, 1875-05-23
Ingenious Arrangements for
Avoiding Intrusion,
Gathering Of tho Clans to Hear the
Numbers.


) licity; advertisements of results Of drawing
i appeared in the papers, the foolish and ignosar
poured in their money, and everything Was se
rene for the lottery men. 1nstigated thereto b.
the goadings of the press the authorities cor
Guided to notice what was under their uoses, an
the lottery shops were "pulled." That done
the police again settled down to placid content
ment. Tie lottery men, however, had foun.
Chicago by far the richest field to
their peculiar enterprise in the whole oountt,
and did not intend to relinquish it. Accepting
the hint given by the police, the business wal
thencaforth carried On with such small amoun
OF secrecy as VAS necessary to escape tht
detectives and the proportions Of thar busines1
vere only temporarily curtaied.
FAR MORE SERIOUS CHECK
to their business was lnterposed BY the judicial
inhibition Of the press from the publication Of
their advertisements or reports Of drawings, but,
notwithstanding this drawback, large traffic IN
lottery tickets Is carried on in this city. But
hears Of their being qn sale, and one
eau readily ind dealer when invest
ment is desired. the police remain in
placid Ignorance and the good-natured patrol
NAN lounges 10 front Of the policy shop and ex-
changes greetings with the runners.
THE EXTENT or POPULAR FOLLY
| is marvellous, but it would seem to any one un-
acquainted with the dourishlpg condition OF tue
lottery business, that even folly could not take
Of chances Of gaining largo sums Of money
where the lottery Affords one. The principle on
which lotteries are conducted is about as follows
large number Of fools. say 10000. put nonoy
into the han!s Of compsay Of aharpers, for tho
privilege Of drawing lots for half Of what they
| pay out. Tho gamblers game OF keno ID
very similar to lotteries in principle. but tha
gamblers are not such uuconecionable 1ascals
as the lottery men. Each one playing keno pays
| certain sum, ranging from rs centa to 81, for
| the whole amount collected, and the wiuner TO-
| ceiyes tho balance. In lottery the procesa is
simpliled bJ making the drawings according to
the number Of the tickets, and instead Of =
to Is per cent. according to the degree al their
rapacity:
Besides the regular lottery business there il
smaller species Of lottery carried on to bring the
opportunity TO gamble IN these chances within
vary, hut the following specimen will explain
their character: Every morning and afternoon
seyenty-dve numbers arc placed In the wheel Of
lotteEy in louisville, thus giving t3o draw
IN are known to the agents hare. who issue 25-
cent tickets for the option Of selecting
fire numbers within the range Of the
seyenty-hye. When the drawings take
ptAE0 +HH4t3 uuWOEGH AICQEAWU, 8QQ 4f8
telegraphed to all the different agencies.
The person holding . 25-cent ticket who has
named ~ many AZ threo numbers OF those
drawn receives IS. winning nineteen times the
amount Of tho s'ake- II the fool investing his
money should make somo inquiry as to
MS CHANCES or WINNING,
the scheme is explained something after this
fashion II the requirement was IS p2mo one
number out Of seTenty-fye With on1y one draw
ing, the adverse odds would be aeYenly-four, but
mn Ar~nr fha
odda are reduced to 1874 or 1-6 against tho
person batting that q certain number wll1 be
drawn. a. three numbers are to be named. the
odds are increased to 1871; but as tho pereon
three Of which will gain the prize, tho odds are
again reduced. Thus s1nce the offer Of the lot
tery dealer ia to give Sd for Is cents. that IT, 19
for 1,-tho scheme Is good one for the porson |
batting. for, as batWeen tbs }ottarY-dealer and |
himself, the odds are slightly in h.a favor. |
THE FAILACY /
OF the sboye reasoning will ba apparent to any !
person Of average Intelligence, but with the ig-
norant negroes, who are the chief patrons Of |
this scheme, it goes down readily. By going !
through the calculation Of the real value Of tho
chance. the odds against the purchaser Of the
ticket are found to be as SO to l. while the prize
oferad ia only 19 times his share Of the invest
ment In this case. the percentage in favor Of tho
bank is exactly SO OF. in other words, tho buy
et's chance Is the loss OF half his stake.
The regular lotterY schemes a1e generally easy |
70 70 ne uuaesstoo. sae 1ouucsmens 10 snem oelng
~ tesuots & snanea ~ " aaAae Ia1ee coup. NOE
a4 s4sneo WIZ .na anoin;u1S ~ klAo lney make 70
ai:taustue e 'ne sene@e. lne 4oteely meq ta1 the
y %lnnets ot ptlzes 10 PEE cent and upwards Tor
~ si, eapepnT sa 1s; ne enormous ptonte ot
taH ousinesa explain Wy Il u 30 peFs,atentiy
oat me Wonaer % tnat WINE 1afo. roulstte, and
touee-et-noir are 30 accessible, that foois desr-
ng 70 gamote away thelr money should select
samee ~ Nmcn tna odds are 10 lnsuperably
ae ANS! 1aen-
spPERs11I1oNs
!ro YerV prevalent among those accustomed to
?n5lng lottery tickets. A dream which can be
construed IN any way to refer to certain num-
'ers is considered to be lucky omen, and the
'appy dreamer transfers all the eittering prom.
so Of the occasion into day dream which he
luRs to his heart. He stralghtway buys tho
icket referred to, il it ia possible to be had, |
lften carrying his fancy to such aa extent az TO
,ay IN e1tortlonata price to eone one who owns
be ticket the owner himself being subject to
be superstition, and thus each sneculates on 3
margin Of credulity. Singularlg enough, even
epe4ted failure does not seem to scatter tho {
lIusion. The investor explains his failure by i
pmo miBtake in Interpreting the ausnriep. eome
1isconception in their meaning, which must Be i
uarded against next time. A fayorita
n1icv amnnr all 0smh1ara ;a ~ u,t |