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│░░░░░░ INTRODUCTION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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        Red or Black is a modified version of the game called Trente Et
Quarante (also known as Rouge et Noir).  Rules for this game are as explained
in the book titled According To Hoyle written by Richard L. Frey with several
modifications thrown in for more excitement.

        This is a tournament-style gambling door where players try to achieve
the highest monthly score possible.  Players start out with $1000 to play
with.  If a player loses all his money, play is ended for that day and the
house will then spot the player another $1000 when he logs in on any day
after that.

        At the end of each month, the player with the highest score is
declared the winner.  The top-three scoring players are recorded and displayed
to players throughout the following month.

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│░░░░░░ HOW TO PLAY ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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        In this game, played at Monte Carlo and at other French gambling
casinos, six packs of 52 cards are shuffled together and dealt by the house.
Before the deal begins, a player may bet on red (rouge), black (noir),
couleur (color) or inverse.  These bets are then decided as follows:

        Aces count 1 each, face cards and tens count 10 each, every other
card counts its index value.  The dealer lays out a row of cards, announcing
the cumulative total of the spots with each card dealt, until the total is 31
or more.  This row represents black.

        Below the first row a second is then dealt in the same way,
representing red.

        A bet on black or red wins if the row of that designation counts
nearer to 31 and pays off at 2 to 1.  An exact hand of 31 pays off at 3 to 1.

        A bet on couleur (color) wins if the first card dealt is of the color
designating the winning row, whereas if this card is of opposite color a bet
on inverse wins.  Either way, winning bets on couleur or inverse pay off at
3 to 1 odds.

        If both rows count the same, it is a 'refait' (tie), and bets are
called off, except when there is a refait at 31.  This represents the house's
advantage; for in this case, the bank takes half of everything that has been
bet (the player retains half of his bet).

        Once used, cards are set aside and there is no reshuffling until
there are less than 20 cards remaining in the deck.

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│░░░░░░ THE SELECTION MENU ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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        The main selection menu commands offer 4 choices to the player.  They
are "Delay Speed", "Play", "Help" and "Quit".

        Delay Speed:  Select this option if you would like to change the
delay time used when dealing the cards.  Valid settings are 50 to 1500.  50
is the fastest (least delay) and 1500 is the slowest (longest delay).  A
default value of 1000 is initially set when a new player enters the game.

        Play:  Select this option to begin playing.  Cards are shuffled on
first play and reshuffled only when necessary after that.  Each coup, or
hand counts as one turn.  Players may take up to a predetermined number of
turns per day as defined by the System Operator.

        After selecting the Play option, players are prompted for the
amount to wager.  Players may enter any value between $1 and a predetermined
value as defined by the System Operator.  Next, the player is asked how he
wishes to bet.  Valid choices are Red, Black, Couleur (color) or Inverse as
explained above.

        Help:  Select this option to display this help file (you have
obviously already figured this one out).

        Quit:  Select this option to end the game and return to the BBS.
Your current settings will be saved automatically.


