The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-17
THE NEW YORK SUN.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUnY II 1851
P.licy Gsnsli.s Ia New Ys.k.
WHAT IT y, rrs Evus AsD now MUCH raza-
10 OF II.

Widely spread over this and all other great
cities of ths Union exists an evil thing, who's.
bansful inauspos IL too vast slmcst for concsp
tion, and before which the IL ssems yowsrless.
Daily We zee IL b,f,rs Ms On every aide, frs-
quently We hear Of thee who have been ruined
through its agency; the pol.es recognise Il on
almost every beat Jet nons raises q hand
against II, Dons at least eff .c,ivey. o. Il We
wish at present to speak. IL Ia Policy gamb-
ling. oh 10. not gambling, merely a litti.
amusement, or . trial OF lusk,' answer tn.
thou,ands Of rospectsols people -hoss fac. are
so we'll kno wn " the agents Ia the title "Rx-
charge" Office. 'It c.rtsinly has i,s evils,
bat We eau hi no svidsnca 10 convict any.
body" chimes In the worthy msmLsr Of q
Grand Jury, bs'crs whom by somo strange mis-
chance an agent" bas been brought, a. he re-
cosnEss In the cup prit the teller Of the ticksta
be now holds In hii pocket
The hungry wom,n Who hurrioily giane.s
at the little window with its red lstt.rs "Rx,
change, as she returns from an uusu ccessful
t.arci fer aid for her need, cAilden, remen-
bas that a. the place wfse more than half
her last seshty earnings were thrown away Ia
nlusory hopes Of fabulous amounts from the
saddlsS" and gigs" which rssliz I'd nothing.
But We shtll In smother place speak Of its
evils, let us hrst see -hA' II Is.
POLICY playing IL merely a species OF lottery,
the olfsrsI CO between them being, that Will. .
In lotteries, buyers of ticks.s must take GER
tain nu nbors arranged by the drawers OF the
lottery In whole, half or qaaitsr tickets the
patrons Of tbs prlicy gsms may make their
ticksts, or bet on then IN = vsris, cf vays 70
luis themselves. Again, lott.ry tickets, or
their ftAeti ms, command dxsd price, much
ABOVE the msNs OF glasses whQse poverty
mas's then eager to tsmpt fortune. while ihs
Inventor OF policy m.os the game 10 that
sry stake from thu sa cents TO q ihou, and DOL
lars might, with tquL facilities, be risksd and
l)et OF IL
Two lotteries, each drawn twice per day, one
protessedly IN Covington Kentucky, aud the
Other in WI mjpgton, Delaware, with their
numbers aud drawings. form ths bsds Of tue
Rsms. Another, the llavanA lottery, Ia also
used in some shops, but the others are most
popular. Some OF the "agencies" co nbiae the
'1ottery" and. policy" businesses but they are
fsw the majority condnipg thsusslvss strict.
ly TO "pollcy." The policy" drawings. the
ct two mentioned, are tsrm,d 'Ioag" and
''shoft" according 10 Whistler II, IL, 10, Il or
tuooN
being the whole numbers of tickets, and those
drawn representing the prz-s. The f,vsr
drawn from tho whole, Of course the "shortsr"
the lottery and the create ths priz,s 70 the
holders Of lucky numbers. Aay nsmbsr or
numbsrs from up to 7S may be bot on, .ithsr
s "statiou number. sadie capital sad
die '"horse,' gigs or by "dayiag" Let
US instruct the ignorant. 'Diying"- tho
simplest OF these tsrms means betting that any
particular rumb,r will be drawn on certain
day. Should the number you bet on b, drawn,
you fsceivs Ave times the amount Of your stsks.
Station MISUNDERSTANDING a number
10 merely betting that Il will come nrst, third,
seventh, or at any other particular point named,
Of the twelve or lftesn numbns drawn. In
! This cassF YOU .Sdn .,n~- -. y
"Gigs."-Three numbers mako gig, as
pr example, 3-7-12. Fur numbers make
four gigs-that Is. In four numbers four differ
ent CON binations Of three numbers each may
he made. Ia the sau o ratio the moe the mum
b,rs the mere the /" gigs" In betting on gig
a certain amount, at the option Of hiu VIII
bets, Is placed on each numoer he chooses, a
fer instance, 3, 7 G, b. are chosen, and penny
placed on each. IL three Of these numbers arr
dawn, the bsttor Is entitled 10 heavy return
in proportIou TO thsfol owing table Of short ant
long lotteries. T T one cent:
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