The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-14
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ga "a POD. 24e 425 horses
So YOU see that there being 1909 saddles In
~ numbers. II follows that any person playing
capital has two chances in his favor and 3,00l
against him, To be sure. II he wins he gets
d The SH n sssS %e
that he wins twice In 3,OOl times. he gets 81 900
at an expenditure OF t3OOl. That Ia paying a
pretty large PERCENTAGE for having your money
taken care OF. The savings banks will do bet
il you play slip saddle-the two umbera to
come anywhere on the slip-you get only thirty
two for, one, but your chances are greatly in.
Il Saddles So that yoS have IS Chances n your
favor and 1925 against YOU Thesamc l3 mum
beers contain 2s6 gigs. but Ms there are 76.O76 In
DO not begin to equalize the chances. of6orses
the 10 numbers contain 7l5. but there are 2iG.:
$3.50 for 81 leaves you rs far behind IA ever.
There is more chance That you viii catch sta
t,on number the chsnces nehg rs TO ~; wnlie
in IL times you still lose SIS. That you cannot
reasonably expect 20 win more than once in ~
game oircis
THE best show the PLAYER has is in day num-
hers as they are callcd--the specified number
t. come anywhere on the slip. He has then 10
chances in IS and. II he wins. he gets IS for 81.
But even here the chances are still largely
against him. Thirteen numbers IN rs make
the chance exactly In 60; he gets s for /. so
that there is still the odds OF =, against him in
the 6h, And these. mark you hre the very best
terms he can get III he bets on 10 numbers.
stalking dollar ON each. he has an even chance
TINT no VIII kei TWO OF tIem out. Bllt III ne NOeS,
ha only gets $40 back. and 30 inevitably loses
81. Any one who wants to experiment in the
game. and who doubts the correctness OF these
figures may easily satisfy himself on the point.
II Will not take long, but It may cost him some
thing ,,,,..
ally may make a single venture and draw
large priZe ! remember fellow over in Jer-
sey CITY who bought a lottery ticket for eco and
drew $50 500. But there was another man in
the same city who. having a property Of about
$4,000 was also tempted to buy = ticket He
drew 10000 la fve yoars time the Rnme had
the tl5.O0O back again and the 100000 along
with IT, That man died in almost nbIect pow
erty There never was and never Will be- \
case OF n steady policy player holding his own.
The game must win.
jobs have been put up sometimes to beat the
game. but most Of them have come a. grief. One
that created considerable excitement nnd
amusement was tried many years ago when tho
lottery was drawn openly in Jersey City, A
number OF dealers and others cOnspired to have
a number drawn first. They hired the boy who
lccled in his sleeve. When he plunged his
hand into the wheel ha was 10 let the number
hide down between his fingers and draw II first
The number selected WAS A. Tho boy was to
stoal ont of the numbers before they went into
the wheel the tube containing the legitimate a.
aud thus the game was to be hit heavily
Scattered about among the policy shops Of Jer,
sey City and Now York lwhere IA few friends had
been let into the secret thero was probably 5000
on that numher. Had all Como well they would
have won $50 900. But something happened
RS something always happens in such cases
ana when the time came the boycouli not man
age 10 steal out the legitimate Al, Hero WAS a
quandAry. They would not withdraw thoir
money, and they did not like to lose II without a
struggle. So after hurried consutalioni ne
schemcrs decided that the false a. should be
drawn, and they would take their chances on
the real one. The moment came; the boy
plunged in his hand, and the first number was
tunatrlv, IN drawing the sixth number tho boy
goI hold OF the other a, Tnat ended it,"