Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-01-20
LOTTERIES,

AotiOA III iCStimdtc way LUIS
class Of men, often poor and with K
large families dependent on them for s
support, annually waste hundreds of
their hard earned dollars in the pur-
chase Of lottery tickets, in the vain
hope that the sickle goddess" viii
turn her wheel to their advantage, (
and give them capital price" !
which will make them independent
for life. That those men may see
what their chances are, we copy the
following:
THE LOTTERIES OF THE UNITED
STATES A new movement is on foot
against lotteries. Sergeant Barney,
Of the iIayors Office, New York
city, has just returned from a months
tour IN eleven Southern States, on
lottery hunting expedition, with in
formation, relative to the exact con-
ldition Of lotteries, and the Journal
loi Commerce gives the following as
1 the frait of his Inquiries:
An tho lotteries in the Union at
the preseuttime are located at the
South, though about thrce-iourths
of their profits are derived from
the North and West. These institu-
tons are distributed as follows.
Mary land Is. (ghose charter expires
on the FIRST Of April, 1889 Ken
lucky 2. Missouri /, Delaware /,
Georgia l.. The charters of all but
one of these lotteries expires in about
three Years.
| In most of the Southern States,
!ot.er, charters were originally grant
ed to colleges, schools, bridge com
panies, academies, Sc, for the pur-
pose of raising funds to the extent
of from $1,000 to 100000. This
privilege was greatly abused, lotter-
les which were empowered to draw a
scheme of a few thousand dollars,
somalimes drawing schemes amount
ing to millions There are few lot.
: freries ia the United States which
conform to the laws, or The terms Of
, their charter; but it is extremely
difficult to detect their invasions.
Some Of the lotteries are conduct.
, ed on a gigantic scale. Que o
: them expends about 100000 year
Ily in advertising and other expenses
draws over 600 schemes, and issues
tickets TO; the amount of 100000,
. 600 yearly The total amount o
!. schemes published by all the lotter
les 10 The United States is probably
:. less than S800,0f0,000.
\ The proprieto-s profess to distrlb
ute all Of this vast amount in prizes
f but it is supposed that not oye1
100000 is actually paid out
Not more than one-third of thu
n whole scheme is even printed, and o
g that, one.eighth is sold, on an aver
a age = making the receipts from
, tscheme of $500, 900, about SIC 900
of which the proprietors received i;
per cent. clear profit the rest goln.
u to agents and to de!ray expenses
o Most lotteries issue scheme every
day; aud, as the profits are pretty
d uniform and steady, it will be seel
. that, the business pays enormous
dividends.
+ The lotteries 60 not pay as mucl
6 or as large prizes as they use to-
al Years ago prizes averaging from
ST. 600 to $4,000 we're frequently
sold. and the lottery business wa
then conducted with comparative
It honesty; but of late years larg
). prizes are few and far between. al
:. though the number Of purchasers j
d much larger tbau ever before, and i;
. randi, increasing. During the las
IS year the largest prize issued wa
n $4,000. The prizes now general,
~ sold will not average more than So,
: 600.
70 In American lotteries the capita
le prize is generally not only not sold
b but is not even printed once IN
S. hundred times. The lotteries i
e this country are now flushed wit
! power, aud will be made even strong
er by the combination of all of then
u except one in Kentucky aud one j
Della ware, 10 the hands of note
lie lottery and policy dealer in this city
ID Unless strong efforts are made i
rs the South to regulate the lotterie
N now existing there, and 10 proven
re. the re-charteripg of them, the ms
lg chief resulting thereirom will rapid
is " increase year after yer.