Men who Hate Money.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, 18 September 1914, Page 3

Men who Hate Money.

Probably no one hates the sight of money as do the croupiers at Monte Carlo, through whose hands thousands and thousands of pounds pass every year. It is not everyone who can be a croupier. Fingering and counting money at the Casino requires special training, and, accordingly, there is a school of croupiers in Monaco. Here there are tables similar to those used in the gambling rooms and each “ scholar is taught by a “ master ” how to become a croupier. The “ master ” and the “ scholar ” personate players, while one “ scholar ’’ takes the part of croupier. The money used is sham, metal discs being substituted for coins and slips of paper for bank-notes. Within a given time the croupier-scholar must calculate and pay out the winning stakes, and he must make no mistakes. He has to learn how to pitch money from one end of the table to a precise spot at the other end, and a good many other things. When a “scholar” is perfect he enters the service of the Casino under, an agreement which stipulates that he can be dismissed at a moment’s notice without any reason being given him.