Roulette Gains

The profits for last season of the Casino at Monte Carlo amounted to 65,860,170 francs (approximately $4,345,971), an increase of 4,000,000 francs ($264,000) over last year.

Thus--despite the recently Tin-earthed frauds exposed by the Prince of Monaco, the amazing credence of "bank-breakers with a system,"the usual official despondency over the Casino profits, the lack of "high play" and the increased cost of maintaining that costly establishment--the Casino has done well.

The authorities now look forward to a better season. Following the psychology of roulette it seems certain that many hundreds of thousands of people will assemble in the famous salons to listen to the monotonous chant of the croupiers: "Messieurs, faites vos jeux." "Les jeux sont faits." "Rien ne va plus." "Zero!" Then will follow the usual clatter of "blancs, rouges et plaques" accompanied by the suppressed groans of the gamblers, except, of course, the tittering individual in the corner who had five francs on zero.