohoe, Ctop 2 | s usuo| | y 8otted.
5| nce Ctops 2 ond 12 hove the
some ptobob| | |ty of occuttence
1 | n evety 3 to| | sth| s chonge
does not oect the cos| no od-
vontoge. Howevet, |t does oect
lN kNO-IAHO the 0oo't Come
oto| | e| s the Poss || ne otound
the ent| te | oyout. Ihese | oyouts
do not hove o 0on't Poss 8et,
so o |oyet who wonts to woget
oo e| thet the 0on't Poss ot 0on't
Come, o| woys wogets on the
0on't Come 8et.
the sec|c numbets on wh| ch
the | oyet w| ns ond Pushes. | n
some oteos Cto 3 | s 8otted.
Ih| s | octeoses the cos| no odvon-
toge becouse Cto 3 opeots
tw| ce os often os e|thet Ctos 2
ot 12. Aoy 0on't 8et |s te| ot| ve| y
bod w| th o 8otted Cto 3.
Hb LM LLNb bb hos the some v| n, l ose ond
6orred ru l es os t he Don't Poss, ond ecept f or t he
6orred number, | t hostheoppos| te rul esoft heCome
6et. The pl oyer moy moke o Don't Come voger on
eoch ond everyPo| nt Ro| |
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0on' t Poss
DCN' TCCME BET
0oo' t Poss
Po| nt
Po| ot
0CN' TCCME PCl NTBET
0oo' t Come
Po| ot
0oo' t Poss
Poi ot
WHN A FOI NI-4,
5
,
6
, 8. 9
ot ! 0 oppeors, the deol et moves
the woget to the bo obove thot
Po| ot oumbet. A 0oo' t Come
woget w| os | f Ctops 2 ot 3 op-
peot s , l os es | f Not ut o| 7 ot ! !
oppeots, ood I| es | f 8otted ! 2
oppeots. Ihe 0oo't Come Po| ot
boes do oot hove ooy pt| ot| og
| o them, but the p| oyet shou| d
| mog| oe 7 | o eoch ooe becouse
the pl oyet w| os wheo oppeots
ood l oses |f the Po| ot oumbet
FAOfF5 fOk DON'I COM
I5 ote pl oced oet to the
p|oyet' s woget wheo o 0oo't
Come 8et w| os oo the tst tol l .
Wheo o 0oo' t Come woget | s
| o o 0oo't Come Po| ot bo, | t
w| os wbeo 7 oppeots. Ihe deo| et
moves the p|oyet' s woget bock
to the 0oo' t Come 8et ood
p| oces the poyo ch| ps oet t o
nm P @

cooto| oed |o the bo bo| ow |t
oppeots, |o t h| s eompl e 4.
Wheo o p| oyet hos sevetol 0oo' t
Come wogets | o tho 0oo' t Como
Po| ot boes, he | oses oo| y ooe
ot o t| me os the

tespect| ve
Po| ots oppeot, but he w| os them
o| | ot ooce wheo 7 oppeots.
Howevet, wheo 7 does oppeot
the p| oyet | oses the woget | o
the 0oo' t Come 8et becouse |t | s
tteoted occotd| og to the Come-
out to| | t u| es.
|t. Wheo the l oyet hos wogets
| o mote thoo ooe 0oo' t Come
Po| ot bo, the deol et poys them
o | o the boes ood p| | es the
eot| te omouot | o tbe 0oo't Come
8et. Ihe 0oo' t Come 8et o| woys
poys 1 to 1. Al | ch| ps temo| o | o
t he 0oo't Come bo o s the wo-
get fot the oet to| l uol ess tho
p| oyet chooges the omouot.
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H LKNPM control s the d| ce, vh| ch he keeps | n
o bovl | n ront o h| m. He usuol l y h os 5 t o 8 d| ce
vh| ch heoers to o pl oyer. The pl oyer sel ectso ny 2
d| ce he des| res ond | mmed| otel y p| cksIhem u p o nd
throvs t hem post t he 5t| ckmon to t he other end o
t he t obl e. They shou l d be t hrovn oggress| vel y be-
couse they must bou nce ogo| nst the other end o Ihe
tobl e. Ater eoch rol l , the 5t| ckmon on nou nces Ihe
totol ond t hen pul l s t he d| ce v| t h o l ong st| ck to
t hecentero t hetobl e| n ronto t he 6omon. When
t he deol ers hove col l ected ond po| d ol l vogers, the
5t| ckmon shoves the po| r o d| ce to the pl oyer, vho
| mmed| otel y p| cks them up ond shoots t hem ogo| n.
A pl oyer must voger on e| ther t he Pos s | | ne or
t he Don't Pos s vhen he shoots t hed| ce. | n odd| t | on,
he moymoke onyot hervogershedes| res. Al l other
pl oyers con o l so voger on ony bet or comb| not | on
o bet s t hey vont . The shooter onl y l oses t he d| ce
vhen he throvs 7 on o Po| nt rol l . The s hooter con-
not l ose t hem on o Come- out rol l , ond he does not
l ose t hem on o Po| nt rol l u n l ess 7 oppeors. When
o pl oyer's t ur n shoot| ng | s compl ete, t he 5t| ckmon
oers ol | o the d| ce | n the bovl t ot he net pl oyer
| n o cl ockv| se d| rect | on.
When o pl oyer hos the d| ce, he shoul d ol voys
keep t hem | n v| ev o the 5t| ckmon. | t he d| ce ore
conceol ed rom v| ev, the 5t| ckmon must col l t hem
| n to be eom| ned by the 6omon. The pl oyer | s
t hen oered onother po| r o d| ce rom t he bovl . |
t hepl oyercont| nuestoremovet hed| ceromv| ev, he
| s proh| b| ted rom shoot| ng t hem. | t he pl oyer does
not vont t o shoot t he d| ce, he voves h| s hond to-
vord the l et, ond the 5t| ckmon then oers them to
the net pl oyer.
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Ibo outhor sboot| og d| co ot |os Vogos H| | ton
TH Lc ore out o pl oy ond the rol l |s nul l | ed |
one or both o the d| ce bou nce o the tobl e. The
5t| ckmon onnou nces, "No rol l | " ond oers t he re-
mo| n| ng d| ce to the pl oyer t o sel ect onot her po| r .
No money | s col l ected or po| d out , ond t he pl oyers
moy chonge the| r vogers. When both d| ce l ond on
t he tobl e t he rol l o l voys cou nts u n l ess o d| e l onds
| nt hed| ce bovl or l onds ont hestocksoch| psvh| ch
ore stored | n ront o t he 6omon or | n t he metol
rockst hot somecos| nos pl oce | n rontot hedeol ers.
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TH L bcT | s the on l y bet vh| ch does not g| ve
thecos| no on odvontoge. |n the l ong r un, Ihe cos| no
v| l l not come out oheod o t he pl oyers. Cdds | s
oered byt he cos| no os o courtesy bet t o st| mu l ote
voger| ng on t he Poss | | ne, Come, Don't Poss ond
Don' tCome 6ets. These our bets hove o l ov cos | no
odvontoge, ond t he odd| t| on o Cdds mokes t hem
even more ottroct| ve. Woger| ng t he Cdds 6ets
shou l d be the pr | nc| pol ob ect| ve o the Crop pl oyer
becouse the cos | no does not epect to prot. Cdds
con be vogered onl y on the Po| nt rol l s o t hese our
bets.
AN ODD5 WAGk moy be ut
beh| od the |oyer' s Poss || oe
woget wheo o Po| ot, for eom-
| e 5, | s estob| | shed. 8oth wo-
gers w| o wheo the Po| ot o-
eors, | o t h| s eom| e 5, ood
both wogers | os e wheo 7 o-
eors. Wheo the wogers w| o, t he
Poss || oe woget | s o| d o ! t o
1,but the Odds woger | s o| d o
by the rot| o of the robob| | |ty
of 7 to the robob| | |ty of the
Po| ot. | o t h| s eom| e, 5 | s o| d
o 3 to 2. After the wogers
w| o, the Odds woger must be
temoved becouse Odds coo on| y
be token oo Po| ot ro| | s, ood t he
oet ro| | | s o Come-out. A wo-
ger oo the Poss || oe, Come,
0oo't Poss or 0oo't Come | s
co| |ed o "F| ot" woger becouse
the oyo | s ! to ! . Ihe stock
of ch| s for the oyo | s the
some he| ght os the woger, the
woget | s o| d o "F| ot. " Ih| s
term| oo| ogy d| st| ogu| shes o F| ot
woger ood oo Odds woger oo
the some bet becouse Odds wo-
gers ore o| woys o| d o ot o
tot| o of more t hoo ! to ! .
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Lb LM P LLNb WPbK moy be mode vhen t he
Come voger hos been moved to o Po| nt bo. The
pl oyer puts h| s Cdds voger ont heCome ond | den-
t | est he Po| nt to t he deol er, for eompl e"Cdds on
5. " The deol er t hen sets t he Cdds voger on top of
t he pl oyer's Come voger. The Cdds voger | s set
s l | ght l y forvord on the Come voger becouse t he
t vo vogers rece| ve d| erent poyos. | f 7 oppeors
bot h vogers l ose. | f t he Po| nt oppeors, | n t h| s
eompl e5, bot h vogersv| n. Thedeol er movesboth
vogers bock to t he Come 6et ond poys them o.
TheComevoger | s po| d ! to ! , ond t heCddsvoger
| s po| d o by t he rot | o of t he probob| l | ty of 7 t o
the probob| l | ty of the Po| nt. l n t h| s eompl e, t he
Po| nt 5 poys3 to 2. Al l oft hech| ps ( t het vovoger s
ond t he t vo poyos) remo| n on t he Come for t he
net rol l u n l ess the pl oyer removes ol l or port of
t hem. The pl oyer shou | d votch h| s Cdds voger s
cl osel y ond moke s ure t he deol er pl oces t hem
properl y on t he Comevoger s. l f t he pl oyer o l voys
vogerst hecorrectomou nt of Cdds oftereoch po| nt
| s rol l ed, t he deol er v| l l epect the voger ond no
further conversot| on betveen t he t vo | s necessory.
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FkOAI LI I . DI C IOIAL5

Cr.ps

0| ce
_ -....
_
Ioto| s
2 3 4 5 7 8 ! 0 2
' | | | | |
Po| nts
3 Comb- I I I f f I I I f I l
| not|ons
2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2
(3 Comb| not| ens 7 d| ce s| des t| des)
IH FkOAI LII kAII O of the
oeotonce of 7 to thot of the
oeotonce of eoch of the
loD!&~4, 5
, , 8, ot ! 0,
|s the best bos| s fot Odds 8ets.
o|t of d| ce toduces 3
d|etent comb| not|oos s| des
^ s| des 3 comb| not| ons),
but on| y ! d| ce toto | s, Z
thtough ! 2. | n eoch set| es of
3 to| es these toto| s Uo no!
hove the some tobob| | |ty of
oeot| ng. Fot eomp|e, 7 op-
peots t| mes wh| | e
Z
ond 1 Z
eoch on| y oeot ooce. Odds
8ets ote cteoted when 2 of
!he&e proUoU| !| e& ore comU neU
D!o o ro!o. A Z s proUuceU
Uy comUno!on& ol !he Uce,
Uu! !he lon!& ore pOduceU
Uy on y 3, 4 ot O comUno!on&.
ODD5 kAII O5
Iof. .,.- ...
7 to 3 4 ot ! 0
7 to 4 5 ot
7 to 5 7 ot 8
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Ihetefote, when o | oyet hos
o Poss || ne ot o Come woget
ond o Po| nt | s estob| | shed, he
| oses mote often thoo he w| ns
becouse 7 oeots mote often
thon eoch of the Po| nts.
When the Po| nt does oppeor,
the F| ot woget |s o| d ! to 1 ,
but the Odds woget | s o| d
to 3 fot Po| nts 4 ond ! 0,
to 4 fot Po| nts 5 ond ,
ond to 5 1or Po| nts
ond 8.
IH ODD5 FAOFF5 equo| the
tobob| | |ty of the Po| nt | os| ng
to o
7
. Fot eom| e, 7 | s to-
duced by comb| not| oos, but
Po| nt 4 | s toduced by on| y 3
comb| not| ons |n eoch set| es of
3 to| | s. W| th Po| nt 4, the
Odds 8et w| | | | ose on ovetoge
of t| mes fot evety 3 t| mes | t
w| os. 8ut, when 4 oeots, the
Odds 8et | s o| d o to 3.
Ih| s oyo comensotes t he
| oyet fot the gteotet numbet
of | osses w| th Po| nt 4. Ihe
cos| no ond | oyets bteok even
| n the | ong tun, thete | s no
cos| no odvontoge.
5I NG ODD5 mooos thot tho
| oyor coo oot wogor moro oo
Odds thoo t ho omouot of h| s
F| ot wogor. Odds 8ots, wh| ch
hovo oo cos| oo odvootogo, oro
oorod to st| mu| oto wogor| og
oo t ho Pos s || oo, Como, 0oo't
Poss ood 0oo't Como. Cos| oos
do oot moke ooy rot oo
Odds 8ots so thoy rostr|ct t he
s| ze of Odds wogors to o ro-
ort| oo of the omouot of tho
F| ot woger.
5l NGL ODD5
Odds Woger F| ot Woger
Ao equo| omouot
LN L ML perm| t vogers vh| ch ore l orger
thon 5| ngl eCdds. The pl oyer shoul d ol voys | nqu| re
vhot t he rot| o of t he Cddsvogerto t he Fl ot voger
| s, so t hot he con t oke t he mo| mu m omount of
Cdds t hot ore perm| tted.
fULL ODD5 oered by most co-
s| oos |et the | oyer woger o
greoter omouot t hoo 5| og| e
Odds oo Po| ots 5,
6, 8 ood
|o those s| tuot| oos wheo the
correct oyo coooot be co| cu-
| oted for 5| og| e Odds. Ihe
Po| ots 4 ood ! 0 eoch oy Z to
1. Aoy woger mode | o mu| t| -
| es of the tob| o m| o| mum moy
be correct| y o| d o so 5| og| e
Odds remo| os | o eect. Ihe
Po| ots 5 ood eoch oy 3 to Z.
Wogers mode w| th oo eveo
omouot of ch| s coo be cor-
rect| y o|d o, 3 ch|s for every
Z ch| s. However, wheo oo odd
omouot of ch| s | s wogered, the
correct oyo of 3 to Z | oc| udes
ooe- ho| f of the tob| e m| o| mum.
Fot eom| e, for o $! . 00 woger
o 3 to Z oyo | s $! .50, ood for
o $3. 00 woger o 3 to Z oy-
o | s $4. 50, etc. Cos| oos us uo| | y
do oot moke oyos wh| ch or e
oot | o mu| t| | es of the t ob| e
m| o| mum. | o t h| s eom| o, ot
o $! .00 m| o| mum tob| e, the e-
tro $. 50 | o eoch 3 to Z oy-
o wou| d hove to be cooco| od.
fULL ODD5
IotoIs
4 or 1
5 or
or 8
Foot
2 to !
3 to 2
to 5
Amovat of Oddr Woger
bquo t 0mouhf o1 of woger
Met eVen omounf ot chpt
Meoratf mufpe ot chps
4
A FAI WAGk | ho| |s oo odd
omouot of c h| ps oo o Po| o| of
5 or , moy bo romod| od
by odd| og ooo ch| p to tho
Odds wogor to moko |t oo ovoo
omouot of ch| ps. | f tho p| oyot
hos o F| ot wogor of 3 $5. 00
ch| ps, for o toto| of $ ! 5.00,
ho coo odd tho tob| o m| o| mum,
o $ ! . 00 ch| p, to crooto oo ovoo
wogor of $ ! 6. 00, or ho coo
odd ooothor ch| p of tho do-
oom| oot| oo ho | s wogot| og,
$5. 00 for o toto| of $20. 00.
ch|p of tho dooom| oot| oo ho
|s wogor| og w| | | odd moro
moooy to tho | oyout w| th oo
cos| oo odvontoge.
Iho Po| ots 6 ood 8 poy
6 to 5. Iho corroct Odds
poyo coo bo modo oo| y | f
tho p| oyot wogors mu| t| p| os
of 5 ch| ps, | . o. , 5, ! 0, ! 5, otc.
Whoo tho p| oyor hos o F| ot
wogor of ! or 2 ch| ps ovor o
mu| t| p| o of 5, ho wogors tho
p rov| ous mu| t| p| o of 5. For o-
omp| o, | f ho hos o F| ot wogot
of 2 ch|ys, ho moy oot moko oo
Odds wogor. | f ho hos o F| ot
wogot of 7 ch| ps (5 2) ho | s
2 ch| ps ovor tho prov|ous mu| -
t | p| o of 5 ch| ps, wh| ch | s o| | ho
coo wogor oo t ho Odds 8ot
thot w| l | bo po|d 6 to 5.
Whoo tho p| oyor hos O F| ot
wogor of 3 or 4 ch| ps ovor O
mu|t| p| o of 5, ho coo wogor the
oot mu| t| p| o of 5. For eom-
p| o, | f ho hos o F| ot wogor of
3 ch| ps, ho moy moko oo Odds
wogor of 5 ch| ps. | f ho hos o
F| ot wogor of 8 ch| ps (5 3)
ho | s 3 ch| ps ovor tho ptov| ous
mu| t| p| o of 5 ch| ps, so ho moy
wogor tho oot mu|t| p| o of 5,
w| th ! 0 ch| ps oo tho Odds 8ot.
5omo cos| oos moy oor o fow
moro vot| ot| oos oo 5| og| o Odds.
Iho p| oyor w| | | hovo to | oqu| ro
ot ooch cos| oo obout thoso op-
portuo| t| os to obto| o Odds 8ots
wh| ch oto ovoo | otgor | o com-
por| soo to tho F| ot 8ots.
Iho Odds wogors shou| d o| -
woys bo modo | o mu|t| p| os for
corroct poyos or tho cos| oo
w| | | poy ! to ! oo tho short
mu| t| p| os. Iho 3 to 2 poyo
bocomos on| y 2 to 2 ood tho 6
to 5 poyo bocomos oo| y 5
to 5 for port| o| mu| t| p| os. Whoo
tho p| oyor hos o short mu|t| -
p| o, ho moy bo tomptod to odd
ch| ps to h| s F| ot wogor so ho
coo | ocrooso h| s Odds wogor to
tho oot poyo mu| t| p| o. Ih| s
shou| d oovor bo dooo, os o
F| ot wogot hos o | orgo d| sod-
vootogo ooco o Po| ot hos booo
estob| | shed, tho | ocroosod Odds
wogor, wh| ch hos oo odvoo-
togo, coooot compoosoto for
th| s grootor d| sodvootogo.
THc NP NUN KLLKTLM of odds | s obto| ned
vhen the pl oyer mokes o Fl ot voger of 3 c h| ps .
The omount of t he Cdds voger | s determ| ned by
the omount of the Fl ot voger. Therefore, the pl oyer
s houl d onl y moke h| s Fl ot vogers i n omou nts vh| ch
per m| t h| m t o mo| m| ze t he omount he vogers on
h| s Cdds 6ets.
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When t he pl oyer mokes o Fl ot voger of 3 c h| ps,
t he Cdds voger shou l d ol so be 3 ch| ps for Po| nts 4
ond 0, 4 ch| ps or Po| nts 5 ond , ond 5 ch| ps or
Po| nts ond 8 . The poyo | s o l voys c h| ps for the
Cdds voger ond 3 c h| ps for t he Fl ot voger. l f the
pl oyervogersthetobl e m| n| mum, c h| p, he s houl d
toke Cdds o c h| p on t he Po| nts 4 ond ! 0, ond
Cdds o 2 ch| ps on 5 ond . He con not t oke Cdds
on ond 8 becouse Cdds requ| res o Fl ot voger of
ot l eost ch| ps.
LUbLb Lb meons thot t he pl oyer con voger
tv| ce os much on Cdds os hevogers Fl ot. Unort u-
notel y, Doubl e Cdds | s rorel y oered by cos| nos.
The pl oyer obto| ns the mo| mum proport| on of
Cdds, u nder t h| s r u l e, vhen he mokes o Fl ot voger
of 5 c h| ps ond mokes on Cdds voger of ! 0 c h| ps
on eoch Po| nt. 5ome
cos| nost hotoer Dou bl e
Cdds v| l l poy 5 t o 2 on
t he Po| nts ond 8 . | n
these cos| nos t he p| oyer
shoul d moke Fl ot vogers
| n omounts of 2 or 4
c h| ps ond moke Cdds
vogers o 5 or ! 0 ch| ps
respect| vel yont hePo| nts
of ond 8 .
!
THc L, LPLc, PM bUY WPcK ol l l ose vhen
7 oppeors, but, onCome- outrol l s, t he Poss || nev| ns
vhen 7 oppeors. Nost pl oyers ore or| ented t o the
Poss || ne so t hey remove the| r Cdds, Pl oce ond 6uy
vogers on Come-outs.
The removol of vogers (Cdds, Pl oce ond 6uy)
does not | nuencet he pl oyer's epectot | ons becouse
the l | kel | hood of 7 remo| ns constont on every rol l .
| t voul d voste t | me t o remove ol l of t hese vogers
on Come- out rol l s ond repl oce t hem ogoi n on Po| nt
rol l s. The Cdds, Pl oce ond 6uy vogers ore l eft on
t he l oyout on Come- out rol l s, but they ore "o"
vh| ch meons t hot t hey do not v| n ond do not l ose.
l f o Po| nt oppeors, o Come voger v| ns ond | s po| d
o, but the Cdds voger on top of | t | s ret urned to
t he pl oyer v| t h no poyo. |f oppeors, the Come
voger l oses ond | s col l ected, but the Cdds voger | s
st| l l returned t o t he pl oyer.
| fthe pl oyer vonts these vogers to v| n o nd l ose
on every rol l of the d| ce, he tel l s the deol er thot h| s
vogers "vork" on Come- out rol l s. The deol er v| l l
e| t her pl oce t he Po| nt morker or o smol l "Cn" but-
ton on t he pl oyer's voger.
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O005 ON IHE 0ON'I FPbb moy
be | o| d oo Po| ot ro| | s. Ibo pr| o-
c| p| e of Odds | s tbe some os fot
tbe Poss ||oe but tbo totm| oo| ogy
| s d| ereot. Oo tbo Poss || oo ood
Come, tbe p| oyer moy toke
O005 ON P 0ON'I COME wo-
ger coo be | o|d ofter |t hos
beeo movod to o 0oo't Come
Po| ot bo. Ibe p| oyer puts b| s
Odds woger oo tbe 0oo't Come
8et ood | doot| os tbe Po| ot, for
eomp| e, "|oy the 5 . " Ihe
deo| er | oys the Odds oet to
the F| ot woger. | f tbe Po| ot
Odds, ood oo tbe 0oo't Poss
ood 0oo't Come, tbo p| oyot moy
'| oy" Odds. Ibo p| oyor | oys b| s
Odds wogor oot to b| s F| ot
woger by t| | t| og o| | of tbo cb| ps
o tbe edge of tbe bottom ch| p.
oppeors, bot h wogers | ose. | f
7 oppeors, both wogors w| o.
Ibe doo| er moves bot b wogers,
o| oog w| th tbe poyos, to the
0oo't Como 8et. Uo | | ke Odds
wogers | o Como Po| ot boos,
Odds wogers | o 0oo't Come
Po| ot boes o| woys wotk eveo
oo Come- out ro| | s .
CDD5 BET CNDCN' TCCME
Woget oyoll
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fULL -... . .-- ...
....
4 ot ! 0
5 o t
ot 8
.,.-
! to 2
2 to 3
5 to
fULL -... FOR 0ON'I PA55
... hove tbo some, but to-
vetsod, oyo tot| os of tbo Odds
8ets on the 0o Poss || oo. Fot
eom| o, o Poss || oe Odds wo-
got on Po| nt 4 | s o| d o 2
to ! , wb| | e o 0on't Poss Odds
wogot on Po| ot 4 | s o| d
o ! to Z. Wben ono w| ns,
the othot | oses.
Wben tbe | oyot | oys tbo
Odds on t bo 0on't Poss, tbo
Odds oyo | s o| woys | oss t boo
tbe omouot of h| s Odds wogot
becouse he w| os mote ofteo
tboo ho | osos, 7 ooots moto
ofton tbon ooy Po| nt. Ibo
| oyet hos o gteotet tobob| | |ty
ol w| no| ng so be | s o| d to-
ott| onoto| y | oss. Iho cos| no
ond | oyets btook evoo | n tbe
| ong tun, thete | s oo cos| oo
odvontoge.
MAXlMlZlNG FULL O005 fot
0oo't bots | s o| woys dos| tob|o.
Wben tbo 0on't Poss ond tbo
Poss || oo bove tbe somo s| zo
F| ot wogot, tbe omount of tbe
0on't Poss Fu| | Odds wogot | s
tbo oyo fot o Poss || no Fu| |
Odds wogot . Ibe 0on't Poss Fu| |
Odds oyo tot| os ote tbe te-
vetse of tbe 0o Fu| | Odds oyo
tot| os on Poge 5 ! . Ibo | oyot
co| cu| otes the omount of tbe Fu| |
Odds woget ond | t s oyo fot
o Poss ||ne wogot of the some
s|ze ond tbon bo wogets tbot
oyo on 0on't Poss Odds. | f
the | oyet wogets tbe tob| e m| n-
| mum, ! cb| , be sbou| d | oy
Odds of 2 cb| s on Po| nts 4 ond
! 0 ond | oy Odds of 3 cb| s on
5 ond . Ibo | oyet conoot | oy
Odds on 6 ond 8 bocouse o F| ot
woget of ot | oost 3 un|ts | s te-
qu| tod. Ibe | oyet obto| os tbo
mo| mum toott| ons of Odds
when he mokos o F| ot Woget ol
3 ch| ps. Ihe | oyet | oys Odds
ol cb| s on o| | Po| nts, ond bo
w| ns 3 cb| s fot Po| nts 4 ood
! 0, w| ns 4 cb| s fot 5 ond ,
ond w| ns 5 ch| s fot 6 ond 8,
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F| ot Woget Ch| p F| ot Woget 7 3 Ch| s
-... -...
.,. .. . .,.- .,.
... .,.-
2 Ch| ps 4 ot ! 0 to Z Ch|ps 4 ot ! 0
3 to
3 Ch| ps 5 or 2 . 3 Ch| ps 5 ot
4 to
0 Cb|pt ot 8 0 Ch| ps ot 8
5 to
4
LAkNI NG IH "DO" AND "DON'I" I5 WI IH fULL ODD5
! ) A beg| noet shou| d moke
on| y one bet ot o t| me so he
w| | | oot be confused by the
seed of the gome. He sbou| d
stott by mok| ng o Poss || oe
woget, ond onco he | s com-
fottob| e w| th |t, he shou| d odd
Odds on the Po| nt to| | s.
2) Net, he mokes wogets on
the Come 8et ond | ootns to
toke Odds on |t. F| no| | y, the
customet, who wonts to got the
most oct| on, w| | | moke wogets
oo the Poss || ne ot Come 8et
on evety to| | w| th Fu| | Odds.
(3) Ihe 0on't 8ets ote o| so
| eotned systemot|co| | y. Ihe be-
g| nnet shou| d moke on| y o
0on't Poss woget ond then | oy
the Odds. Ne

t, he wou| d moke
o 0on't Come woget ond | oy
the Odds. Ptoct| ce w| | | deve| o
h|s ob| | |ty to woget on evety
to| | ol h| s cho| ce.
4) Ihe customet shou| d moko
on| y those Ctos 8ets wh| ch
hove o| teody been d| scussed
the 0O 8ets Poss ||ne ond
Come), wh| ch ote the most
ou| ot on the | oyout, ot the
0ON'I 8ets 0on't Poss ood
0oo't Come), wh| ch hove the
| owest cos| no odvontoge. | n
odd| t| oo, tbe customet shou| d
o| woys toke ot | oy Fu| | Odds
on Po| nt to| | s.
5) Ihe customot shou| d hove o
thotough undetstond| ng of whot
he | s do| ng befote he wogets.
He shou| d koow the o mount
ond | ocot| oo of eoch ol h | s
wogets. He shou| d o| so koow
whete the doo| et w| | | move
them on the | oyout, os we| | o s
the omouot o n d | ocot| on o f the
oyo.
6) Ihe customet | s tosons| b| e
lot h| s own money. | l he hos
mot e woget s on the tob| e thon
he con fo| |ow, he moy not
not| ce o m| stoke mode by the
deo| et, ot by onothet customet
who m| stoken| y | cks u h| s
woget.
7) Ihe customet shou| d moke
h| mse| f c| eot| y uodetstood, ond
shou| d os k quest| oos obout
onyth| ng he does not uodet-
stond. Ihe deo| et w| | | qu|ck| y
|eotn the customot' s ottetn ond
eect h| s net woget, so the
customet shou| d moke h| s | n-
tent| ons knowo when he o |ters
h| s ootmo| otteto of | oy.
8) Iho customet must com| o| n
| mmed| ote| y | f he | s unhoy
obout ony s| tuot| on becouse the
net to| | ol the d| ce w| | |
e| | m| oote the gtounds ol the
c| o| m. |eg| t| mote c|o| ms ote o| -
most o| woys sett| ed to t he
sot| sfoct| on ol the customet.
MLb: The Fo| l ov| ng poges (5-77) come u nder t he
heod| ng, LKPb M LbKP LM ond | | | ustrote t he
gomeos | t | s octuo| | y p| oyed | no ser | esoft hrovso!
the d| ce.

LKP M LcKPLM
Ctops io opeto|i oo i s i | | us|to|ed io de| oi | wi|h o succes-
si oo of |ob| e | oyou|s fouod oo poges 58 | htough 77. The
| ef| sec|i oo of eoch | oyou| coo|oi os '0C" wogets wi | h
'FU|| C00S, ' ood | he t i gh| sec| i oo coo|oi os '0CN' T"
wogets wi |h 'FU|| C00S. " The s i mi | oti |i es ood di ffet-
eoces of |he 0C ood 0CN' T wogets coo be obsetved
ood s|udi ed i o de|oi | by compoti og bo|h sec|i oos .
The |wo ceo|et wogets hove |htee chi ps eoch, ood
bo|h s i de wogets hove oo| y ooe chi p eoch . By fo| | owi og
ooe of |hese wogets | htough | he seti es of | oyou|s, |he
ptopet to|i o fot FU||C00S coo be | eotoed vety qui cs| y.
A co| ot ood gtophi c tepteseo|o|i oo hove beeo used |o
i deo|ify ood |o di ffeteo|i o|e | he wogets ftom | he poyoffs :

P
Ye| | ow chi ps repteseo| oew cus|omet wogets
mode fot | he cutteo| to| | of | he di ce, whi | e otooge
chi ps tepteseo| exi s|i og cus|omet wogets mode
oo ptevi ous to| | s .

P ked chi ps tepteseo| poyoffs mode by | he
deo| et s.
P
Ao 'X' ovet o cus|omer' s woget si goi fi es | ho|
i | | os| ood | he deo| et co| | ec|ed i | .
P Ao ottow i odi co|es | ho| o deo| et hos moved o
cus|omet' s woget ftom ooe posi |i oo |o ooo| het.
P The di ce oumbet hi gh| i gh|ed i o | he ceo|et of
eoch | oyou| i s | he o umbet | ho| offec|s o| | | he
wogets s howo oo |ho| | oyou|.
P
A s i og| e ci tc| e tep|eseo|s o pi | e of chi ps ood
| he o u mbet besi de i | equo| s | he oumbet of chi ps
i o | he pi | e.
P
A ci t c| e ovet| oppi og ooo|he| ci t c| e i s | he sym-
bo| used wheo ooe pi | e of chi ps i s p| oced oo | op
of ooo| het pi | e. The ftoc|i oo besi de ooe of | hese
symbo| s oo | he | ef|- hood poge i deo|i fi es bo| h | he
oumbet of chi ps i o | he Cdds Be| ood | he oumbet
of chi ps i o | he Come Be|. Fot exomp| e, | he ftoc-
|i oo meoos | ho| b chi ps fot | he Cdd s Be| hove
beeo p| oced oo |op of, bu| s| i gh|| y offse|, | he J
chi ps fot | he Come Be| . See | he di ogt om oo |op
of poge bU.
P
Wheo | h e symbo| of o ci tc| e ovet | oppi og oo -
o| het ci t c| e i s used oo | h e | i gh| h oo d poge, i | tep-
teseo|s oo Cdds Be| fot ei | het o 0oo' | Poss ot o
0oo'| Come Be|. Io | hi s cose, | he ftoc|i oo oex| |o
| he symbo| tepteseo|s | he Cdds Be| oo| y. Fot i o-
s|ooce, | he ftoc|i oo meoos | ho| b chi ps ot e | eoo-
i og ogoi os| o s i og| e chi p, gi vi og o |o|o| of fot
| he Cdd s Be|. | See | he di ogt om o| | he t i gh| oo
| op of poge b. l The ftoc|i oos ood gi ve Cdds
Be| |o|o| s of J ood 2 .
Fot o oewcomet | o | he gome of Ct ops, i | wou| d b e
we| | |o s| udy cotefu| | y | he oex| 2 | oyou|s os |hey s how
| he effec|s tesu| | i og ftom | he |htow of |he di ce oo eoch
successi ve to| | . Si oce | he Cdds Be|s ote |he oo| y ooes oo
whi ch | h e p| oyet h os oo di sodvoo| oge, | hey ote | h e mos|
o||toc|i ve be|s | o be wogeted. The geoeto| exp| ooo| i oos
fot Cdds Be| s ot e fouod oo poges 4- bb.
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LKPb bb bKLbMPbb ore shovn | n the obove
chort l | st| ng the cos| no odvontoge for every Crops
voger. The pl oyer | s cout| oned ogo| nst tok| ng t he
Crops vogers descr| bed | n the rest of t h| s chopter
becou se these vogers hove o h| gher cos| no odvon-
t oge thon t he Poss, Come, Don't Poss ond Don't
Comevogers.
M V UPL L M bbb, 6uy, Pl oce ond |oy, ore
t het hree vh| ch l et t he pl oyervoger on the | nd| v| d-
uol Po| nt totol s of h| s cho| ce. The 6uy ond Pl oce
6ets v| n vhen t he Po| nt oppeors ond l ose on 7.
The |oy 6et, t he eoct oppos| te, v| ns on 7 ond
l oses vhen the Po| nt oppeors. When the pl oyer
vonts to moke o 6uy, |oyor Pl oce voger he sets h| s
ch| ps on t he l oyout, usuol l y | n t he Come bo, ond
onnounces t hebet t ot he deol ervho sets t hevoger
| nt hecorrect boor boes.
78
I NDI VI DUAL FOI NI I5
Hb PYL LH b ore pl oced d| rectl y |n ront o
t he pl oyer vhen 6uy, P l oce ond |oy vogers v| n.
These c h| ps s houl d be removed rom t he l oyout | m-
med| otel y. These vogersore mode| n spec| c mul t | -
pl es. When o voger v| ns ond t he pl oyer vonts to
doubl e t he omount of h| s voger, he stotes "press"
vh| ch | nst ructs the deol er to doubl e the omount o
o v| nn| ng 6uy or Pl oce vogerbeore g| v| ng t he re-
mo| nder o t he poyo to t he pl oyer. Thes ebets moy
be vogered or removed on ony rol l . The phrose
"toke dovn" | nstructs t he deol er to remove t hese
vogers vh| ch t he deol er v| l l set d| rectl y | n ront o
t he pl oyer.
The 6uy ond Pl oce vogers, vh| ch o re "Do" vog-
er s becouse t hey v| n on t he Po| nt o nd l ose on 7,
ore outomot| col l y "o" on Come- out rol l s u n l ess t he
deol er | s | nformed t hot t hey ore "vork| ng. " When
t hey vork, t he deol er sets e| t her t he Po| nt morker
or on "Cn" button on t he pl oyer's voger. The |oy
vogers, vh| c h ore "Don't" vogers, o l voys vork
vhen t hey ore on t he l oyout. When o pl oyer col l s
o | oyvoger "dovn, " even or one rol l , t he voger
must be removed from t he tobl e. A descr| pt | on o
eoch of these three 6ets ol l ovs, but vogers s houl d
not be mode becouse t he pl oyer must voger more
money t hont hetobl em| n| mum (t hebestvoyto bet
t hem requ| res 5 to 4 t | mes the tobl e m| n| mum
voger) ogo| nst o rel ot| vel y h| gh cos | noodvontoge.
Z7
THc bUY bb hove the s ome poyo rot| os os
the Cdds 6ets. The Cdds 6ets hove no cos| no
odvontoge, but o "Comm| ss| on" chorge o 5% o
the pl oyer's totol voger creotes t he cos| no odvon-
toge !or t he 6uy 6ets. The smol l est Comm| ss| on
chorge | s t he tobl e m| n| mum.
The cos | no comm| ss| on equol s 5% becouse the
vogers ore mode | n mu| t | pl es of 20 t| mes t he tobl e
m| n| mum. For eompl e, ot o $ m| n | mu m tobl e,
the voger vou l d be $20. The $ ! Comm| ss| on
| s % o! $20. 6uy vogers ore mode | n mu l t| pl es
o! 2 t | mes the tobl e m| n| mum, 20 un| ts or the
voger ond u n | t or the Comm| ss| on . Thereore,
|he cosi oo odvoo| oge i s 4. 72 % oo d oo| 5 % becouse
| he p| oyet | oses oo ovetoge of ! uoi | fot evety 2 !
uoi |s h e wogets.
Cos| nos v| l l perm| t vogers o l ess thon 20 u n| ts,
but t h| s | ncreoses the cos | no odvontoge, becouse
t he ! ul | Comm| ss| on must be po| d !or eoch mul t | p| e
o!20 u n | ts or port| ol mu | t| pl e o! l es s t hon 20 un| ts.
As oo exomp| e, o $ ! Commi ssi oo oo o $ ! 0 Buy
woget i octeoses | he cosi oo odvoo| oge ftom 4. 72 %
BUY
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A 5MALL "UT" UIION | s ut
on tbo woget to | nd|coto | t | s to
bo o| d occotd| ng to tbo Odds
tot| os ond not ! to ! os o Como
wogot wou| d bo. Wbon tbo Po| nt
ooots ond tbo | oyot w| ns,
be must o| tbot toko b| s ot|g| no|
wogot down w| tb b| s w| no| ngs
ot oy tbo 5% Comm| ss| on ogo| n
fot tbo not to| | . | f tbo | oyot
doc| dos to tomovo b| s 8uy wo-
got bofoto | t w| ns ot | osos, t bo
doo| ot o| so tot ut ns tbo Comm| s-
s| on. 8uy wogot s oto outomot-
|co| | y o on Como- out to| | s.
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4 ot 1 4 0 to 20 Z to !
5 ot 30 to 20 3 to 2
6 ot 8 24 to 20 6 to 5
to . 0%. | n controst, some cos| nos v| l l ol l ov 6uy
vogers of $25 for o Comm| ss| on of on l y $ ! . Th| s
reduces t he cos| no odvontoge t o 3. 85%.
A pl oyer moy 6uy ony s | ngl e Po| nt or ony com-
b| not | on o! Po| nts on o ny rol l . The p| oyer mokes o
6uy voger by sett| ng h| s voger on t he l oyout ond
col l | ng out t he Po| nt he vonts. The deol er removes
the Comm| ss| on for the cos| no os he puts t hevoger
| n t he correct Po| nt bo. The voger | s set | n t he
Po| nt bo | n t he some voy os o Come voger .
PY b1b ot e | he opposi |e of Buy Be|s becouse
| hey wi o oo 7 ood | ose wheo | he Poi o| oppeot s.
|oy wogets ote mode i o mu| | i p| es of | he poy-
offs fot | he Buy wogets24, 30 ood 40 uoi | s.
|oy wogets wi o i o mu| | i p| es of 20 | i mes | he |ob| e
mi oi mum. The 5 % Commi ssi oo fot |oy woget s i s poi d
oo | he o mouo| of |he poyoff, wheteos, | he 5 % Com-
mi ssi oo fot Buy woget s i s poi d oo | he omouo| of | he
woger. Thus, | he Commi ssi oo fot bo| h wogets i s o| woys
poi d oo mu| |i p| es of 20 uoi |s.
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omount of t he poyo. For eompl e, | f t he pl oyer
|oys t he Po| nt 4 for $40 to v| n $20, he onl y
poys o $ ! , not o $2 Comm| ss| on. Cne dol l or | s
onl y2. % of t he$40 voger. Thecos | no odvontoge
! or |oy wogets i s | ess | hoo | he 4. 72 % f or Buy
wogets. The cosi oo odvoo|oge fot 4 oo d 10 i s
2. 44 % , fot 5 ood , 3. 23 % ood fot ood U i s 4. 00 % .
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The pl oyer mokes o |oy
voger by sett | ng h| s bet
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out t hePo| nt or Po| nts he
vonts. The deol er re-
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5 ot Z0 to 30 Z to 3
6 ot 8 Z0 to Z4 5 to
"6uy" button on top of the voger to | nd| cote |t | s
t o be po| d occord| ng to t heCdds rot| os ond not
to os o Don' t Come voger vou l d be.
When Z oppeors ond the pl oyer v| ns, he must
e| ther toke h| s or| g| nol voger dovn v| t h h| s v| n-
n| ngs orpoyt he5% Comm| ss| on ogo| nf or I henet
rol l . l f the pl oyer dec| des to remove h| s |oy voger
before | t v| ns or l oses, the deol er o | so ret ur ns t he
Comm| ss| on. |oy vogers vor k on every rol l .
83
P LPLc WPcK con be mode on o ny Po| nt or ony
combi not i onof Poi nts on onyro| l . The p| oyer mokes
o P| oce voger by sett| ng h| s bet on the l oyout ond
co| | | ng out t he Po| nt s he vonts. The deol er puts t he
voger on t he | | ne obove or t he | | ne be| ovt heCome
Po| nt bo | n |os Vegos ond | n the Pl oce Po| nt bo
|n Reno-Tohoe. l n both coses, t he voger |s s| t uoted
occord| ng to the p| oyer' s l ocot| on ot the tobl e. P | oce
vogers con be removed on ony rol l , o nd t hey ore
out omot | co| | y o on Come- out rol l s.
Pl oce 6ets, depend| ng on t he Po| nt, requ| re
vogers | n mu l t | pl es of 5 or t | mes t he tobl e m| n| -
mu m. They con be vogered for l ess, j ust l | ke 6uy
6ets, but t h| s | ncreoses t he cos| no odvontoge.
PL L MT, ond U hove t he l eost cos| no od-
vontoge o! t he P| oce 6ets ond ore t he best vogers
to moke netto t he Doond Don't vogers-Poss ond
Come vogers. Po| nts 4 ond 0 hove t he h| ghest
cos | no odvont oge o! t he Pl oce 6ets ond the
. 7% cos| no odvontoge | s greoter thon t he 4. 7%
!or 8uy 8ets of t he some Po| nts. l n terms of co-
FPTLb oto bosed oo tbo Odds
tot|os p| us o ! to 1 wogot. Ihe
! fO ! wogot of ! uo| t ctootes
tbo cos| oo odvootoge becouse
P| oco 8ets do oot w| o os of-
teo os tboy |oso. Fot oomp| e,
w| tb Po| ot 6 tbe Odds tot| o | s
6 to 5, so 1 uo|t | s odded t o
oocb s| do of tbo tot| o t o cteote
o poyo of 7 to 6 uo|ts.
FUCE EI FAYOFF5
Fonf
4 Of 1
or 7
or b
Foyo
7 to
7 to
7 fo
Odds
kofo
8 to 4
to 4
to
s | no odvo ntoge, t he Po| nts 5, , U on d 7 shou l d be
Pl oced rother thon 6ou ght, but 4 ond 0 s houl d be
6ought | ft hepl oyercon oord t he 2 u n| t m| n | mu m
| nsteod of t h e 5 u n | t m| n| mum requ| red t o Pl oce
t hem. There ore severol popul or voys of sel ect| n g
t he Po| nts t obe Pl oced, but none of t hem ol ter t he
cos| noodvontoge. The2 "| ns| de" Po| nts, o nd 8 ore
t he best P l oce 6ets. The 4 "| ns | de" Po| nts, 5, , 8
ond ore ol so vogered toget her. "5 ocross" meons
ol l t hePo| nts eceptt heonev| th t he Po| nt morker,
ond | s vogered | n mu l t | pl es of 2 or 27 u n| ts, de-
pend| ngon t he Poss || ne Po| nt. " ocross" meons o l l
Po| nts ore Pl oced, ond | s vogered | n mul t | pl es of
Q
2 u n| ts. 5omet| mes onl y t he s| ngl e
.
Po| nt oppos| te
t he Poss || ne Po| nt | s bet. The oppos| te Po| nts ore
4
ond
! 0
! 4,

ond

! 4 ond ond 8 ! 4
becouse t hey ore comb| not | onsontheoppos| tes| des
oft hed| ce. Thetotol on topoft hed| ce ond t hetotol
on t he bottom of t he d| ce ol voys odd u pto ! 4.
FLAC V$. U I5
4 5
8
! 0
Foce .7% 4. 00% ! . 52% ! .52% 4. 00% . 7%
uy 4.7%
4. 7% 4.7% 4.7% 4.7% 4. 7%
b
PM b 8 vogers ore set | n pos| t| on by t he
pl oyer. Eoch v| ns | ft he Po| nt oppeors, | n t h| seom-
pl e , ond l oses on
7
. The deol er poys ! t o ! net
to t he pl oyer's v| nn| ng voger. 6oth t hevoger ond
t he poyo remo| n fort henet rol l u nl esst hepl oyer
chonges t he omount or removes them o l together.
6| g ond 6| g
8
hove t he h| ghest cos | no odvontoge,
. 0 ! %, of ol l vogers | n the outs| de sect | ons of t he
l oyout. Cn the overoge, 6| g ond 6| g 8 l ose
Bl G AN0Bl G U BET5
8
t | mes oster t hon Pl oc| ng ond 8, ! . 52%, ond tv| ce
os ost os 6uy| ng ond 8, 4. 7%. For eompl e, the
pl oyer onl y v| ns ! to vh| ch | s ol so to , on the
6| g , but he v| ns 7 to by Pl oc| ng .
TH bb | s ol so set | n pos| t| on by t he pl oyer.
Th| s bet v| ns or l oses on every rol l . The pl oyerv| ns
| onyo t he7 totol spr| nted | nt heF | el doppeor, ond
t he pl oyer l oses | ony o t heother

totol s, 5, , 7
or 8 oppeor.
| n the el d bet, t he cos| no's 4 totol s oppeor more
oten thon t he pl oyer's 7 totol s so the 5tr| p poys
to ! |f 3,

, , ! 0 or ! ! oppeor ond 2 to ! |f 2 or ! 2
oppeor. The numbers thot poy more t hon ! to ! ore
c| rc| ed. The Dovntovn |os Vegos ond Reno-Tohoe
cos | nos | nc reose t he poyo on e| ther 2 or ! 2 to J to
! to reduce the 5tr| podvontogeo 5. 5% to 2. 78%.
Al t hough t h| s |s st| l l o rel ot| vel y h| gh percentoge, | t
mokes th| s bet more des| robl e thon the rest o the
bets on t he l oyout v| t h the ecept| on o t he Poss
|| ne, Come, Don't Poss, Don't Come, Pl oce ond
Pl oce 8, ond | oy 4 ond | oy ! 0. Cos| nos | n other
oreos of t he vorl d often hove other poyo com-
b| not | ons ond most of them | ncreose t he cos | no
odvontoge. The deol er poys o net t ot he pl oyer's
voger, ond bot h stocks of ch| ps remo| n or the net
rol l unl ess the pl oyer chonges t he omou nt.
Fl E|0 BET
'
.
|
8
KLL T LM bT | n t he center o the l oyout, ore
hondl ed by t hest| ckmon, vhool so control s t hed | ce.
A pl oyer mokes o voger on o Propos| t | on 6et by
toss | ng h| s c h| ps | nto the center o the l oyout os he
onnou ncest hevogerond the omou nt. For eompl e,
"Tvo dol l or el even. "The st| ckmon p| ocesthe voger
| n t he stoted bo u n l ess the st| ckmon | s busy v| t h
t hed| ce orot herPropos| t| on 6ets. Thent hest| ckmon,
bomon or deol er col l s out t he pl oyer's voger,
vh| chv| ns or l oses on the net rol l nomotter vhere
the c h| ps l oy.
5 fOH 1
LVLN
fOH 1

M
L

~ L
L
~
$ _0 ~ L
WW `
L

L
fOH
ANYCRAPS
fOH 1
IH 5II CKMAN | oces tbe
woger | n tbe Ptoos| t| on bo
occotd| og to tbe | oyet's tob| e
|ocot|oo. | f tbe woget w| os, tbe
st|ckmon o| nts out tbe w| on| ng
|oyer ond onnounces tbe poy-
o to tbe deo| et wbo set s |t | n
ltont of tbe |oyet.
et's woget; b| s woger | s | eft | o
the toos|t| oo bo fot tbe net
to| | . At ony t| me, tbe | oyer
moy d| toct t be st|ckmon to
''toke dowo'' b| s woget ond
tetutn | t to b| m. Ptoos| t| on
8ol 0Ve o QIclUfe 0 le
0D y w D D D g U ce c0mD D0lI0D
0DU le 0m0UDl 0 the poy-
0 l0U D e0c D0X,
Ptopos| t| on 8et oyos do not
| nc| ude tbe omouot of tbe | oy-
BB
CU5TCMER- PRCPC5l Tl CN BET |CCATl CN
LM-KL KLLTLM bT ore vogered for on| y
the net rol l of the d| ce. They v| n | f t he d| ce com-
b| not | on p| ctured | n t he bo oppeors, but they l ose
| f ony other comb| not | on oppeors.
P l oyers generol l y moke Cne- Rol l vogers onl y on
Come-out rol l s becouse they conto| n t he 5 totol s
vh| c h v| n ( Not ur ol 7 ond ) ond | ose (Crops 2, Q
ond 2), but ony one of these totol s or ony com-
b| not | on of t hem con bevogered ot ony t | me. | t | s
| nterest| ngt onotet hot vhen7oppeors, everyvoger
on t he l oyout e| t her v| ns or l oses so t he tobl e | s
cl eored of vogers.
|os Yogos Keno-1Uhoe
PMT LKP | s the three Crop numbers 2, Q ond
! 2. Any Crops v| ns | ! ony o! t he three Cr op totol s
2, Q or ! 2 oppeor. El even, Crops ond the comb| no-
t| on of Crops- El even ore t he most popul or Propos| -
t| on 6ets. The st| ckmon sets Crops- El even vogers
e| ther on t he l | ne vh| ch seporotes the tvo 6ets
or betveen the Crops ond El even c| rc| es ot the edge
o! t he Propos| t | on 6ets t hot po| nt to t he pl oyer
l ocot| ons.
TH HLKM b | s o combi not | on o! t he Any
Crops ( 2, 3 ond ! 2) ond ! ! . | t must be vogered | n
mu l t| pl es o! 4 t| mes the tobl e m| n| mum. | t poys o
occord| ng to t he poyo for eoch | nd| v| duol totol
m| nus t he
Q
ch| psvh| chverevogered on theother
Q
totol s vh| ch l ost.
Horn H| gh vogers ore 5 un| t vogers v| t h u n| t
on eoch o!
Q
numbers ond 2 un| ts on t he 4t h. They
poy o occord| ng to the | nd| v| duol totol s. For
Q
o!
t he totol s |t vou l d be the | nd| v| duol poyo m| nus
t he 4 l os| ng ch| ps, but f or t he4t htoto| | t vou | d be
tv| ce t he| nd| v| duo| poyo m| nus t he
Q
l os| ngc h| ps.
The Wh| rl vogero!ol l 5 Come- out totol s, 2, Q, 7,
! ! o nd ! 2 |s rorel y mode.
0
"IO" AND "fOk" ote | mottont
wotds | n gomb| | ng oyo to-
t| os ond | t | s | mottont Io
d| st| ogu| sb botween tbem. Ibe
wotd "Io" | nd| cotes tbe | oyet
w| ns tbe oyo ond o| so te-
co| ves tbe omount of b| s ot|g| no|
woget. Ibe wot d ''Fot" | nd|cotes
tbe | oyet w|ns on| y tbe oyo
toto| . Ibe | oyet w| ns one un|t
| ess wben "Fot" |s used | nsteod
of "Io.''
FAOff5
IO Y$
5toted
oyo
8 fo ! 8
8 lot ! 8
fOk
0fuo
mouhf
_
_ 0 8
The poyos !or Cne- Rol l vogers vory from co-
s| not ocosi no. Nostdovntovn |osVegosond Reno-
Tohoe cos| nos poy one ch| p mor e for t he toto| s 2,
3, ond 2 t hon the 5tr | p cos| nos ond t h| s d| f-
!erence o| so oects Horn vogers becouse they
ore bosed on t hefour | nd| v| duo| poyos.
HL bbb ore Cne- Ro| | 6ets thot o s| ng| e d| ce
comb| not i on vi l l oppeor on the net rol l or "Hop"
of t he d| ce. The Reno-Tohoe | oyout, shovn be| ov,
hos o Cne- Rol l voger !or eoch o! the !ou r even
numbered Po| nts. 5ome cos| nos v| l l l et the p| oyer
mokeo Hop voger!orony s| ngl e d| ce comb| not | on
o! hi s c ho| ce.
HCPBET5
HOF I FO55I I LI II 5
2 J 4 5 7 8 ! 0 Z
l + 1 1 + 2 I + 3
1 + 4 1 + 5 1 +
.
2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + 4 2 + 5 2 +
3 + 3 3 + 4 3 + 5 3 +

+

4 + 5
4 +
1 + 5 5 + 6
1e p 0yef m0y w0gef l0l 0Dy 0l le p0s s | b e 0Ice c0mbID0lI0D
[ s h0wD 0b0Ve] wI 0QQe0f 0D l h e Del |0| 0| 0p 0l le 0Ic0. A M0Q
w0gef 0es UD e s l he 0esIgDOle0 c0mb| D0lI0D 0ppe0f.
TL NPK P HL WPK, the p| oyer tosses h| s ch| ps
to the bomon ond col | s out the d| ce comb| not | on.
The bomon repeots the col | os he sets t he voger
on t he bl onk oreo o! the l oyout d| rect l y | n front of
h| m. The Hop vogers ore po| d o occord| ng to t he
rot| os !or the pr | nted Cne- Rol l 6ets vh| ch hove t he
some probob| l | ty o! occurence ond t hese poyo
rot| os vory !rom cos| no to cos| no. The poss| bl e
po| r s ore eoch po| d othe some os o po| r o! 's or
's, ond t he ! 5 poss| bl e d| ce comb| not | ons mode u p
o! d| erent numbers, !or eompl e, o 4 ond 5, ore
eoch po| d o t he some os o ond 2 or 5 ond .
The 4 totol s 5, , 8 ond , no motter vhot comb| no-
t | on creotes t he totol , ore po| d o t he some os
Any Crops.
HAkD vs. EA5 COMl NAII ON5
IoIo Hord Woy Eosy Woy
4 2 2 3
3 3 l 5 ond 2 4
8 4 4 3 ood 2
0 5 5 4
2
+
1he Hutd uDd Hut d 8 bels puy 1 lot 1 wh | | e l he Hutd 4 uD d Hutd
1 bels puy oD | y 8 lot 1, becuus e l hete ute mote eusy comb| Dul | oD8
l hul mOke l he Hutd uD d Hutd 8 | ose,
HPKWPY KLL T LM, orethe4 evennumbered
Po| nt totol s 4, , 8 ond 0. They ore usuol l y mode
o!ter o Po| nt hos been estobl | shed to | ncreose t he
omount vogered on t he Po| nt. "Hordvoy" meons o
po| r o!t hesomenumberondt hepl oyerv| nsonl y | !
t heHord comb| not | onoppeors. Foreompl e,
2
ond
2
!or Hord 4. The pl oyer l oses vhen e| t her 7
or on
"Eosy" comb| not | on o! t he totol oppeors. F or e-
ompl e, ! ond
J
!or Eosy4. Thevoger | s not oected
byony r ol l ecept vhen
7
ore| ther the Hord or Eosy
comb| not | ons !or the totol oppeor. The Hordvoy
6ets hove o l over cos| no odvontoge thon t he ot her
Propos| t| on 6ets but t hey st| l | l ose ot o rot e severol
t | mes greoter t hon t he recommended vogers.
7J
KML
Keno uses t he numbers t hrough 8 0 vh| ch ore
pr | nted on t | ckets t hot ore pl oced t hroughout the
Keno l ounge, orony ot heroreo thot hos been mode
ovo| l obl e to pl oyers-d| n| ng rooms, bor s, ond co-
s | no. The p| oyers moy sel ect !rom one to !teen of
A lyp cu| 6eno couDl et 1s shown be| ow.
these nu mbers on vh| ch to voger. Then t he cos| no
sel ects tventy o! t he e| ghty ovo| | ob| e numbers ot
rondom, ond t he omou nt the pl oyers v| n depends
on t heproport| on o! t he pl oyers' cho| ces t hot mot ch
t hose sel ected ot rondom by t he cos| no. The top
poyo | s $25, 000 ond | t con be von | n most cos| nos
v| th o voger o! onl y $ . 20.
A sluDdutd u D mutked 6eD o l ckel s showD be| ow,
Nutk pt ce hete
Z 3 + n 7 8 10
Z 3 + n
8 Z0
Z ZZ Z3 Z4 Zo ZU Z Z8 Z 30

3 3Z 33 3+ 35 3 37 38 39 40
W
+ +Z + ++ +o 4 + 48 + n0
n oZ o o+ nn o o o8 o 0
Z U Uo O U :a
7 7Z + o 7 80

5
K L b
PM
PTL b LHb U L b
MAkK 4 5FOI5
Cotch P| oy 60 P| oy ! . 20 P| oy 3. 00
2 Poys . 60 ! . 20 3. 00
3 Poys 2. 50 5. 00 ! 2. 50
4 Poys 70.00 ! 40. 00 350. 00
MAkK 5FOI5
Cotch P| oy 60 P|oy ! . 20 P| oy 3. 00
5 Poys 5. 00 ! 0. 00 25. 00
6 Poys 50. 00 ! 0O. 00 250. 00
7 Poys ! , ! 00. 00 2,200. 00 5,500. 00
8 Poys ! 2,500.00 25,000.00 25,000.00
LKb K Lbb ore conto| ned | n broc hures t hot ore
usuol l y l ocoted v| th the b| onk Keno t| ckets. These
broc hures l | st both the pr| ces ond t he poyo sched-
u l es for t he d| erent types of t| ckets thot con be
purchosed. The | l l ustrot| on shovs the pr|ces ond
poyos for o 4- spot ond for on 8- spot t| cket.
Nost t| ckets hove o m| n| mum voger of 0, ol -
t hough some cos| nos oer spec| ol rotes. T| ckets
moy be purchosed | n mu l t | p| es of the m| n| mu m
pr| ce o nd t he poyos ore | ncreosed by s | m| l or
mu | t | pl es. For eompl e, | f t he m| n| mum pr| ce of o
t| cket | s 0 ond t he pl oyer vogers $ ! . 20 or $. 00,
the respect| ve poyos ore | ncreosed by tvo t | mes or
ten t | mes t he bos| c poyo schedu l e.

I Z + b b V

I I IZ I I+ I Ib I Ib

Z
ZI ZZ Z Z+ Z Zb Z Zb ZV
I Z

b b V +
X
+Z +
X
+ +b + +b
X

I
F
+ b b V b
bI bZ b D+ b bb b bb bV

7Z 7 7+ b 7b V b
P LLNT KML Tl LKT shovs t he p| oyer's
cho| ces ond the pr| ceo the t| cket. The p| oyer morks
h| s cho| ces v| t h o bl ock croyon (croyons ore pro-
v| ded v| t h t he u nmorked t| ckets) by pl oc| ng on A
over t he n u mbers of h| s c ho| ce. He moy se| ect rom
oneto fteen o t he e| ghty numbers. He then vr| tes
the number ofcho| ces he hos mode (| n t h| s eomp| e
e| ght) on t he r | ght s| de of t he t| cket. He ol so vr| tes
t he pr| ce of t he t| cket (the omount he | s voger| ng)
| n the spoce des| gnoted or t hot purpose. Do| | or
s | gns ond dec| mo| po| nts ore never used. | n t he
eompl es hovn, t he pr | ce| s 0or t het | cket. | t he
pr| ce | s over $ . 00, t he cents ore vr| tten over o | | ne
( ! , ., etc. ) .
7Z
KbML LKb PKb UKLHPb ot t he Keno v| n-
dovs | ocoted ot t he Keno counter, os s hovn i n t he
photogroph on poge 4 . The customer g| ves t he
t| cket, or t | ckets, he hos morked to o Keno vr| ter
o l ong v| t h t hetotol purchose pr| ce. The Kenovr| ter
keeps t hec ustomer's or| g| no| t| cket ond t he omount
o money or t he purchose pr| ce. The vr| ter mokes
o copy o t he customer's t| cket ond g| ves t he cus-
tomer t he du pl | cote copy. The vr| ter ol so g| ves t he
customer ony chonge t hot | s due h| m.
I
Z + n
Z + n

Z ZZ Z Z+ Zo Z Z Z
n
+n + + +
nn n n n n
n
o V
Hb UL LPb LLT |s | dent| co| to t he or| g| no|
morked t | cket v| t h t he ecept | on t hot | t hos t he
gome number pr | nted on | t . The cust omer con on| y
v| n on t he gome hov| ng t he number t hot oppeors
on h| s copy, vh| ch| s t henetonet hot v| | | be co| | ed .
Thecustomer shou| d checkto be s ure t hot t he du p| | -
cote copy | s correct becouse | t | s h| s record of t he
spots he morked. Thecos| noon| y poysooccord| ng
t o t he n u mbers thot vere morked on t he or| g| no|
t| cket reto| ned byt he cos| no.
TWNT WI NNI NG NUMk5
ote se|ected ot toodom ftom o
c| eot p| ost| c bow| ot o meto|
coge co| | ed O "goose. " Ihe
goose conto| os e| ghty bo| | s thot
ote numbeted ftom ! thtough
80. A| | of the bo| | s ote m| ed by
oo o| t cuttent ond tweoty bo| | s
ote b| own, one ot o t | me, | nt o
the t wo "t obb| t eot s" ot tbe top
of the goose. 5omo cos| nos bove
the goose totote ood o tondom
bo| | | s fotced | oto the tobb| t oots
w| th eoch totot| on. Ihe co| | et
oooouoces ovet the Keoo | oungo
ub| | c oddtess system tbe num-
bet oo eoch bo| | os |t eotets tbo
tobb| t eots.
Ihe p| ctute to the t| ght shows g
Keno bo| | s |n the "goose" be| ng
b| own up | nto the "tobb| t eots. "
Ibe numbets on tbese bo| | s ote
| | t up on the Keno bootd |n the
bockgtound.
77
KcML LPK, us uol l y l ocoted | n t he Keno l ounge,
the cos| no, ond some of t he oreos for d| n| ng ond
dr | nk| ng, l | ght u p t he tventy numbers os t hey ore
col l ed. The gome number | s ol so prom| nent l y d| s-
pl oyed on t he s | gn.
The tventy v| nn| ng numbers ore ol so punched
| nto bl onk t| ckets t hot hove t he gome number
pr| nted on t hem. These "drov" t| ckets ore used by
the empl oyees ond p| oyers to qu| ckl y deter m| ne
v| nn| ng t | ckets. When o "drov" t| cket | s pl oced
over t he pl oyer's or| g| no l t| cket or h| s dupl | cote
copy, the morks on the v| nn| ng numbers thot vere
sel ected by t he pl oyer shov t hrough t he pu nched
hol es.
! 00
PTL LHbULb for v| nn| ng t| ckets ore l | sted | n
the Keno broc hures ol ong v| th pr| ces for t he ston-
dord -s pot t o 5- spot t | ckets. There ore vor| ot| ons
| n poyos omong cos| nos ol t hough t here | s gener o|
confor m| ty omong cos | nos | n eoch l ocol e.
PTL L H b U L b
MAkK 4 5FOI5
Cotcb P| oy 60 P| oy ! . 20 P| oy 3. 00
2 Poys
3 Poys
4 Poys
. 60
2. 50
70.00
! . 20
5. 00
! 40. 00
3. 00
! 2.50
350. 00
MAkK 5FOI5
Cotcb P| oy 60
5 Poys 5. 00
6 Poys 50.00
7 Poys ! , ! 00.00
8 Poys ! 2,500.00
A -5FOI II CKI w| ns wbon t bo
numbot tbo | oyot so| octs | s
"cougbt" omong tbo twonty
w| nn| ng numbots tbo cos| oo
dtows. Ecot fot somo soc| o|
t| ckots, o| | otbot t| ckots toqu| to
moto t bon ono cotcb bofoto tboy
tecoIvo o oyo.
Onco tbo nocossoty omount of
spotz | s cought, ooch odd| t|ono|
otcb | octoosos tbo s | zo of t bo
P| oy ! . 20 P| oy 3.00
! 0.00 25. 00
! 00. 00 250. 00
2,200.00 5,500. 00
25,000.00 25,000.00
oyo. Fot oom| o, tbo 60
4-sot t| ckot scbodu| o sbown
obovo) toqu| tos ot | oost two
cotcbos bofoto | t w| ns. Ibo oy-
o | nctoosos wbon tbtoo ot fout
numbots oto cougbt. Ib| s 60
8-sot t| ckot scbodu| o toqu| tos
o m| n| mum of vo cotcbos to
w| n, ond tbo oyo | nctoosos
os s| , sovon ot o| | o| gbt sots
oto cought.
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W MM M T LKbT ore po| d by t he Keno vr| ters.
When o customer presents h| s dupl | cote copy of o
v| nn| ngt| cket ot o Kenov| ndov, t he vr| ter ver| es
t he omount of t he poyo v| t h h| s s u perv| sor ond
then poys o the customer. 1he vr| ter reto| ns the
customer's du pl | cote copy. A Federol regu l ot | on
requ| res pl oyers t o present v| nn| ng t | cket s for poy-
o| mmed| otel yofterthe gome| s col l ed. The pl oyers
ol voys hove severol m| nutes before onot her gome
| scol | ed.
K b LKPb L b K b ML PTL
Frce of ckef
$ .00 to $ . 5
.60 to + 8
.0 to ! . !
! . 20 to ! .7
! . 80 to 2. 3
2. 40 to 2.
3.00 to 3. 5
3. 60 to .
! 0.00 ood ovet
IAX5 must be o|d oo w| o-
o| ogs os | od|coted | o tbe tob| e.
Wbeo o p| oyet w| os o Keoo
oyoff exceed| og those | o | he
tool e obove, the cos i oo w| l l os k
t h e l oyet f ot h| s soc| o| secut-
|ty oumbet ood o | ece of | deo-
t|cot| oo befote |t oys o. Ib| s
| ofotmot| oo | s seot to the | o -
tetoo| Reveoue 5etv| ce. P| oyets
ote tequ| ted to oy toes oo o| |
! 02
Kegorfobe Foyo8
$ 600. ot ovet
! ,200. ot ovet
! ,800. ot ovet
2, 400. ot ovet
3, 000. ot ovet
3,600. ot ovet
4, 200. ot ovet
6,000. ot ovet
! 0,000. ot ovet
gomb| | og w| oo| ogs u o| ess they
mo| oto| o occetob| e tecotds of
the| t gomb| | og | osses. | ocome
To Regu| ot| oo 5ect|oo ! . ! 65- ! 0
tov| des thot gomb| | og | osses
moy be deducted ftom gomb| | og
w| oo| ogs fot | ocome to ut -
oses, but gomb| | og | osses moy
not be deducted ft om | ocome
det| ved ftom ooy otbet soutce
bes|des gomb| | og.
KbLPT M LKb from eorl | er gomes | s o con-
ven| ence oered to pl oyers so t hey do not need to
mork o nev t| cket vhen t hey pl oy the some s pots
| n the nev gome. The pl oyer t ur ns | n h| s du pl | cot e
t| cketfrom o prev| ous gome v| th t he purchose pr| ce
t o o Keno vr| t er. The Keno vr| t er t reot s t h| s t | cket
os | f | t vere t he pl oyer's or| g| nol ond | ssues h | m o
dupl | cote copy v| t h t he number of t he net gome
pr | nted on | t .
KbML KUMMbK or e oVo ob e
for fhe conVen ence of fhose
p oyers who Ues re fo p oy Keno
when fhey ore nof n fhe Keno
ounge. p oyer moy reQuesf
ony emp oyee n fhe cos no or
n o U n ng or Ur nk ng foc ly
fo co o Keno runner. Keno run
ners corry b onk fckefs onU
b ock croyons. hey foke fhe
p oyers or g no fckefs ond
money fo fhe Keno wrfers. he
wrfers moke` Uup cole copes
of fhe p oyers fckefs, onU fhen
fhe runners refurn fhe Uup cofe
fckefs onU chonge fo fhe
p oyers.
s soon os fhe gome s co ed,
fhe runner mokes her rounUs
wfh o Urow fckef fo Ue
ferm ne fhe poyers hoVe ony
w nn ng f ckefs. he runner w
foke fhe p oyers Uup cofe
copes of w nn ng fckefs fo fhe
Keno wrfers, co ecf fhe poy
os, onU Ue Ver fhe poyos fo
fhe p oyers.
f fhe Keno runner s ofe
onU Uoes nof gef o p oyer s
f ckef nfo fhe currenf gome,
h s preffy Keno runner s one g
of mony serv ng fhe cusfomers
of fhe bforUusf Hofe .
fhe cos no s nof respons b e. l n
fh s rore s fuof on fhe p oyer hos
fhe choce of hoV ng fhe runner
e fher refurn h s money or
woger fhe fckef n fhe nef
gome.
P $25,000 PTL | s t he b| ggest oered for L
t cket. |t | s ol so t he mo| mum poyo perm| tted or
ol l t he v| nn| ng t| ckets | n o g| ven gome. The 5tote
of Nevodo proh| b| ts o cos| norom poy| ng out more
t hon $25, 000 | n pr| ze money | n o s | ng| e gome. Cn
those un us uo| occos| ons vhen the toto| poyos or
o gome eceed $25, 000, t he cos | no pro- rotes t he
poyos so t hot eoch v| nn| ng t| cket rece| ves o pro-
port| onote omount o the $25, 000. For eomp| e, |f
there ore tvo t| ckets | n one gome thot v| n $25, 000,
ond o t h| rd thot v| ns $ 2, 500, the rst tvo vou | d
eochrece| ve $ 0, 000ondt he| otter, $, 000.
IH CA5I NO ADVANIAG fot
Keno | s b| gbet thon fot tbe otbet
gomes. Ibe cos| no odvontoge
vot| es s| | gbt| y fot tbe d| etont
tyos of ! - sot to ! 5-sot t| ck-
ets, but | t oto| motes 25% fot
o| | of tbom. Howevet, tbe gome
| s voty ou| ot bocouse | t oots
o b| g t|ze, $25,000 fot o smo| |
woget, on|y $! .20, ond |t | s o| so
o s| ow ond te| o| ng gome so
tbe cos| no odvontoge connot bo
comoted d| tect| y to tbe otbet
gomes. | n tbe ot bot gomos, t be
cos| no t okes o mucb smo| | et et-
centogo ot doc| s| on, but tbe
gomes go so fost tbot | ts w| n-
et- un|t-of-t| me | s b| gbet tbon
tbeso otcentoge gutos | nd|cote
bocouse tbo otcent odvontoge
| s o| woys co| cu| oted on tbe bo-
s| s of eocb doc| s| on totbet tbon
tbo | ength of t| me | t tokos to
| ose o g|ven omount of money.
P LLNb MP LM LKb con be vr| tten on o s| ng| e
t| cket s heet | t he s pots ore d| v| ded | nto seporote
groups. | n the eompl eon the net poge, the tve| ve
numbers thot hove been sel ected ore d| v| ded | nto
three grou ps o 4 spots. Three types o stondord
t| ckets con be vogered on t h| s s | ngl e Keno s heet.
Al l s pots v| th| n o c| rcl e must be vogered os o
s | ngl e u n| t. For | nstonce, ol l of t he s pots | n c| rcl e
"A" must be vogered together. Cne, t vo or even
t hreeo t hes pots connot bevogered | ndependent | y
ofthe ot hers | n the some grou p but the grou ps con
be comb| ned | n d| erent voys.
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oss| b| e. | n the obove eom| e,
the smo| | est tye ol t| cket thot
con be wogeted | s o stondotd
4-sot. A| | ol the oss| b| e 4-sot
t| ckets must be wogeted ot the
some t| me becouse thete | s no
woy ol | nd|cot| ng thot some ol
the c| tc| es ote be| ng wogeted
ond not the test. | l o | oyet
wonts to cteote o 4-sot t| cket,
he hos to woget on o| | thtee
c| tc| es. Ih| s | s o 3/4 3 woy
4-sot) t| cket. Eoch c| tc| e | s wo-
geted os on | ndeendent ston-
dotd 4-sot t| cket, ond eoch c| t-

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c| e |s o| d o occotd| ng to the
numbet ol cotcbes w| th| n | t. Ihe
c| tc| es con be comb| ned w| th
eoch othet, o nd the c| tc|es | n the
eom| e con be comb| ned | nto
gtous ol two c| tc| es eoch to
cteote 8- sot t|ckets. Ihtee 8-
sot t| ckets A b, A C, ond
8 C) con be cteoted | n t b| s
eom| e, ond o | oyet who
wonts to cteote 8- sot t| ckets
must woget o| | t btee oss| b| e
comb| not| ons ot the somo t| me
os |l they wete t htee | ndeen-
deot stondotd 8- sot t| ckets. Ih| s
| s o 3/8 3 woy 8- sot) t| cket.
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Ih| s Keoo | | cke| |s teeo|ed ftom | he rocedi og oge
|o moke | | eos| et fot | he teodet |o fol l ow | he | ex| .
ALL THk Lf IH CI kCL5 con
be comb| ned togethet A 8
C) to cteote the s| ng| e ston-
dotd 2-spot t|cket thot ex| sted
befote the c| tc| es wete p| oced
otound the sots. Ih| s | s o / 2
( woy 2-sot) t|cket. On| y
thtee types of t|ckets con be
wogeted on th| s Keno sheet, o
! 0
3/4 t|cket, o 3/8 t|cket ond o
/ 2 t|cket. A | oyet hos the
t| ght to woget ony one of these
thtee tyes of t|ckets, ony two
of them, ot o| | thtee of them
ot the some t| me, ond he wt|tes
h|s cho| ces | n the t|ght hond
motg| n of the sheet os we| | os
the omount of h| s woget.
Hb LPTbK LHL Lb ore col l ed "cond| t | ons, " ond
heonl yvogersonthosetypes of t| cketst hot hecon-
d| t | ons. | f t he pl oyer cond| t | ons onl yone of t he pos-
s| bl e t ypes of t| ckets, | t | s col l ed o "voy" t | cket. | f
the pl oyer cond| t | ons more t hon one type of t| cket,
| t | s col l ed o "comb| not| on" t| cket. The | l l ustrot| on | s
o comb| not | on t| cket becouse | t hos t hree types of
t| ckets cond| t | oned on | t.
IH IOIAI FkI C of o t| ckot | s
bosod on tbo numbot of woys
tbot bovo boon cond| t| onod on
|t bocouso tbo | oyot must wo-
got oocb woy t bot bo cond| -
t | ons. | n tbo oom| o, tbo | oy-
ot | s wogot| ng tbo stondotd 60
m| n| mum t| co fot oocb cond| -
t| onod woy. Ibo stondotd ! 2-
sot ! woy ! 2- sot) t|ckot | s
60 . Ibo 3/8 | s tbtoo stondotd
60 8- sot t| ckots tbot toto|
$! . 80. Ibo 3/4 t| ckot |s tbtoo
stondotd 60 4- sot t| ckots fot
onotbot toto| of $! . 80. Ibo o-
om| o bos boon cood| t| onod sov-
on woys:
! woy
3 woy
3 woy
! 2- spot)
8- sot)
4- sot)
toto| 7 woys
Ibo toto| t| co fot t bo t| ckot | s
7 woys t| mos 60 wb| cb oquo| s
$4. 20, ond tbo toto| t| co, $4. 20,
| s wt|tton | n tbo uot t| gbt
IH CA5I NO ADVANIAG fot
woy ond comb| not| on t| ckots | s
tbo somo os fot stondotd t| ck-
ots. Wogot| ng on sovoto| ston-
dotd t| ckots ot tbo somo t| mo
| nctoosos tho | oyot' s tobob| | -
| t y of w| nn| ng, but | t toot-
t| oooto| y | nctoosos b| s utcboso
bood cotnot of tbo t| ckot. | o tbo
oom| o, oocb tyo of t| ckot | s
wogotod fot 60 so tbo symbo|
"60 oo'' oocb woy) ot "60 W"
oocb woy) | s wt|ttoo | n tbo | ow-
or t| gbt cotnot of tbo t| ckot.
Wbon o| | tbo cond| t| onod t| ck-
ots oto not wogotod fot tbo
somo t| co, thoy oto cond| t| onod
os tbo oom| o on ogo ! 0? .
Ibo t| co o f oocb tyo of t| ckot
| s p| ocod to tbo t| gbt of tbo
symbo| fot oocb tyo of t| ckot,
ood o dosb soototos tbo t| ckot

symbo| ond | ts t| co. Ibo m| n| -
mum t | co fot o stondotd t| ckot
| s usuo| | y 60 but somo cos| oos
oot soc| o| "woy-t| ckot" t| ces.
Eocb woy con bo wogorod fot
30 ot ovon | oss. 5omo cos| oos
do not odvott| so tbo| t soc| o|
''woy' ' t| cos so t bo | oyot
sbou| d | nqu| to wbot soc| o|
pt| cos oto ootod on ' ' woy" ond
"comb| not| on" t| ckots.
pt| co. Ibo putoso of woy ond
comb| oot| on t| ckots | s t o sovo
tbo | oyots ond wt| tots t| mo | n
motk| ng t| ckots botwoon gomos .
Howovot, tbey do ctooto | otot-
ost| ng vot| ot|ons w| tb mu| t| | o
w| no| ng oss| b| | |t| os on o s| ng| o
Kono sboot.
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LLKKcL LLMT LM M | s requ| red on voy ond
comb| not| on t| ckets or pl oyers v| l l not be po| d t he
compl ete poyo on v| nn| ng t| ckets. A pl oyer's con-
d| t | ons must not per m| t mor e t hon one | nterpreto-
t | on. Ct herv| se, t hecos| nov| l l be forced to pro- rote
the poyo occord| ng to the totol number of voys
thot t he pl oyer shou l d hove vogered the t| cket
bosed on t he pl oyer's ovn cond| t | ons. The probl em
of on | ncorrectl y cond| t| onedt | cket rore| yocc urs be-
couse t he Keno vr| ters corefu l l y eom| ne voy ond
comb| not| on t| ckets for occurocy before t hey occept
vogers from the pl oyers. The pl oyer con ovo| d
needl ess errors by us| ng the fol l ov| ng ru l es to con-
d| t | on h| s voy ond comb| not| on t| ckets. When t he
c| rcl es on voy ond comb| not| on t| ckets o| l conto| n
t hes ome numbero spots, t he pl oyer shou l d col cu-
l ote t he totol number of voys t he c| r cl es con be
comb| ned t o creote o spec| c type oft| cket.
The t| cket | n t he eompl e hos 8 c| rc| es, eoch v| t h
3 s pots. There ore 5 d| erent "voyt| ckets" t hot con
be cond| t | oned on | t:
8 voy 3- spott| cket(t he| nd| v| duol c| rc| es)
28 voy - spott| cket(grou psus | ng2 c| rc| es)
5 voy - spott| cket(grou psus | ng 3 c| rc| es)
70voy 2-s pott| cket( groupsus | ng4 c| rc| es)
5voy 5-s pott| cket(grou psus | ng 5 c| rcl es)
T| ckets con not be creoted v| th more t hon 5 spots,
t herefore, groups of s| , seven or ol l e| ght of t he
c| rc| es, eoch v| th 3 spots, con not be comb| ned to-
gether |n t h| s eompl e becouse these group| ngs
vou| d produce t| ckets v| t h 8, 2 ond 24 spots re-
spect| vel y. The pl oyer con sel ect ony one or ony
comb| not| on of the ve d| erent types of voy t| ck-
et s obove ond vr| t e the proper cond| t | ons | n t he
08
r | ght hond morg| n, but once t he pl oyer hos chosen
vh| ch t ype of t| ckets he v| l l voger, he must col cu-
l ot e t he totol number of voys eoch type of t| cket
con be vogered. | n t he eompl e obove, t he pl oyer
hos sel ected - spot t| ckets ond -spot t| ckets. The
formu l o t hot fol l ovs | s u ed o col cu l ote the n u mber
of voys eoch one of t hese t | ckets con be creoted
v| th 8 c| rc| es, eoch v| th J s pots.
\ ) A froct| on | s creoted. The term "numerotor"
refersto the n u merol s onthetopof thefroct| on, ond
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t he term "denom| notor" refers to t he n u mero
|
s be-
. .
numerotor
| ov the | me, i . e. ,
d
.
. The denom| notor
enomi notor
ol voys beg| ns v| th t he numerol on t he | eft ond
| ncreoses | n sequence, | . e. , Y 2 Y 3 Y 4, etc. The
number of n umerol s | n t he denom| notor | s equo
|
to
the number of c| rcl es (never the number of spots)
t hot ore be| ngcomb| ned to | ncreose the spec| ctype
of t | cket.
28 voy-spot( us| ng 2 c| rcl es)
X 2
5W0y -spet 0s| ogd c| tc es)
2 3 ~
2) The n u merotor ol voys beg| ns v| t h t he totol
number of c| rcl es ( never t he number of spots) thot
hove been drovn on t he t| cket ond decreoses | n
sequence, | . e. , 8 Y 7 Y X 5, etc. The number of
nu merol s | n the numerotor | s ol voys equol to t he
numberof numerol s | n t he denom| notor.
28voy- spot[us| ng2 c| rc| es)
8 X 7
X 2
5 W0y?-spot( us| ng3 c| rc| es)
8 7
1
=
3) The n umerotor ond denom| notor ore conce| ed
ond then mu l t| pl | ed out.
28 voy-spot ( us| ng 2 c| rcl es)
4 X 7
28
1 X
5 W0 ?-spot( us| ng3 c| tc| es)
4 7 2
= 5
! ! 0
X 1 X
4) The res ul t |s the totol number of voys t hot t he
c| r cl escon be comb| ned to produce t he spec| c type
of t| cket. The number of voys f or eoch type of
t| cket ore cond| t| oned |n the r| ght corner. 2 8 l ( 28
voy -spot) ond 5l ( 5 voy - spot).
5) The pr| ce for eoch type of t | cket | s mul t| pl | ed
by t he n u mber of voys t hot t he t| cket con be
creoted. $ . 20 Y 28voys $33. 0 ond $. 0 Y 5
$33. 0. Then t he pr| ces for eoch cond| t | oned
t| cket ore odded toget her t o obto| n t he totol pr| ce
for t he t | cket. $33. 0 $33. 0 $7. 20.
| n t he eompl e , p. 2 , some c| rcl es conto| n 5
spots, others conto| n 4 spots, ond t he remo| n| ng
c| rcl es conto| n 3 spots. When t he c| rcl es on "voy"
ond "comb| not | on" t| ckets conto| nd| erent n u mbers
of spots, t he fol l ov| ng formul o | s used to col cu l ote
t he totol n u mber of voys the c| rcl es con be com-
b| ned to creot e t he spec| c type of t| cket. The
formu l o | s s | mpl e. Al l of t he c| rcl es t hot conto| n o
certo| n n u mber of spots ore mu l t | pl | ed by ol l of t he
c| rcl es t hot conto| n onot her number o spots.
For eompl e, 8- spot t | ckets con be creoted by
comb| n| ng eoch 3- spot c | rcl e v| t h eoc h 5- spot c| r-
cl e. Three c| rcl es conto| ns 5 s pots o nd 4 c| rcl es con-
to| n 3 s pots so 3 X 4 2 voys. There | s one
ot hervoyofcreot| ng on 8- spot t| cket | n t h| s eom-
pl e. Th etvo c| rcl es t hot conto| n 4 s pots comb| ne to
creote o s | ngl e 8- spot t| cket, vh| ch mokes o totol
of 3 voys of creot| ng o n 8- spot t | cket | n t h| s | l l us -
trot | on. The customer must voger every poss | bl e
voythere | s of creot| ng t he type of t | cket hecond| -
t| ons, | n t h| s cos e he must voger ol l 3 voys.
Groups of 4 or l ess s pots s houl d be encl osed
v| t h| n c| rcl es, ond groups of 5 or more s pots s houl d

be encl osed v| t h| n l | nes, os t h| s t| cket | l | ustrotes.
Hovever, there ore s| t uot | ons | n vh| ch gr oups of 5
or more numbers must be c| rcl ed for c| or| ty.
P WPT T LKT PTL | s col cul oted ofter t he num-
ber of cotches | n eoch c| rcl e | s determ| ned. Keno
vr| ters mork t hecotchesv| th l ong sl oshes os shovn
| nt het| cketon Q. ! ! 3 . Th| s| s o "voy"t | cketbecouse
there| sonl y onecond| t | on | n t he r| ght hond mor g| n.
| f | t vere o comb| not | on t| cket v| t h more t hon one
cond| t | on, eoch type of cond| t | on vou l d be evol -
uoted | nd| v| duol l y us | ng t he fol l ov| ng met hod for
! ! 2
"voy" t | ckets, ond t he poyos for eoch cond| t | on
vou l d beodded toget hert oobto| n t he totol poyo.
The eos| est ond most occurote method to col cu-
l ote t he poyo f or o "voy" t| cket | s s hovn | n t he
tobl eon p. ! ! 4 . F| rst, o froct| on | s creoted. Then u m-
ber of nu merol s t hot oppeor | n both t h e numerotor
ond t he denom| notor | s equol to t he number of
c| rcl es. The nu merol s | n t he numerotor represent
t he n u mber of s pots | n eoc h c| rcl e, f or eompl e, 3
spots | n eoch of 5 c| rcl es. The n u mer ol s | n t he
denom| notor represent t he number of cotches | n
eochc| rcl e.
A step- by-step onol ys| s |s mode of every poss| bl e
poyo. | t beg| ns v| t h t he l orgest n u mber of
cotches ond cont| nues dovn to t he l eost n u mber
o cotches. The onl y reoson thot t he 2- -0 cotch | s
| nc l uded (3 cotches on o stondord -s pott | cket does
not v| n ony poyo) | s to l | st every poss| bl e com-
b| not | on. The totol number of combi not | ons of
C| tc| es) 3-3-3-3-3
7 0 woy - sot
Cotches) 3-3-2- -0
) 3-3-2 /8
2) 3-3- /7
3) 3-3-0 /
4) 3- 2- /
5) 3-2- /
) 3-2-0 /5
7) 3-2-0 /5
8) 3- -0 /4
) 3- -0 /4
0) 2- -0 /3
$2,500.00
80.00
28.00
28.00
28. 00
2.00
2. 00
.20
. 20

.00
IOIAL FAOff 7 $2,78.40
cotches |s ol voys equol
t o t he totol n u mber o
voys t hot hove been
cond| t| oned. | n th| s e-
omp| e there ore 0 con-
d| t| oned voys ond 0
comb| not | ons of cotches.
When t he cust omer col -
cu| otes every comb| no-
t | on o cotches, he
ensu res thot he v| l l not
m| ss ony comb| not | on
t hot m| ght v| n o poyo.
H H LLW LKb ore spec| ol "voy" t| ckets thot
cos| nos l | st | n t he| r Keno broc hures becou se t hey
hove u n | que poyo schedu l es. Nost cos| nos oer o
2- spot H| gh |ov T| cket poyo os s hovn on t he
oppos| te poge. The 2 spots ore d| v| ded | nto 3 c| r-
cl es, eoch hov| ng 4 spots, ond t he t | cket | s cond| -
t| oned"H|" | nt her | ght hond morg| nt od| erent | ote
t he H| gh |ov T| cket rom t he stondord 4- spot ond
stondord 2- spot t| ckets ond poyo schedul es. The
2-spot H| gh |ov T| cket ond t he stondord 2- spot
hove d| erent poyos or eoch number o cotches,
but these d| erences ore bol onced stot| st| col | y so
the cos| no odvontoge | s oppro| mote| y the some
for bot h. Cne t | cket poys more for o l ot of cotches,
vh| l e t he other t| cket poys more for o fev cotches.
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H H L LW L Kb , 2 L
3 Groups of 4
P| oy Rote 60 Rote 0 Rote .80
2- 2- . 30 .50 . 00
3- - .40 .60 . 20
3-2-0 .45 . 70 .40
4- -0 .0 .0 . 80
2-2-2 2. 80 4. 20 8. 40
3-2- 3. 30 5. 00 0.00
4- - 4. 40 .60 3. 20
3-3-0 4. 40 . 3. 20
4-2-0 4. 0 7.40 4. 80
3- 2-2 7.65 26.50 53.00
3-3- 2 .40 32. 0 64. 20
4-2- 25. 0 37.70 75. 40
4-3-0 32.60 48.0 7. 80
3-3-2 . 30 37.00 274.00
4-2-2 8. 65 78.00 356.00
4- 3- 46.00 2 . 0 438.00
4-4-0 228.00 342. 0 684. 00
3-3-3
375.00 562. 50 , 25. 00
4-3-2
440.00 660.00 ,320. 00
4-4-
570.00 855.00 ,7 0. 00
4- 3- 3
, 240.00 ,860. 00 3,720.00
4^4^ 2 ,704.40 2,556. 5 5, 3. 30
4-4-3 4,083. 30 6, 24. 5 2,24.0
4-4-4
! 2, 500.00 ! 8,750.00 25,000.00
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P K M LK |s one hov| ng c| rcl es t hot conto| n
onl y spot. A K| ng c| rcl e | s t reoted ust l | ke ony
ot her c| rcl e, but | t | s g| ven spec| ol ocknov| edgment
becouse ony stondord t| cketcon beconverted eos| l y
| nto o comb| not | on t| cket by s| mpl y c| rc| | ng on| y
s pot. | n t he eompl e obove, t he stondord - spot
t| cket ol so | s o stondord 8- spot t| cket.
| n t he unus uol eompl e obove r| ght, o| l 5 s pots
ore c| rcl ed os K| ng spots. Eoch c | rcl e con be com-

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b| ned v| th every other c| rcl e to creote -spot
through 5- spot t| ckets. Every poss | bl e comb| not | on
| n t h| s eompl e hos been cond| t | oned. Th| s | l l ustro-
t| on conto| ns t he symbol s used by most cos | nos to
cond| t | on ! -s pot t hrough 5- spot t| ckets. The vords
"one" ond "tvo" ore vr| tten out for -spot ond
2-spot t | ckets. Romon nu merol s ore used t o denote
3- spot, 4- spot, ond 5- spot t| ckets ond Arob| c nu-
merol s ore used t o| dent| fy - spott o 5- spot t | ckets.
! ! Z
bPLLPKP1
pronounced Bh- coh- roh}
6occorot gomes ore us uol l y port| t | oned o by o ro| l
from t he rest of the gom| ng oreo. Th| s oords t he
pl oyerso degreeof pr| vocy becouset hey often hove
l orge sums of money eposed on t he tobl e. Tvo
honds ore deol t | nthe gome of6occorot, ond every
pl oyer hos the opt| on of voger| ng on e| t her hond.
Tvo or t hree cords ore deol t t oeoc h hond, ond t he
hond v| t ht he po| nt totol cl osest t o v| ns .
! !
BACCARAT
CA||ER
PT MUNbK ore pl oced | n t he spoces | n !ront o!
every cho| r | n order to | dent| !y eoch pl oyer' s honds
ond vogers. The seots ore numbered t hrough 2.
|! there ore more t hon 2 seots, t he numbers con-
t | nue v| t h 4. The number 3 | s generol l y el | m| -
noted t ooccommodote ony su perst| t| ous bel | e!s on
t he ports o!t hose pl oyers vho cons| der t he number
3 to be on unl ucky number. The 6onk Hond 6et
boes ond the Comm| ss| on Norker boes ore num-
bered t o correspond v| t h t he seot numbers.
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HK NLY operoteeoch 6occorotgome. The
tvo deol ers | n t he center of t he tobl e ore respon-
s| bl efor t he voger s on t he| r respect| ve s| des oft he
tobl e. They col l ect l os| ng vogers ond poy v| nn| ng
vogers. They ol so record, | nt herov of Comm| ss| on
Norker boes | n front of t hem, t he comm| ss| on
money eoch pl oyer oves t he cos| no. Cn t he op-
pos| te s| de of t he tobl e, t he col l er d| rects t he gome.
The col l er tel l s t he pl oyers vhen to deol , ond he
onnou nces t he v| n n| ng hond.
! 2 !
TWL HPM o! cords ore deol t | n eoch gome of
6occorot-the "6onk Hond' ond the "Pl oyer Hond. '
These nomes ore orb| trory, ond they meon no more
or l ess t hon "Hond Nu mber ! " ond "Hond Nu mber
2. "The pl oyer hos the opt| on of voger| ng on e| t her
hond, ond he moy sv| tch !rom one hond to the
other on success| ve deo| s.
bPMK HPM WPK ore pl oced | n the numbered
boes l obel ed "bon k" thot ore h| ghl | ghted | n the
bun k HuDd bel
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i | | us||o|i oo be| ow. Eoco p| oye| uses | oe Boo s Hoo d
box | o o| coo|oi os oi s seo| oumbe| .
PYK HPM WPK ore pl oced | n t heoreos t hot
ore h| ghl | ghted | n t he | l l ustrot| on bel ov. Nony co-
s| nos do not d| v| de the Pl oyer Hond 6et oreos | nto
| nd| v| duol boes. | n these cos| nos eoch p| oyer sets
h| s voger j ust ocross the l | nefrom h| s seot spoce | n
t he Pl oyer Hond oreo v| t h h | s money po| nt| ng to-
vords h| msel f.
| uyet HuDd 8ot
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CAkD VALU5-Tens ond p| cture cords-j ocks,
queens ond k| ngs-equol 0. Aces equol ! . The rest
o! the cords count t he| r !oce vol ue. The !ou r s u| ts,
spodes, heorts, d| omondsond c l ubs, hove no meon-
| ng | n 6occorot.
HAND VALU5
LD| y D u metu| s D ted couDl
HAND VALUE5-When t he tvo or three cords | n o
s| ngl ehond ore odded together, onl yt her | ght hond
nu mber o! t he nol gure cou nts. | t | s t he po| nt
totol !or the hond. For eompl e, 8 ! 7. Cn l y
the 7 cou nts so the hond equol s 7. The onl y poss| bl e
po| nt totol sore 0 t o ( 0, , 2, J, 4, 5, , 7, 8 ond ),
ond t he hond v| th t he po| nt totol cl osest to v| ns.
IH DAlk5 5HUFFL toget her t he e| ght stondord
52 cord-decks used to pl oy the gome o! 6occorot,
ond some cos| nos perm| t the pl oyers to oss| st v| t h
t hes hume.
A j oker or o cord v| t h o d| erent col ored bock | s
| nserted neor the end o! t he comb| ned decks, ond
t henthese decks ore pl oced | n o deol | ng bo col l ed
o "shoe. "
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Y Y V V

&

A
A A
A A; A A
1Hc UkN CAkD5The col l er removes I he rsI cord
from t he shoe, ond he turns | t foce up. The po| nt
vol ue of t hi s cord ( | n t h| s cose, p| ct ur e cords ore
vort h ten po| nts) spec| esthe number of cords thot
ore Io be "bu rned. ' The oppropr| ote number of
burn cords ore removed from the shoe ond di s-
corded | nto the bovl | n the center of t he tobl e. l n
t he | l l u strot| on bel ov, the rst cord removed from
t he shoe | s C J, so three more cords ore bur ned be-
foret her st hond | s deol t to the pl oyers.
I 2
LPKb KLN LLNcc HPMb ore pl oced | n t he
d| scord bovl byt he co l l er. When t he s humed cords
ore ol most depl eted, t he j oker oppeors | n t he front
of t he s hoe. At t hot po| nt, t he hond | n progress | s
compl eted, ond t he col l er hol ts t he deol . 6efore o
nev deol beg| ns, ol l t he decks ore s humed toget her
ogo| n. The cos| no hos t he opt | on to reshume t he
cordsoft ert he compl et| on ofony hond, even | f t he
j oker hos not yet oppeored, but t he cos | no | s not
s upposed t o reshume | f o hond | s | n progress.
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1Hc K H1 1L cP | s opt| onol . |! o pl oyer does not
vont to deol , he does not hoveto. When he | s g| ven
t he s hoe, he merel y posses | t to t he pl oyer on h| s
r| ght, but most pl oyers l | ke t o hol d t he s hoe ond
deol . The pl oyer must voger ot l eost t he tobl e
m| n| mum on e| t her t he 6on k Hond 6et or t he P l oyer
Hond 6et before he moy deol t he cords, ond the
pl oyer moy sv| tch h| s voger from one bet to the
ot heroftereoch hond | s compl eted. The pl oyer moy
cont| nue to deol honds os l ong os t he 6on k Hond
cont| nues to v| n, but os s oon os t he Pl oyer Hond
6et v| ns, t he pl oyer must pos s t he s hoe ond t he
r | ght to deol to t he pl oyer on h| s r| ght. The shoe ol -
voystrovel s | no cou ntercl ockv| se mot| on.
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Hc LPbK UcKV b Hc cPL by t he pl oyer
vho hos t he shoe ofter every pl oyer hos vogered
one| t her t he 6onkHond 6et or t heP l oyer Hond 6et.
The col l er' s | nsIrucI| on, 'cords', d| recIs I he pl oyer lo
deol two cords, !oce down, Io eoc h hond.
The pl oyer s l | des t he rst cord, vh| ch | s f or t he
P l oyer Hond, t ot he col l er.
The pl oyer tucks t he second cord, vh| ch | s for the
6on k Hond, u nder t he front corner of t he s hoe t hot
| s forthest ovoyfr om t he col l er so t hot | t v| l l not
be | n t he voy vhen t he remo| n| ng cords ore deol t.
The pl oyer s l | des t he t h| rd cord to t he col l er. The
pl oyer t ucks t he fourth cord u nder the prev| ou s
6on k Hond cord.
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Hb HPM PKb PLb, t urned foce u p, ofter t hey
ore deo| t. The col l er g| ves the tvo Pl oyer Hond
cords, vh| ch ore !oce dovn, to o pl oyer vho hos o
voger on t he Pl oyer Hond 6et, ond t he col l er us u-
ol l y g| ves t he cords t o t he pl oyer v| t h t he b| ggest
Pl oyer Hond voger. Th| s pl oyer | mmed| otel y t urns
t he cords foce u p, ond he t hen tosses t hem bock
tot hecol l er. Thecol l er onnou ncest he po| nt totol for
the tvo cords, ond he l oys them dovn | n front o!
h| m | n t he P| oyer Hond cord oreo. When none o!
FAC| NG
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t he pl oyers moke o Pl oyer Hond voger, t he col l er
!oces t he Pl oyer Hond cords h| msel ! ond set s t hem
dovn | nt hePl oyer Hond oreo.
A!ter t he Pl oyer Hond cords ore set dovn, t he
pl oyervhodeol t removes the tvo 6on k Hond cords
!rom u nder t he corner o! t he s hoe. He foces t he
cords, ond t hen tosses t hem t o t he col l er. The col l er
onnou nces t he po| nt totol !or t het vocords, ond he
l oys t hem dovn | n !ront o! h| m | n t he 6onk Hond
cord oreo.
THE HAN0S
P MPTUKPL HPM | s mode u p of tvo cords t hot
totol 8 or . When e| ther t he 6onk Hond or t he
Pl oyer Hond | s deol t o Noturol 8 or , ne| t her hond
moy drov o t h| rd cor d. The hond | s nov compl ete
so t he col l er foces the cords ond | mmed| otel y de-
cl ores t he hond v| th the h| ghest po| nt totol t he
v| n ner. Not urol v| ns over ol l other po| nt totol s
| ncl ud| ng Not urol 8.
! J2
P 1 c HPM occ urs vhen both t he 6on k Hond ond
t he Pl oyer Hond hove t he some po| nt totol ot t he
concl us| on of t he deol . A t | e hond | s often referred
to oso "push", "drov" or "stondo," ond vhen t he
t vo honds t | e, none of t he vogers v| n or l ose.
The or| g| nol vogers ogo| n bel ong to t he pl oyers,
ond t he pl oyers hove t he cho| ce o! voger| ng ogo| n
on e| t herhondor qu| tt| ng.
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'8ook w Ds , 7OV0f 3. "
Hc H K LPK | s the nol cord thot con be deol t
t o e| ther hond. The t h| rd cord r u l es ore mondotory.
They d| ctote | n every s| t uot | on vhether o t h| rd cord
must be deol t or connot be deol t to e| ther hond.
Nost pl oyers deol v| thout knov| ng t he t h| rd cord
ru l es becouse the col l er d| rects t he| r deol occord| ng
t ot hese ed r ul es. The pl oyer v| t h t hes hoe never
deol s o t h| rd cord unt | l t he col l er requests | t, ond
then t he pl oyer ol voys deol s o t h| rd cord !oce up
t ot hecol l er vho l oys | t nett ot he| n| t| ol tvo cords
os heonnou ncesthe nev po| nt totol !orthe hond.
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Whent het h| rd cord ru l es requ| re t hePl oyer Hond
t o stond on t he | n | t | ol t vo cords, t he col l er stotes,
"Pl oyer stonds v| th (po| nt totol ) . " When the r u l es
requ | re o t h| rd cord for t he Pl oyer Hond, t he col | er
requests o "cord for t he Pl oyer. " After t he Pl oyer
Hond | s conc l uded, t he 6onk Hond | s compl eted | n
t h esome fos h| on. When both honds ore compl ete,
the col l er decl ores the hond v| t h the h| ghest po| nt
totol t he v| nner. For eompl e, "6onk v| ns, 7 over
3, " or "Pl oyer v| ns, over 0, " or | n t he cose of o
t| e, "T| e hond, to , nobodyv| ns. "
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FLAEk HAND IHI kD CAkD k0LE5
0 to 5 P| oyet Hond must dtow
ond 7 P| oyet Hond must stond
8 ond 7 Not ut o| bot h stond
THE P|AYER HAND NU5T 5TAND |F THE PC| NT
TTA| CF THE l N| T| A| TWC CARD5 | 5 CR NCRE
, 7, 8 CR7), AND THE P|AYER HAND NU5T DRAW
A T Hl R DCAR Dl F THE PCl NTTCTA| CF THE | Nl T| A|
TWCCARD5 | 5 5 CR |E55 ( , 2, 3, 4 CR 5) .
WHN IHE FLAk HAND
5TAND5 becouse |t hos o o| nt
toto| of ot 7 oo the | n| t| o|
two cotds, the th| td cotd tu| es
fot the 8onk Hond ote | dent| co|
to the P| oyet Hond th| td cotd
tu| es stoted ot the to of th| s
oge. Ihus, when the P| oyet
Hond stonds w| th ot 7, the
8ook Hond must o| so stond w| th
o o| nt toto| of ot 7 on the
| n| t| o| two cotds, but the 8onk
Hond must dtow o th| td cotd | f
|t hos o o| ot toto| of 5 ot | ess.
WHEN IHE FLAEk HAND
DkAW5 o th| td cotd becouse |t
hos o o| nt toto| of 5 ot | ess on
the | n|t| o| two cotds, the th| td
cotd tu| es fot the 8onk Hond,
when the 8onk Hond hos o
po| nt toto| of 3 to 3, 4, 5
ot ) oo the | n|t| o| two cotds,
ote d|etent ftom the P| oyet
Hond th| td cotd tu| es. Ihe th| td
cotd tu| es thot govetn the 8ook
Hond ot e detetm| oed by the
o| nt vo| ue of the th| td cotd
dtown by the P| oyer Hond.
ANK HAND THI kD CAkD kULE5
WHEN P|AYER HAN0 0RAW5
0 to 2
8ook Hood mutt dtow
3 to Ih| td cotd to P| oyet Hond
detetm| nes | f dtow ot stond
7 - 8onk Hond must stond
8 ond 7 Notuto| - both honds stond
THE 6ANK HANDNU5T 5TAND | F THE PC| NT TCTA|
F THE l N| T| A| TWC CARD5 |5 7 CRNCRE (7, 8 CR
7), AND THE 6ANK HAND NU5T DRAW | F THE
PC| NT TCTA| CF THE | N| T| A| TWC CARD5 | 5 2 CR
|E55 0, CR 2) .
IHI kD CAkD kULE5
WHEN ANK HAND IOIAL5 3 fo
onk onk Hond
Hond DkAW5
I0to| |f Foyer Hond Drew
3 -2-3-4-
5--7 - 0
4 2-3-4-5--7
5 4-5--7
-7
WHN IHE ANK HAND FOI NI
IOIAL |s 3 to on the | n|t|o|
two cotds ond the P| oyet Hond
hos dtown o th| td cotd, tho
o| nt vo| ue of the th| rd cord
dtown by the P| oyet Hood | s tho
foctot thot dotetm| nes whothor
the 8onk Hood stonds ot drows.
Ihese 8onk Hond th| td cord
tu| es oto prosented | n the d| o-
grom obove. Ihe t wo soct| oos
of the d| ogtom, "8onk Hood
0rows" ood "8ook Hood
5toods,'' oro ooct opos| tos.
Ihey ote oos|te becouse the
o| nt vo| ue of the th| td cord
dtown by the P| oyor Hood te-
qu| res thot tho 8ook Hood drow
o th| td cotd | n the | eft hood
sect|on ond stood on the | o| t| oI
two cotds | n the r| ght hood sec
t| oo of the d| ogrom.
Ihese th| td cord tu| es creote
o uo|que gom| ng s| tuot| oo. Evoo
whoo the | o|t| o| two cord po| nt
toto| fot the 8ook Hond | s
onk Hond
5TAND5
| f Foyer Hond Drew
8
8- - 0
-2- 3 8-- 0
-2-3-4-
5
8-- 0
greotet thon the thtee cotd
po| ot toto| fot the P| oyor Hood,
t he 8onk Hond moy st| | | bo
forced to dtow o th| td cotd,
wh| ch moy teduce | ts o| nt
toto| . Ihe dec| s| on to drow o
th| td cotd |n these s|tuot| ons | s
so| e| y determ| ned by the o| nt
vo| ue of the th| td cotd dtown
by the P| oyet Hood, not the
oeods of the 8onk Hood. For
eom| e, | f the 8ook Hond hos o
o|nt toto| of 4 on |ts | n| t| o| two
cotds ond |f the P| oyet Hond
hos o o| nt toto| of on| y 3 oftet
dtow|ng o 2 fot |ts th|td cord,
the 8onk Hond st| | | must drow
o th| td cotd.
Ihe 8onk Hond must dtow o
th| td cord becouso the P| oyer
Hood dtew o 2 fot | ts th| td
cotd. | o th| s eom| e, the 8onk
Hond w| | | teduce | t s po| nt to-
to| ond | ose | f | t dtows o ,
ot 8, ood It w| | | t|e | f | t
dto

ws o os |ts th| td cotd.

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WAGEkI NG LI MI I5
$5 ot $20 to $2,000
FAOff5
P| oyet Hond $20 to $20
8on k Hond $20 $ to $20
N M NUN PM NNUN WPcK M L N ore
h| gher !or t he gome o! 6occorot t hon t he ot her co-
s| no gomes. 1he most typ| col m| n| mum voger| ng
l | m| t | s $20 ol t hough there ore some $5 m| n| mum
gomes. 1h e us uol mo| mum voger| ng l | m| t | s
$2, 000.
Cos| nos poy o | n cosh ot the 6occorot tobl es.
Eoch pl oyer l oys h| s money | n t he numbered spoce
d| rectl y | n !ront o! h| s cho| r. The pl oyers voger
v| th $20 ond $ 00 b| l l s, ond $5 b| l | s ore used vhen
t he m| n| mum voger| ng l | m| t | s $5. $500 ch| ps ore
ovo| l ob| e !or l orge vogers. Pl oyers moy echonge
the cos| no ch| ps t heyobto| n ot the other gomes for
currency ot t he 6occorot tobl es.
W MM M LPTbK HPM PTL ore ol voys | n
the rot| o o! one to one. For eompl e, o $5 poyo
!or every $5 voger, o $20 poyo for every $20
voger, etc. The cos| no hos on odvontoge becouse
t he Pl oyer Hond l oses more o!ten t hon | t v| ns. | t
l oses more o!ten t hon | t v| ns becouse o! t he d| f-
!erences | n the t h| rd cord ru l es !or the Pl oyer Hond
ondt he 6onkHond.
W MM M bPMK HPM PTL ore ol so | n the
rot| o o!oneto one. 5| nce t he 6onk Hond v| ns more
o!I en thon | t l oses, the cos| no creotes on odvontoge
by chor g| ng o 5% comm| ss| on on ol l v| nn| ng 6on k
Hon d poyos. The deol ers poy o$5 for every $5
voger, $2 0!or every $20voger, etc. , but eocht | me
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o pl oyer v| ns o 6onk Hond voger he oves t he co-
s| no % o! t he poyo. | n reol i ty t he pl oyer v| ns
onl y $ ! 7 !or every $20 he voger s on t he 6on k
Hon d. Hovever, the deol ers poyoonet oone, $2 0
t o $20, ond tol l y u pt h e comm| ss| on chorges sepo-
rot el y becouse | t s | mpl | fes eoch poyo ond speeds
u pthe gome.
LLNN bb LM NPKKcKb ore used t orecord t hecom-
m| ss| on obl | got | ons o! eoch pl oyer. Every t | me o
deol er poys o o v| nn| ng 6onk Hond voger ot t he
rot| o o! onet oone, he pl oces o comm| ss| on morker
equol to % o! t he poyo, 2 on o $ poyo, $ !
o n o $20 poyo, $ o n o $ ! 00 poyo, etc. , | n t he
comm| ss| on mor ker boconto| n| ng t he pl oyer's seot
number. Eoch t| me o pl oyer v| ns o 6on k Hond
voger, % o! t he poyo | s odded t o t he toto|
omount | n t he comm| ss| on morker bo t hot conto| ns
h| s seot number.
Pl oyers ove the omou nt o! the| r comm| ss| on
morkers to t he cos| no u pon demond. The deo| ers
us uol l y request t he pl oyers to poy the| r comm| ss| on
obl | got | on every t | me t he comb| ned decks o! cords
ore s humed, ond pl oyers must poyt he| r comm| ss| on
morkers be!ore t hey l eove t he tobl e.
Hc LPb ML PVPMPc !or t he 6onk Hond 6et
o nd the P l oyer Hond 6et ore oppro| motel y the
some. The cos| no odvontoge occ urs v| th the P l oyer
Hond 6et becouse the pl oyer l oses more o!ten t hon
hev| ns. Thecos| noodvontogeoccurs v| t h t he 6onk
Hond 6et, even t hou gh t he pl oyer v| ns more o!ten
t hon he l oses, becouse the cos| no onl y poys o 7
!or every $ vogered, vhen the 5% comm| ss| on | s
deducted !r om the poyo.
The 6onk Hond hos o s l | ght l y l over cos | no od-
vont oge t hon t he Pl oyer Hond, becouse even v| t h
t he 5% comm| ss| on, t he 6onk Hond v| ns o!ten
enough to moke | t o better bet t hon the P l oyer
Hond. There | s o greot deol o! d| sogreement omong
mot hemot | c| ons os to the eoct cos | no odvontoge
on these t vo bets. The out hor's mot hemot | col op-
pro| mot | on o! the cos| no odvont oge | nd| cotes thot
R| chord A. Epste| n probobl y hos t he correct gures
| n h| s book"The Theory o!Gombl | ng ond 5tot| st| co|
|og| c" ( poge2 5) . Hel | sts t he 6onk Hond cos| nood-
vont oge ot . % ond t he Pl oyer Hond cos| no od-
vont oge ot ! . 37%. Theset vo bets hove t he l ovest
cos | no odvont oge ecept !or the Cdds 6ets | n the
gome of Crops vhen they ore odded to the Poss,
Come, Don' t Poss ond Don't Come 6ets.
KLLb LM bcb ore occos| onol l y odded to 6oc-
corot l oyouts, but none o! them hos become ston-
dor d| zed ot t het | meo! t h| s pr | nt| ng. ThePropos| t| on
6ets, os t hose | n t he gome o! crops, hove ol voys
hod o h| gh cos| no odvontoge. The p| oyer s houl d
voger on l y on t he 6onk Hond 6et, ond poss| bl yt he
Pl oyer Hond 6et, u nl ess he thoroughl y u nderstonds
o Propos| t| on 6et ond | t s cos| no odvontoge.
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Al l he kou | elle l ub| e, u p| uyet muy wuget oD , Z, , 4, O, 6, Z, of
b D u mbets ul oDe l | me. |l l he p| uyet' s wuget s oD lhe s ume D u mbef
Hc KLUcc Pbc | n Nevodo hos o vheel v| th
t h| rty-e| g ht n u mbered metol pockets | n vh| ch t he
rotot | ng bol l moy l ond ond o l oyout vh| ch hos the
some t h| rty- e| ght correspond| ng nu mbers. E| ghteen
o! t he n u mbers, ! to 3, ore red ond e| ghteen ore
bl ock. Zero ond 00 ore both green.
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w| Ds , ol hetw| s e, h| s wuget | oses.
The pl oyer s houl d be core!u l thot eoch c h| p ts
cl eorl yon the bet he des| res becouseevery bet v| ns
or l oses on eoc h s p| n o! t he bol l . | ! o pl oyer connot
reoc h o certo| n bet , he con s l | de h| s voger tovord
t he deol er ond tel l h| m vh| ch n u mber or comb| no-
t | ono! n u mbers t o pl oce | t on.
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Hb LPTbK moy voger v| th currency, regul or co-
s| no c h| ps, or Rou l ette ch| ps. Rou l ette c h| ps hove no
monetory vol ue pr| nted on t hem ond con be pur -
chosed !r om t he deol er ot the tobl e v| t h e| t her
currency or regul or cos| no ch| ps.
The pl oyer rece| ves o set o! d| st | nct l y col ored
Rou l ette c h| ps vh| ch no one el se moy use. Rou l ette
c h| ps ore used becouse there |s on| y one pl oce on
t he Rou l ette l oyout to moke eoch bet. When more
t hon one pl oyer mokes the some bet, t he c h| ps ore
p| l ed on top o! one onother, so the ovners o! v| n-
n| ng ch| ps ore | dent| ed byt he col ors.
When t he pl oyer purchoses Rou l ette ch| ps he de-
cl ores t he| r vol ue, vh| ch moy be ony omou nt be-
tveen the tobl e m| n| mum ond tobl e mo| mum, ond
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oo | he se| of co| oted chi ps |o i odi co|e | hei t vo| ue. l o-
s|eod, he moy p| oce | he mot set oo | op o co| oted chi p oo
| he t i m of | he whee| . l f | he vo| ue of | he chi p i s | he |ob| e
mi oi mum, some cosi oos do oo| us e o mot set .
kOULIIE CHl F5 ote utchosed
| o quont| t| es of twenty, co| | ed
"stocks." 8efote |eov|ng the
tob| e, the | oyet must cosh | n
h| s Rou| ette ch| s fot tegu| ot
ch| s becouse the Rou| ette ch| s
hove no vo| ue t| nted on them
ood connot be used ot e-
chonged onywhete | n the cos| oo
ecet ot the tob| e whete they
wete utchosed.
CO5I Of CHI F5
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20 ch|t $ . 0 $ 2.00
20 ch|t $ . 25 $ 5. 00
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oneo! t he pockets. 1he deol er onnou nces t he num-
ber vh| l e po| nt | ng t o | t on t he l oyout. 1hen t he
deol er sveeps | n ol l o! t he l os| ng vogers be!ore
poy| ngo the v| nn| ng vogers.
F| rst t he deol er poys o the Cut s| de vogers | n-
d| v| duol l y | n t he bet spoces, ond t hen t he deol er
col cul otes t he totol poyo !or t he v| nn| ng l ns i de
voger s ond sl | des | t ocross t he tobl e t o di rectl y | n
!ronto! t hepl oyer. Al l v| nn| ngvogersondt hepoy-
oson t heCuts| de 6etsremo| non the l oyout!or I he
net sp| no!t hebo l l u n l ess the pl oyer removes ol l or
ony port o! t hem.
As soon os t hedeol er hos po| d o ol l t hev| nn| ng
vogers, t he pl oyer moy stort voger| ng !or t he net
sp| n o! t he bol l , ond he moy cont| nue voger | ng
u nt i l t he deol er col l s "No more bets," os he heors
t he bol l h| t t he metol pockets. Any bet s mode o!ter
t h| s t| me ore s | mpl y retur ned to the pl oyer vheI her
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t hec h| p m| n | mu m. A ! 0 c h| p m| n | mu m hos o tobl e
m| n | mu m o! 50 or l ess, ond o 25 c h| p m| n | mu m
hos o tobl e m| n| mu m o! $ ! . Eoch Cuts| de 6et t he
pl oyer vogers requ | res ot l eost t he tobl e m| n | mu m,
on d t h e mo| mu m !or eoch Cut s| de 6et | s us uol l y
$250 or $500.
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1Hc Mb c bc1b o l so requ i re ot l eost the Io bl e
mi n i mu m, but severo l di erent bets moy be mode
vi t h s mol | er vo l ue c hi ps vhi ch Ioto l t hoI omou nt .
For eompl e, vhen I he tobl e mi n i mu m i s $ ! , four
25 c hi ps moy be pl oced on ony combi noI i on of
l ns i de HeI s. Al voys osk t he deo l er vhot t he to bl e
ond chi p mi n i mu ms ore. The moi mu m on o ny
s i ngl e l ns i de Het i s us uo l l y $25 or l ess.
1Hc HLUbc PVPM1Pc Ior ol | bet s, ecept t he
s i ngl e ve n u mber bet , i s 5. 2% becous e I he cos i no
vi l l vi n on overoge of 2 c hi ps f or every 38 vo-
gered. F or eompl e, i f t he p| oyer voger s ! c hi p on
n u mber ! 4 every s pi n, i n o cycl e of 38 s pi ns he vi | l
l ose on 37n u mbers ond vi n Jb c hi ps vhen n u mber
! 4 oppeors. He vou l d vi n onl y Jb c hi ps vhi l e l os-
i ng 37, ond t he cos i no vou l d be oheod 2 c hi ps .
The house odvont oge i s t he some f or t he oI her
bet s vhi ch i nvol ve more n u mbers becouse t he bet s
poy o correspondi ngl y s mo l l e| omou nt s o c hi ps.
For eompl e, i f I he p| oyer vogers on o s pl i t be-
t veen t he tvo n u mbers ! 4 o nd ! 7, he vi l l l ose on
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3n u mbers ondv| n ! 7 tvo t i mes vhen n u mbers ! 4
ond ! 7 oppeor . The pl oyer voul d v| n on l y 34
c hi ps vhi l e l osi ng 3, ond I he c os | no vou l d ogoi n
beoheod 2 c hi ps.
Thes ome resul ts con be vorked out forevery bet
ecept t he s | ngl e ve number bet. |n t h| s cose t he
pl oyer v| l l l ose on 33 numbers ond v| n c h| ps ve
t | mes vhen t he numbers 0, 00, , 2 ond 3 oppeor.
Hevou l d v| n onl y30c h| ps vh| l e l os| ng 33, ondt he
cos| no vou l d be oheod 3 c h| ps. The cos| no v| ns
50% !oster on t h| s bet t hon ony of t he ot hers, ond
the house odvontoge | s 7. 8%.
cUKLcPM KLUcc | s pl oyed | n mos t cos| nos
t hroughout t he vor l d. |t ol so hos 3 red ond bl ock
n u mbers ond green 0, but | t does not hove Mevodo
Rou l ette's green 00 so o ve number bet comb| no-
t | oni s not poss| bl e. Thepoyos ore t hes ome | n both
gomes, but t he house odvont oge | n E uropeon Rou-
l ette | s onl y 2. 70% compored t o 5. 2% | n Mevodo
Roul ette becouse t he pl oyer l oses on overoge o! !
c h| p !or every 37 vogered | nsteod of 2 c h| ps !or
every 38vogered.
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Roul ette, t he house odvontoge | s reduced to on| y
! . 35% becouse the pl oyer onl yl osesone hol f of h| s
voger vhen 0 oppeors. | n o vor| ot | on of t he En
Pr| son 6et, t hepl oyerdoes not | oseony o! h| s voger
vhen 0 oppeors becouse Ihe deol er pl oces t he en-
t| re voger on the l | ne vh| ch borders t he bet. Tbe
dec| s| on | s mode on t he net sp| n, but | n th| s cose
the pl oyer onl y v| ns bock h| s | n| t | ol voger vh| ch | s
equ| vol ent t ovoger| ngone hol ! o!| t ogo| n.
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