Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers

by John Philip Quinn

• Kansas City, (Kas.), gambling at, [514].
• Kansas City (Mo.), gambling in, [514].
• Keno, how played, [251];
  • the “globe,” ib.;
  • percentage of the game, ib.;
  • frauds at, [252];
  • large winnings by proprietors of, [252];
  • a favorite game in New Orleans, [467];
  • popular at Austin, [506].
• Kentucky State Lottery, [472], [474].

• Lay-Out, at faro, how arranged, [193], [194].
• Legislation Against Gambling, [71], [72], [73], [75], [83], [138], [163], [165], [189];
  • in Louisiana, [457], [461], [462], [463], [464], [477];
  • in Milwaukee, [481];
  • in New York, [484];
  • in Ohio, [491], [492];
  • in Texas, [508];
  • in Minneapolis, [39];
  • absolutely essential, [608].
• Levant, gambling in the, [92] et seq.
• License of Gambling, by European principalities, [94], [101], [186].
• License System, The, of gambling, [457], [461], [462], [463], [464].
• Limit of Bets, at faro, [193].
• Loaded Dice, [283].
• Long Hand, The, [261].
• “Longs,” [584].
• Look-Out, at faro, his functions, [193].
• Lottery, The Chinese, [449].
• Lotteries, early, in New Orleans, [472], [474];
  • in Charleston, [500].
• Lottery Tickets, their sale in San Francisco, [445].
• Louisiana, the disgrace of the State, [187].
• Louisiana Lottery, a favorite among San Francisco citizens, [445];
  • its origin, [462];
  • evils of, [472], [631];
  • history of, [472] et seq.;
  • dividends paid by, [473];
  • table of drawings in, ib.;
  • disposition of revenues from, ib.;
  • its sale of tickets in Cleveland, [493];
  • its victims in Buffalo, [526];
  • in Minneapolis, [542];
  • as patronized at Peoria, [544].
• Luck of a One-Eyed Man, [374].
• “Lucky” Baldwin as a gambler, [443].

• McGrath’s (N. O.) Club House, [460].
• Madrid, gambling at, [135], [136].
• Magnetic Spindles, [293].
• “Making Good,” [215].
• Marked Cards, author’s success with, [44];
  • at poker, [229], [230];
  • a game with, [241];
  • in old sledge, [262];
  • at euchre, [266];
  • at cribbage, [271].
• Marking the Edges, [198], [260].
• Martin, Samuel, a partner of author;
  • Sundry reminiscences of, [42] et seq.;
  • as a marked card player, [241] et seq.
• Mascot, [287].
• Medill (Mayor) Joseph, his policy toward gamblers, [401].
• Mexican Monte, [506].
• Mexican National Lottery, [445].
• Mexico, curious gambling customs in, [136], [137].
• Middleton Whig, [175].
• “Milking the Street,” [585].
• Milwaukee, Gambling in, [479] et seq.;
  • under O’Neill, [480];
  • under Brown, ib.;
  • legislation against, [481].
• Miniature Race Track, [307].
• Mining Stocks, speculation in, [447].
• Minneapolis, Gambling in, [533] et seq.;
  • under Rand, [534];
  • under Ames, [535] ib.;
  • under Pillsbury, [554], [557].
• Minor Confidence Games, [353].
• Mistaken Identity, a case of, [377].
• Mobile, Gambling in, [494] et seq.
• Mohammedan laws against gaming, [75].
• Monaco, suicides at, [69];
  • gambling at, [116].
• Mongolians, see [Chinese].
• Monte Carlo, [114];
  • the casino of, [116];
  • house of play at, [117];
  • character of games, [117];
  • limit of bets, [118];
  • season of play at, [119];
  • compared with Saratoga, [212];
  • with New Orleans, [462].
• Morning Principle, The, [363].
• Morrissey’s (John) N. Y. club house, [212];
  • Saratoga club house, [483];
  • same compared to Baden Baden, [484].
• Moscow, [111].
• Mound City (Mo.) author’s experience at, [236].
• Municipal Authorities, Relation of to public gambling, [189], [190].
• Murder, caused by gambling, [528], [546].
• Mustang, [283].
• Mutual Pools, [563], [564].

• Nail Prick, The, [237].
• Needle Wheel, The, [286], [287].
• Negroes, as gamesters, [467], [506], [540].
• Nero as a gamester, [88].
• New Orleans, history of gambling in, [455] et seq.;
  • effect of civil war upon gambling in, [461];
  • an American Monte Carlo, [462];
  • number of gaming houses in, [467];
  • table showing extent of gambling in, [477].
• New Orleans Cotton Exchange, [469].
• New York, Gambling houses of, [420].
• Newport (Ky.), Gambling at, [487].
• Newport (R. I.), Gaming at, [437].
• Night-Watch, The, [208].
• O’Leary Belt, The, explained, [300];
  • fake element in, [301];
  • devices used in connection with, [302];
  • a favorite with itinerant gamblers, [303].
• O’Niell, Mayor, his policy toward gambling in Milwaukee, [480].
• Odd, The, [204];
  • its advantage, [205].
• “Old Bailey” (England), The, gamblers at bar of, [155], [159].
• “Old Black Dan,” [367].
• Old Sledge, how played, [256] et seq.;
  • frauds at, [258].
• Open Board of Trade, The, [595].
• “Original Hand,” The, [215].
• Original Louisiana Lottery, [445].
• Over-Issue, [340].
• Over and Under Seven, [280].

• Padlock, The, [344].
• Pairs, Two, [217].
• Palm Stock, The, [224].
• Palming, among the Greeks, [91];
  • at euchre, [267];
  • at cribbage, [268].
• Parleeing, the term explained, [193].
• Partnerships, at poker, [222], [223], [228], [231];
  • at vingt-un, [271].
• Paupers, gamblers become, [211].
• Peoria (Ills.), gambling at, [543].
• Persians, gaming among, [74].
• Pillsbury, (Mayor) George S., attitude toward Minneapolis gamblers, [534], [537].
• “Pluggers,” at high ball poker, [255];
  • at San Francisco, [440].
• Poker, a so-called national pastime, [189], [214], [507];
  • its defenders, ib.;
  • terms used at, explained, [215], [217];
  • frauds practiced at, [219] et seq.;
  • a favorite game in San Francisco, [442].
• Poker Clubs, [189], [493], [520], [531].
• Poker Dice, [280].
• Poker Hands, their relative value, [217];
  • as collateral for a loan, [411].
• Police, protection to gambling by the, [210], [427];
  • in New Orleans, [461], [467];
  • on the race track, [573].
• Policy-Playing, prevalence of in United States, [186];
  • at San Francisco, [449];
  • at New Orleans, [468];
  • in Cleveland, [493];
  • at Charleston, [500];
  • in Hartford, [510];
  • in Buffalo, [524];
  • in Minneapolis, [539].
• Pool Rooms, at San Francisco, [445];
  • in St. Paul, [529];
  • in Minneapolis, [541];
  • how business done in, [560], [568].
• Privileges, sold on steamboats, [254];
  • at fairs and circuses, [284].
• Produce Exchange (San Francisco), [448].
• Pueblo (Colorado), An immense gambling house at, [208], [209].
• “Puts,” [585].
• Put-back, The, [202].

• Quarter Under Foot, [345].
• Quebec, Gambling in, [511].
• Quebec Exchange, [513].
• Quebec Whist Club, its character, [512].
• Queer Stake, A, [371].
• Quinn, John Philip, autobiography of, [33] et seq.
• Quinn, Mrs. May Harvey, courtship and marriage, [41];
  • her death, [45];
  • sketch of, [381].
• Quinn, Mrs. Lily, her letter to author, [60];
  • author’s reply, [61].

• Race-Tracks, sale of privileges at, [566], [567];
  • features peculiar to, [568];
  • various frauds at, [570], [572].
• “Rakes,” [197].
• Rake-Off, [219].
• Rumsey, Mayor, his toleration of gambling in Chicago, [397].
• Rand, Mayor, his policy towards Minneapolis gamblers, [534].
• Reflectors, [235].
• Religion, the surest preventive against gambling, [626].
• “Representing,” at “Eight Die Case,” [279];
  • at the needle wheel, [287];
  • at bunko, [327], [329], [330].
• Representatives, Congressional, exponents of average morality, [187].
• Rice, Mayor, his policy toward Chicago gamblers, [400].
• Richard I, gaming during reign of, [138].
• “Ringing-in,” see “[Cold Decks],” “[Marked Cards],” “[Chuck-a-Luck],” “[Loaded Dice].”
• Roche, (Mayor) John A., his policy toward[toward] gambling, [404].
• Roof, The, [91].
• Rolling Faro, [252];
  • the fake element in, [253];
  • percentage against players at, [253].
• Roman Laws Against Gaming, [71].
• Rouge et Noir, as played at Monte Carlo, [117], et seq.;
  • a popular American game, [188];
  • the game explained, [243], et seq.;
  • odds against players, [242], [245];
  • different ways of betting at, [244], [245];
  • frauds practiced at, [245], [246];
  • steerers employed for, [246].
• Roulette, as played abroad, [117];
  • bets at, [119];
  • a popular American game, [188];
  • how played, [247];
  • odds at, [248], [249];
  • frauds practiced at, [249], [250].
• “Royal Flush,” see [Sequence Flush].
• Ruined by a Funeral, [360].
• “Running in,” [198].
• Running up Two Hands, [227].

• St. Louis, Gambling in, [408], et seq.
• St. Paul, Gambling in, [527].
• Sacramento (Cal.) Gambling at, [452].
• Saddles, [476], [540].
• Safe, The, [344].
• “Sanding” the Cards, [198].
• Sand Paper, as a means of fraud, [204].
• “Sand-Tell Box,” The, [198], [201].
• San Francisco, Gambling at, [438], et seq.;
  • compared with Baden Baden, [441];
  • stock speculation at, [448];
  • policy playing at, [449].
• Saratoga, compared with Monte Carlo, [212];
  • gambling in, in early days, [482];
  • racing at, [483];
  • club-houses, [483];
  • openly conducted, [485];
  • raids upon, [486];
  • public sentiment, [486].
• Scalper, A, [584].
• Second Dealing, at poker, [237];
  • at cribbage, [271].
• “Seeing a Bet,” [216].
• “Send,” The, [337].
• Sequence, A, [217].
• Sequence Flush, [217].
• “Settling-Day,” [585].
• Seven Up, see [Old Sledge].
• Shakspeare (Mayor) Joseph, his plan for indirectly licensing gaming, [464], [469].
• Shell Game, [348].
• Sherman, Mayor, his toleration of gambling in Chicago, [397]
• Shifting the Cut, [225], [267].
• “Shiners,” [235].
• Short Faro, [210].
• Short Games, [243], et seq.
• Short Hand, The, [261].
• “Shorts,” [584].
• Shot Gun, The, [346].
• Signing Up, at poker, [222];
  • at whist 263.
• “Single Pair,” A, at poker, [217].
• Sleeve Hold-Out, The, [234].
• “Snaking,” [202], [203].
• Soap Game, The, [355].
• Society (N. Y.) for the Suppression of Vice, [486].
• “Soda” Card, The, [194].
• South Carolina Lottery, [499].
• Southern Indiana Penitentiary, author’s incarceration 55;
  • his discharge 60.
• “Spieler,” The, [334], [335].
• “Splits,” explained, [197].
• Springfield (Ills.), Gambling at, [548], [549].
• “Squares and Rounds,” [198].
• “Squeal,” A, [585].
• “Squeeze,” A, [585].
• Squeeze Spindle, [291];
  • faked element in, [292];
  • sale of a, ib.;
  • a magnetic, [293].
• Stake Holder, The confidential, [569].
• Steerers, English, [157];
  • at rouge-et-noir, [246];
  • at faro, [207], [208];
  • in St. Louis, [410].
• Stocking, at faro, [197], [198];
  • at poker, [221], [233];
  • at euchre, [266];
  • at cribbage, [268].
• Stock Exchange, Its influence on national morality, [186].
• Stock Gambling, its results, [448];
  • in San Francisco, ib.;
  • at New Orleans, [469];
  • in Cleveland, [493];
  • at Charleston, [499];
  • in Quebec, [513];
  • in St. Paul, [531];
  • its deplorable effects, [581];
  • “slang” used in, [584].
• Straddles, [585], [586].
• Striking Machine, [308].
• String bets, [195].
• Strippers, among the Greeks, [91];
  • at faro, [197];
  • at old sledge, [258];
  • at euchre, [266];
  • at cribbage, [268].
• Stud-Poker, [219], [239];
  • San Francisco, [444].
• Suicide, Gambling leads to, [69], [414], [478];
  • because of failure of lottery prize, [625].
• Sure Hand, A, at poker, [219], [238].
• Swinging Ball, The, [310].

• Table Hold-Out, The, [235].
• “Taking a Flyer,” [585].
• Telegraph, The, [237], [269], [271].
• Three Card Monte, how-operated, [334], et seq.;
  • railway conductors’ share in profits of, [336].
• “Three OF a Kind,” at poker, [217].
• “Throwing-off” a Partner, [209].
• Timidity of Professionals, [366].
• “Tipping the Hand,” [226].
• Tips on Races, [566].
• Tivoli, the machine explained, [295];
  • the chart used in, [296];
  • how played, [297];
  • frauds at, [297], [298].
• Tobacco Box, The, [343].
• Top and Bottom, at dice, [281].
• Top and Bottom Boxes, [309].
• Top Stock, The, [221];
  • beating the, [362].
• Touts, [446].
• Turning Jack from Bottom, [262].

• United States, Gambling in, [549];
  • why gambling popular in the, [185];
  • various modes of gaming practiced in, [185] et seq.;
  • policy playing in, [186].