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Luminous readers
I put this one in mainly because it shows how little trust you or anyone should put in gambling supply house catalog copy. Some of the gimmicks they list, which the amateur cheat buys because he knows no better, are strictly sucker items. When the would-be cheat orders a deck of luminous readers at $12.50 to $18 per deck, he receives by express (these boys avoid using the mails) a red-¬backed deck of cards whose backs bear large numerals lightly marked in with green pencil. You also get a cheap pair of glasses with red-tinted lenses or a red-tinted, transparent eyeshade. When the card is viewed in red light the red back design fades out and the green markings turn dark and become visible for you alone. If you suspect this gimmick, simply ask to borrow the glasses or eyeshade for a moment.
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Big Six Wheel in Casino
Wheel of Fortune
Everyone has seen the wheel of fortune. It appears at county fairs, at fund raising functions, in films and television programs, and of course in casinos. In the casino, however, it is called the Big Six Wheel. I will explain its history in a subsequent paragraph.
On the wheels in most casinos (in New Jersey it is legislated under law), you will find fifty-four different stops or divisions that are set at various values by the casino. Fifty-two of them are represented by dollar amounts. The remaining two will have a joker face, or the casino logo, or both, inside the stop. These dollar amounts actually represent the odds that a winning bet on that amount will pay. The joker or logo stop usually will be valued at forty-five.
The wheel is operated manually by a dealer, who, using only his own strength, pulls the wheel to start it spinning. Friction, caused by a rubber "finger" banging against the "stops" themselves, slows and stops the wheel. Wherever the rubber "finger" comes to rest is the winning position.
Betting on Wheel
Directly in front of the dealer is a glass covered table. Under the glass are various pieces of money. You will find $1, $2, $5, $10, and $20 bills. There will also be an area marked with a joker or a logo, to correspond with these two extra stops on the wheel.
To bet on this game, you simply place your bet onto the face of the bill that you think will win. Should it win, you win that bill's value times your bet. For instance, if you place a $5 chip onto the $1 bill on the table, and it then wins, you will receive an additional $5 back as winnings. If, however, you bet on the $5 bill, and it wins, you would be a winner five times your bet. This would be 5 x $5, or $25 in winnings. Taking it further, a bet on the $10 bill will pay back ten times your bet, a bet on the $20 bill will pay twenty times your bet, and a bet on the joker or logo will pay back forty-five times your bet! Obviously, there are more $1 stops than there are $2 stops, and more $2 stops than there are $5, $10 or $20 stops!
Division of Wheel
The wheel is divided as follows:
The Big Six Wheel was originally devised as a means to gamble with absolutely no skill necessary on the part of the player. The early wheels had the same fifty-four stops and were operated in the same manner as today's wheel. Instead of a dollar bill in each stop, three die faces appeared. Each stop had different faces, No Pairs, One Pair, or even a Triple. For instance, 1-2-3, or 2-2-5, or even 6-6-6, could appear.
The betting layout was just the individual numbers from one through six. The could bet $1 (or whatever he wished) on any number and then he would wait. When the wheel stopped, any bets made on the numbers that appeared would be winners. Every die face paid off at even money (one to one). A No Pair would pay for any of the three numbers that appeared. A Pair would pay two times for the paired number and one time for the other number in the stop. And finally, a Triple would pay three times for only that number.
The house percentage- the difference between the true odds and the actual payoff- is probably the highest of any game in the online casino. Any bet made on this wheel falls into the realm of the sucker bet. So why do so many people play? It's easy. It's fast. And it only takes a buck to play. Go play it - once! I hope you enjoy.
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