Should each of the series count 31 (which occurs once in thirty-eight or forty times), bets are en prison (dead); that is, there they must remain until the next deal decides their fate. This seems fair, but it is equivalent to giving the bank half the stakes. The Homburg Bank, which is the most liberal, puts the stakes en prison only when the last card of the second series is black.
The refait at Rouge-et-Noir is estimated to make the percentage of the bank about two and two-thirds, which is diminished at Homburg to one and a third.
The advantage at Rouge-et-Noir is less than at roulette; while the minimum stake is two florins, and the maximum is 5,600 florins. The bank capital at the present game must be something like five times that at roulette. The extent of stake, on a simple chance, is 4,000 francs.
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