New-York tribune., 1867-07-31
enntaininr three Of Ana drawn rnrnters vns money

containing three Of the drawn numbers wins money
prize the lowest Being 500 Two oL tS & e SInonni
paid for the ticket number TO the Ilce V m 'i %
Gays and ayo lSsSd az from 81 to 900 fractional parts in
proportion. fractional ticket draws ny ~, - III
oal part OF the prize to which the whce ucKct Il ohtr
To show the utter folly Of Investing in RcSs lStsSs,ss u
cfe are sold here every day. not more than two prizes
drawn during The week anu Iese & ate S aw5S ss bas
drawn the capital prize some where, bnt We ohe that
there few who have ever seen the fortunate hcAet
AcaIn there are thousands CT people IN NcwYcrk who
vii not buy lottery ckets but viii make bets win the
agent the probable liz, Of drawn numbers This spe-
cics OF gambling y carried on 20 HiSLuui extent,
women. and even children, OF the purtuns engaging
IN 10 WITH zeal end peIsstency tIHy ica'h&oe me
fact u that the lottery Injuries most those Who ere not
able to afford even the trifing amount staked
upon the .ssue. This kind Of gambling s called tIay
ing Policy, and may be easily Understood. Ihe payer
the window Of which may be always seen yellow shade
with the word "EXCIrtNGE" in black letters upon IT.
You rarely those curious things known AZ SILVER ana
play Of grecLbaCks which marks The Legitimate DrokeI
Gnmaor e dT hnSrs F Ws onS TS {wo or eS Wien
desires TO stake his money upon, ana WagIis Wag1Is
numbers arc entered in book ana ticket given nun,
bearing the numbers ande stamp OF the ohiee suppose
Iers he is entitled TO Eve times the auot he has saked
Should lie bet two numbers when are a.1ohe os .nS
his stake. For three winning numbers 1Iie Ihe
dealer pays from $50 to 800 times the amount su & ti
nyilr,esii's nav i"FtS on "Gig,' Horse," sad
de.7 &C. &c, being current only among the drivers OF
Of 10 value 10 the general public. There arc n%ny
tS meUiion suiIee il to say that it is played
generally by The inoIant ana sGieTStIuCHdS' ,,a a
Very poorest o the poor whites beng the best custom
ers OF the dmgy Exchange" \ member ol the ponce
force, while giving some hints Oh this subject re,
marked you to 20 into these places to see and
hear what is done You ought 70 SEQ the people that
white women with dirty children taggin' about en-
The othcl day was in ohe. Was tlILlIG tmIg,. "A
woman come in and GIawed nine cents You'd a. tho1ght
it was S9,cO Says She This IS the first time
I've made INT IN Two weeks. Maybe snG sISnS oTi m
lar III that time She went out anu Iie sli onC III
says she'd 4 play 29 for my mother Tor ten c9If ana
eiof Ten cents; ana We go5 ioUr cents anu ci IN
her pocket aud pinned hern Into pca IN her dress SOS
But hats the kind Of people that plays policy when
they have dream they study 10 out and make
about ard SO a wagon An old Niger told me lot to
play policy if dreant Of an oX-calt. unless II was on
Thursday had the dream Some Of tLcse poor people
IL is great pity that something decided cannot be
ton that there is any chance to better their condition by
rislrng money in this oEesded game Let any ono take
published in of the official organs OF that lottery and
selecting one, two or three numbers examine the Ists
atiOn made by careful student who has paid much at
tention to the subject proves that thTec gwen huGSf @
numbers once IN 100; one number once IN IL times
S0W S nd e stake aS on pays one n'e number t the the PSy@r
loses times the stake in hets The agent pays say
80 for numbers; IN eco bets the player loses l6e
times his stake. Ia betting COO tines on three numbers
the player, who receives 900 times ms stake
for luCkySL.t loses that much IL COO bets. THIS
is simple calculation, and is worth the at
tentOn Of The dcluded people who persist in
believing that fortunes may he drawn from tho lottery
wheel almost az viii Everybody who has bet on lot
tery hupored times has won at least once ent let
him las Winnings and then his losses aid siIke
balance. II VIII sure ~ he on the wrong side
Yesterday morning npiants were entered against
John C. HCcuaI and three cOrodcrates Of No G2 Broad
way and against Augustus Robbins ana ono sAarky OF
No. o. ChatEau-st charged with keeping gambling
houses at the places named Warrants have been Issued
fOa the arrest OF all these parties. 10 IL the
settled determination Of the Society for the Suppression
OF Gambling 70 prosecute these and al other cases Win
yIgoF ii II high time that Of tie fraternity oi
gamblers who are oIclIy deiying The law by day
and night should be punished. The mere
holding to hail is not punishment Not
witLstauGuc the fact that this dsregardT the citizens
duty, this talOus contempt Of the Jaw have been the
subject Of comment Tor many years, there has been but
gambler convicted of violation Of the statute since
1876, This the WC-kAOWn Harrison. WIO was sent
the Island where Ee died Of broken heart, Gs x II
said lie mortified to death al being placed amoIg
common thlcvCel