sentences:  After three or four years, many players had impoverished their families to such an extent that Parliament enacted a prohibition with severe penalties against both games.When the couch was "alpieued", or "parolied", to "sept-et-le-va", "quinze-et-le-va", "trente-et-le-va", etc., the punter's gains were prodigious.If a player brought his stake to "soissante-et-le-va", he was very likely to break the bank, by gaining a sum which no "tallière" could pay.