To reach the gambling tables it is necessary to pass down a long hall which is flanked on both sides by small rooms. Through the open doors of some, people may be seen sprawling on the beds in various states of coma induced by the opium and heroin which the house supplies.
This passageway soon emerges into large gambling rooms where roulette and dice tables are so crowded that the late comers are forced io stand. Chips may be purchased for as little as twenty cents or as much as ten dollars. The betting limit is fixed by the house at $300 ud nervous gamblers may frequently be seen placing the limit time after time in an effort to regain what they have lost.
The dice tables on the ground floor of the building are most popular ong those who wish to play for all stakes, and poorly dressed Chie sit hour after hour, smoking free cigarettes and drinking tea as they methodically parcel out small chips at each throw of the dice, keeping carefully tally of the combinations which turn up in small note books furnished for the purpose.
Armed Guards Stationed at Tables Each room contains an average of six tables and each table is kept clear of players along the side where the ts deal out chips and note Armed guards are also sent at every table as thousands of dollars may collect before part of the money is removed to the office.
All bets must be placed before the croupier rings a buzzer which is a nal that the play has started. The are then exposed and nimble fingered boys clear the table of bets, paying the lucky and placing the house winnings in open containers left upon the table,
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