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TWO MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. June 27, 19SC
Las Vegas Gambling 'Gold Mine7
Capitalizes, on Human Facilities
Lai Vegas, Nev., U.R Wil
bur Clark, silver-haired gam
bling impresario, nays it's hu
man nature and Iti "frailties"
and not stiff house odds that
turned his Desert Inn in to a
gold mine equipped with a
swimming pool.
"The average man just doesn't
know how to gamble." the keep
er of the swanky casino and Inn
said with a modest wave of his
card dealer's hands. "He may
win 150 a day for 10 days, but
In the long run he'll lose it back,
along with his car, house, bank
account and wife.
"This self-made sucker wins a
little, then loses his shirt because
he's not satisfied to settle for
his first winnings."
Clark, once the proprietor of
a nickel beer parlor, said his
competitors in this desert resort
called him a dreamer when he
battled financial odds to build
his $4,000,000 hotel. Now he's
the town's golden boy.
Odds Beit at Craps
But if it weren't for human
nature, he said, he couldn't even
light his hostelry, much less
meet the 385-person payroll.
Clark said odds favoring the
house are lowest at the craps
table, where customers are dis
criminated against only to the
tune of one-and-a-half per cent.
At the roulette wheel, the
house manages to keep Its hands
on a little more than five per
cent of the money crossing the
board. At blackjack, the odds
can't be determined, Clark said,
because people Insist on playing
different systems.
The colorful ex-bartender
warned that In this game, the
man who "stands on stiffs"
refuses to take another card
when the tickets add up to 16
or less increases the odds
against him.
"Notice the dealer," Clark
said, brandishing a $18,000 dia
mond ring for emphasis. "In the
long run he always wins. Why
not play the way he does. Stand
on 17 and take another card on
16 or less. "
How to Win
In all games, the only way to
win big money is to put down a
dollar and let it ride, he said. At
craps, for Instance, eight passes
would multiply the buck Into
$512.
"But how many people let
their money ride?" he said.
"They can't resist reaching In
and drawing out part of their
winnings. They don't realize
that only the original dollar Is
at stake."
Professional gamblers, whose
appearance sends cold chills
down the spines of Desert Inn
cropicrs and stickmcn, limit los
ings but press their winning
streaks for all they're worth,
Clark said. The big money boys
usually win 10 times as much as
they lose.
"Ttiey know the secret," he
said. "They know the man who
plays a scared game is the loser
99 times out of 100. They think
of money as water."
D.ad lln. on Claflftifled Adi: 9:30
a.m. for following day; 10 a.m Mon
day, noon Saturday for Sunday a.m.
Butte Falls
Butte Falls, June 27 Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer "Nick" Carter from
Reno, Nev., visited Mr. and Mrs
Clyde Moore here Thursday.
The Carters are former Butte
Falls residents. t
Darrell Stephenson is In a
Mcdford hospital with blood
poisoning.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Mays of
Medford and Mr. and Mrs.
Springall of Los Angela are
guests of Mr, and Mrs. Frank
Carson.
Construction of the new pond
at the Butte Falls Hatchery is
near completion.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Smith and
Darla visited Thursday in Eagle
Point with Mr. and Mrs. John
Smith.
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
N. B. Stoddard were their son,
Calvin and family, from Detroit,
Mich. While here Mrs. Stoddard
entertained at a bridge party in.
honor of her daughter-in-law.
Before arriving in Butte Falls
they visited In Seattle with Cal
vin's brother, Byron and family.
From here they left by air for
Salt Lake City to visit Mrs.
Stoddard's family before return
ing home.
Mrs. Caroline Thomason, who
has been confined to her ho"1?
Is now able to be out.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Menteer
and children have moved to
Butte Falls and are living in
one of the new houses.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Facey of
California visited here last week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Lec
Shepherd. They visited also with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs". Virgil Clark of
Corvallls visited here last week
end with Mrs. Clark's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lockard.
Dclores and Tommy Edmnnd
son have spent the past week
with their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Edmandson.
Mrs. Jim Arnold has been
working In the post office for
the past month.
Work Is being done on the
main streets.
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Tots to Teens
FABULOUS
NOT ON YOUR LIFEI
Dps Moines. Ia.. June 27 D.PJ
The city council sought a buyer
for Mayor Abe Chambers' of
firinl rnr tndav because his hon
or wouldn't ride in It. The car
Is a shiny 1948 Chrysler. Cham
bers Is a Ford dealer.
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p m for following day; 10 a.m. Moi,
day. noon Saturday for Sunday fl-n
Olson Furniture Co.'s
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