Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers

by John Philip Quinn

INDEX.

• Age, The, [216], [217], [218].
• Americans, why predisposed to gaming, [185].
• Ames, mayor, his policy toward Minneapolis gamblers, [534].
• “Ante,” [217].
• Augustus, as a gamester, [88].
• Austin, Texas, gambling at, [505] et seq.;
  • political influence of gamblers in, [507].
• Autobiography of Author, [33] et seq.

• Baccarat, as played in Paris clubs, [131].
• Baden Baden, [101], [104];
  • a visitor’s description of, [106], [107];
  • the effective government of Paris, [118];
  • compared with San Francisco, [441];
  • with Saratoga, [484].
• Bagatelle, see [Tivoli].
• Banker, at faro, his duties, [193].
• “Bears,” [578], [585].
• Bee-Hive, see [Hap-Hazard].
• Belgrade, a gaming hell in, [98].
• Bennett, Richard, [176].
• Berkeley Club, [142].
• Betting Book, copy of a, [561].
• Blanc, Mons., mentioned, [114], [116], [118].
• Blind, The, [218].
• “Bluffing,” at poker, [216].
• Board of Exchange (San Francisco), [448].
• Boas, Lily, [47].
• Bogus Checks, [338].
• Book-Makers, [541], [563], [565].
• Bottom Dealing, [374].
• Bottom Stock, The, [222].
• Box and Balls, [305], et seq.
• “Breaking” Prices, [585].
• Bridge, The, [90].
• Briefs, among the Greeks, [90];
  • at poker, [219], [221];
  • at old sledge, [259];
  • at euchre, [266];
  • at cribbage, [268].
• Brooks’, [142], [147], [180].
• Brown, Mayor, his policy toward gambling in Milwaukee, [480].
• Brummel, Beau, [180] et seq.
• Bucket Shops, in Cincinnati, [490];
  • in St. Paul, [531];
  • in Minneapolis, [539];
  • their origin, [595];
  • an American institution, [596];
  • character of their patrons, [597];
  • compared with the Stock Exchange and the gaming hell, [598];
  • how business is done at, [598], [599];
  • frauds practiced by, [600].
• “Buck,” The, at stud poker, [240].
• Buffalo, Gambling in, [517].
• “Bug,” The, among the Greeks, [91];
  • at poker, [234];
  • at euchre, [267];
  • at cribbage, [268];
  • at vingt-un, [271].
• Bulgaria, gaming in, [97].
• “Bulls,” [578].
• Bunko, [326] et seq.;
  • cappers at, [326];
  • how played, [327];
  • bunko chart, [328];
  • list of prizes at, [329];
  • frauds at, [329], [332];
  • cards sometimes used at, [332].
• Bunko Land, [424].
• Bunko Men, in Chicago, [401], [403].
• Butler, Col., tolerates gambling, [461].
• Butler, Gen. B. F., his attitude toward gambling in New Orleans, [461].

• California State Fair, gambling at, [452].
• Caligula, as a gamester, [88].
• “Call,” The, [216], [218], [585], [586].
• Canton, gambling at, [83].
• Cappers, at high ball poker, [255];
  • at the “eight die case,” [279];
  • at “top and bottom,” [281];
  • at the needle wheel, [287];
  • at corona, [288];
  • at tivoli, [298];
  • at the O’Leary belt, [302];
  • at bunko, [326], [328], [329], [331];
  • at three card monte, [334];
  • at hap-hazard, [305];
  • at miniature race track, [308];
  • at the shell game, [349], [350].
• “Capping a Chip,” [218].
• Card Punch, The, [204].
• Cards, surmises as to origin of, [191].
• Casino, [265].
• “Cat-Hop,” [195].
• Catalogue of Gambling Tools, [406] et seq.; 430 et seq.
• Cato, his infatuation for gaming, [89].
• Chance, worshipped by gamesters instead of God, [618].
• Chances, at faro, [192];
  • at rouge-et-noir, [246];
  • at roulette, [248], [249];
  • at stud poker, [240].
• Chaplet, The, [92], [129].
• Charity Hospital, (N. O.) The, built from lottery taxes, [473].
• Charles II, his reign an era of gaming, [139].
• Charleston (S. C.), history of gambling in, [497] et seq.;
  • stock and club gambling at, [499];
  • faro gambling in, [503];
  • lotteries and policy playing at, [500].
• Chevalier, Mons., [172].
• Chicago Board of Trade, [578], [581], [587], [592].
• Chicago, Gambling in, in early days, [389] et seq.;
  • under Wentworth, [390], [397];
  • under Haines, [393];
  • a sad story concerning, [395];
  • under Ramsay and Sherman, [397];
  • under Rice, [400];
  • under Medill, [401];
  • under Colvin, [401], [402];
  • successful, [404];
  • salaries paid to employes of houses, [405];
  • under Heath, [402], [403];
  • under Harrison, [403];
  • under Roche, [404].
• Chinese, gambling among, [81];
  • laws prohibit gaming, [83];
  • a peculiar game with the, [84].
• Chinese Gambling, in San Francisco, [449];
  • in Cleveland, [493];
  • in Hartford, [509], [510].
• Chuck-a-Luck (at dice) how played, [275];
  • frauds practiced at, [275], [276];
  • a favorite game with negroes, [468].
• Chuck-a-Luck, wheel of, see [Wheel of Fortune].
• Cincinnati, gambling in, suppressed in 1886, [487];
  • in war times, [487];
  • in bucket shops, [490].
• Circuses, games at, [284].
• Claudius as a gamester, [89].
• Cleveland (O.), Gambling in, policy of municipality toward, [491];
  • raids upon, [491];
  • extent of, [492], [493].
• Clock, The Gambling, See [Gambling Clock].
• Clothing, staked at the card table, [155].
• Clubs, a cloak for gaming, [142] et seq.;
  • see also [Poker Clubs].
• “Coal-Oil Johnnie,” [410].
• Cold Decks, among the Greeks, [91];
  • at poker, [229];
  • at whist, [263], [264].
• Colors, at rouge et noir, [243] et seq.
• Colvin (Mayor) H. D., his “wide open” policy, [401], [402].
• Combination Board, A, [563].
• Combination Table, A, [501].
• Comstock Anthony, his efforts to suppress gaming, [485].
• Confidence Games, why they succeed, [332].
• Conversation House, at Baden Baden, [104].
• Convexes, [235].
• Coppering a Bet, [194].
• “Corners” on the Exchange, how originating, [579];
  • how manipulated, [581].
• Corona, [287].
• Cotton Exchange (N. O.) The, [469].
• “Covering Shorts,” [585].
• Covington (Ky.) gambling at, [487].
• Craps, how played, [277];
  • frauds practiced at, [277], [278];
  • a favorite game with negroes, [278], [468], [496], [540];
  • sugar “cubes” used in playing, [278].
• Cribbage, [267];
  • frauds practiced at, [267], [268];
  • not a favorite game with gamblers, [269].
• Crimping, at poker, [228];
  • at old sledge, [260];
  • at euchre, [267];
  • at cribbage, [269].
• Crockford’s, [106].
• Crown-House, an English, [157].
• Crucifixion, gamblers unmoved by, [621].
• Cue Cards, [198].
• “Cue-Keeper,” The, [201].
• Cure Hall, at Wiesbaden, [102].

• Dakota, author runs brace game in, [38].
• Dan Rice’s Big Poker Game, [372].
• Davis’s (N. O.) Club-House, [456].
• Day-Watch, The, [208].
• Dealing Boxes, used at faro, [194];
  • how constructed, ib.;
  • various fraudulent kinds of, [199];
  • the first used, ib.;
  • the screw box, [200];
  • the “lever” movement, [201];
  • the needle movement, ib.;
  • the “sand tell,” ib.;
  • not always in good order, [206].
• Devil’s Walk, The, [151].
• Dice, Loaded, [276].
• Dice-Throwing, among the Hindoos, [75];
  • among the ancients, [87];
  • early frauds at, [88];
  • among the Greeks, [93];
  • antiquity of, [273];
  • games of, [273];
  • in English gaming houses, [154]-155;
  • at San Francisco, [444].
• Dice Tops, high and low, [282].
• “Dip,” defined, [212].
• Discard, at poker, [218].
• Discard, Double, see [Double Discard].
• Discouraged Speculator, A, [373].
• Dollar Store, [351].
• Dominoes, the Chinese game of, [451].
• Doncaster Races, betting at the, [149], [151].
• Double Cuts, [225];
  • Discard, [232].
• “Doubles or Quits,” see [Representing].
• Draw, The, at poker, [218].
• Dream-Books, [476].
• Drop Case, [351].
• Dropping the Pigeon, [341].

• Effects of a Sensitive Conscience, [368].
• Eight-Die Case, [278];
  • frauds practiced at, [278], [279];
  • chart used in, [279].
• Eldest Hand, The, see [Age].
• Elizabeth (of England), gaming during reign of, [139].
• Embezzlement, induced by gambling, [167], [487], [494], [567], [547].
• England, “Dick,” 177 et seq.
• England, gambling in, [138] et seq.;
  • the aristocracy of, as gamesters, [142].
• English Clubs, Famous, [142], [145], [146], [147], [148].
• Euchre, its popularity, [266];
  • frauds practiced at, [266], [267].
• European Principalities, license of gambling by, [186].
• Exchange, The Commercial, a favorite mode of gaming, [185];
  • historically considered, [577];
  • classification of members of, [578];
  • manipulation of prices in, [587];
  • inconsistency of a Western, [594] et seq.;
  • a day’s session on, [590];
  • its true mission, [601].

• Fairs, games at, [284] et seq.
• Fair Directors, their venality, [284], [285].
• Fairchild, Gen. Lucius, lesson of a gaming house, [479].
• Failure of a Telegraph Wire, [370].
• False Cuts, [225].
• False Guide, A, [576].
• False Shuffles, [224], et seq.
• Fan Tan, [451], [493], [510].
• Faro, a popular American game, [188];
  • its antiquity and supposed origin, [191];
  • Rules of, [192];
  • the lay-out in, [193];
  • doctrine of character as applied to, [196];
  • frauds practiced at, [197] et seq.;
  • how cards are marked for, [198];
  • see also [Short Faro].
• Faro Boxes, see [Dealing Boxes].
• Faro Gambling, in New York, [420];
  • at San Francisco, [439];
  • at Austin, [506];
  • at Minneapolis, [555].
• “Filling,” at poker, [218].
• Fishmongers’ Hall, [142] et seq.
• Five Cards, [347].
• Flatboatmen, as gamblers, [455].
• Flim-Flam, [358].
• “Flushes, Fulls and Fours,” [232].
• Fly Loo, [361].
• Foot-Racing, [357].
• Forcing Quotations, [584].
• Fouche, as Minister of Police, [123].
• “Fours,” at poker, [217].
• Fox, Charles, as a gambler, [171].
• Francis, Sir Philip, [180].
• Friends, A, Bad Faith, [364].
• Frontier Police, The, [518].
• Full Hand, [215].

• Gambler, The, three stages in his career, [65];
  • falsity of his theories, [69].
• Gamblers, as police spies, [123];
  • admitted to English society, [158];
  • their defense as based upon the exchange, [186];
  • itinerant, [190];
  • professionals die paupers, [211];
  • timidity of professional, [366];
  • spendthrifts by nature, [468];
  • political influence wielded by, [477], [507];
  • ashamed of their trade, [607];
  • unmoved by the crucifixion, [621];
  • heartlessness of, [621];
  • an appeal to, [635] et seq.
• Gambler’s Luck, The, [532].
• Gambling, indefensible, [67];
  • its roots, ib.;
  • provocative of suicide, [69];
  • subversive, of social order, [70];
  • a prop of despotism, [87];
  • a cause for the fall of Rome, [89], [90];
  • in France, [120];
  • among English lower classes, [150];
  • at English race courses, [151];
  • legal aspects of in England, [168];
  • police protection to, [210];
  • a cause of suicide, [414], [478];
  • Heaven’s curse upon, [415];
  • a cause of embezzlement, [487], [494], [507], [547];
  • a cause of murder, [528], [546];
  • its nature and effects, [607], [614];
  • a source of intellectual loss, [607];
  • dethrones God, [618];
  • degrades man, [620];
  • destroys the soul, [626];
  • religion the surest preventive against, [626].
• Gambling Houses, list of employes at in England, [149];
  • a low class of English, [150], [153], et seq.;
  • banking games favorites at, [187].
• Gambling Clock, The, [603].
• Gambling Implements, catalogue of, [406], [430].
• Gambling Stories, [360] et seq.
• Games of Chance, growth of the passion for, [607];
  • danger attending, [613].
• Gamestresses, Miss Trollope’s description of, [110];
  • see also [Women].
• Garnier, Mons., mentioned 114.
• Geneva, [101].
• George III (of England), Gambling during the reign of, [141].
• Gigs, [476], [540].
• Give Away, [346].
• “Going Better,” [215], [216].
• “Going In,” [215], [231].
• Gold Bricks, [311] et seq.;
  • Rev. Dr. Snyder’s experience with, [318].
• Good Swimmer, A, [376].
• Grand Hazard, [282].
• Grand Opera House, Paris, [114].
• Grandmother Trick, The, [354].
• Greece, gambling in ancient and modern, [87], et seq.
• Greeks, a nation of Sharpers, [90];
  • frauds practiced by, id., et seq.
• “Groom-Porter,” duties of the, [153].
• Guerilla, The, [584].
• “Gunning,” Stocks, [585].

• Haines, Mayor, his policy toward gambling, [393].
• “Hair-Coppers,” [202].
• Half Stock, The, [259].
• Handicap Fraud, The, [572].
• Hap-Hazard, explained, [303];
  • how used, [303], [304];
  • the fake element in, [304].
• Harrison (Mayor) Carter H., his policy towards gamblers, [403].
• Hartford, Conn., history of gambling in, [508] et seq.;
  • raids in, [509];
  • policy playing in, [510].
• Harvey, Miss May, [39] et seq.
• Havana Lottery, The, [462], [474].
• Hazard, French and Eng. games of, [152].
• Heath, Mayor, suppresses gambling in Chicago, [402], [403].
• Heaven, The curse of, rests upon money won at gaming, [21].
• Hebrews, see [Jews].
• Henry VIII, an unscrupulous gamester, [139];
  • his reign an era of gambling, [140].
• Hieronymus, method of playing, [273], [274];
  • odds against players at, [274];
  • frauds practiced at, [275].
• High and Low Dice Tops, see [Dice Tops].
• High-Ball Poker, [255].
• High-Hand, The, at old sledge, [260];
  • at euchre, [267].
• High-Low-Jack, see [Old Sledge].
• Hindoos, gambling among the, [75];
  • a legend, [76] et seq.
• Hock Card, The, [194], [195].
• Holding-out, at poker, [233], [241];
  • at old sledge, [262];
  • at euchre, [267];
  • at cribbage, [268];
  • at vingt-un, [271].
• “Hollows and Rounds,” [197].
• Homburg, [101], [118].
• Horse-Racing, in England, [554];
  • in America, [556];
  • a national vice, [558].
• Hours of Play, at “hells,” [208].
• How an Old Scout Held an Ace Full, [369].
• Hoyle, his explanation of faro cited, [192];
  • his doctrine of chances, [196].
• Hungry Trio, A, [376].
• Hutchinson, B. P., [606].

• Indianapolis, gambling in, [545], et seq.
• Influence of Money on Parental Disapprobation, [365].
• Italian Society, vices of, [114].
• Italy, gaming in, [113].
• James Brothers, The, [36].
• James I (of England), gambling during the reign of, [139].
• Japan, games prevalent in, [86].
• Jenny Wheel, The, [299];
  • the table used for, [298].
• Jews, gambling among, [71], [74].
• Jockey, The, [571].
• Jog Stock, The, [223].
• John (of England), gaming during reign of, [138].
• Johnson, Ex-Gov. Chas. P., introduction by, [26];
  • letter from endorsing author, [59];
  • sketch of, [417].
• Jurisdicton (State and National), conflict of, [454].