UNEQUAL DICE
Are used at French and English hazard; and from the difficulty in
detecting them, if not made "to work too strong," as the phrase is, are
said to be-introduced, without much hesitation, at many "hells," when a
certain description of persons are present. They are not, however, so
destructive in their operations as the "Despatches ; "although, in the
long-run, they would create a great balance on their side. They are
made somewhat in the pyramidal form; and if it be intended to win upon
low numbers, the sixes are put at the base of each die—that is,
on the largest squares; because these being the heaviest, and having
increased surface, are most likely to be the undermost. When high
numbers are the game, of course, vice versa, because Number 1 is the reverse of Number 6.
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