The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02
THE LOTTERY.
.~.rw CHANCES AGAINST WHNNhN~ ~
PRIZE I'm THE LOUISIANA ~
LOTTERY COMPANY


s,",,,,,arcd with the CAassces Against
winning Them.
rEhe first thing whic'h Strikes tho httcRtion OF
~ visitor TO New .tenuF Is
,,zrE NUMBER OF Lottery OFFICES IN THfsGrTY,
sTbese are scattered everywhere in every dis
%ric. ward and section there Ia scarcely a
rsuyare bat bOn5ts Of ut least one Of those Eamb-
Hsur bfaces, and no part Of our city Is too poor
IN aupDoft one. You may have to go 20 lie or
more TO get your marketing, To walk nj least a
sioaen squares for n loaf of bread: but IN no in
stance have you got to go moro than square to
amy your lottery tick@-R shop Ia always close
mad convenient These establishments Haunt
sheIr signs everywhere. with Some catchword
TO seduce the paeeer by. eome fictitious story If
great prizes won 10 invite the uneo0histicated
syayfarer to become "A victim.
Strangers who 500 these establishments. who
notice tho Immense number Of stores given
mp 10 the sale Of lottery tickets, @re naturally
szrpRa1y surprised at the immense proportions
which
THIS LOTTERY BUsINH3
has attained here. There 10 scarcely letter
from New Orleans but comments on our lottery
etbops and our Lottery COMPANY. and one Wis
ator sarcastiCally remarks that the principal
Industries OF New Orleans appear to he the
To New Orleans people 1t IL scarcely neceFsa-
wV to sneak of the Lottery Company to tell the
amount Of Tie business done bVit. the number
OF It's shops It supports, and the army Of
4vretChes II victimizes. It Is scarcely necessary
To tell of the power end influence Of this gigan-
tic corporate n-the events of the past few days
have told the whole story Of the Lottery spOw-
or and dominion for the first time; but there Ia
one fact concerning the Lottery Company and
lottery tickets which even our own people are
grossly ignorant OF. ana 1t Ia TO this
IGNORANCE
that the Louisiana Lottery Company owes the
greater portion of it's earnings 1t is this igROr
RnCe that IL pouring tens Of thousands Of dol
lars daily iuto the treasury Of the Lottery
Company, tO be- used IN debasing our Judges
and proslitutlng our politics.
Every one knows the seductiVeness OF gam
bling. the pleasures OF winning. the eEcil ement
ByeR OF losing. There are thousands OF per
sons who cannot resist gambling, but how
many PERSONS are there fools enough to yolnn
4arily play a, difficult game Of chance without
knowing In the least any Of the rules or Urinct-
piles of the game? Yet this Ia lust what our
people do when they play Towards lottery
There are scores OF men in this city that have
been playing the lottery for years. until that
voracio,nhs mo- ster Rss sw9bGwea HR oil eHe
wrecked their lives, their fortunes aud happl-
ness In this gambling: vet we doubt II single
one of this mighty army OF lottery gamblers
knows how outrageously he is swindIed.
mas the faintest idea of
THE CHANCEs AGAINST HIM,
We have taken the trouble to test public
opinion on this subject, and have INQUIRED of
there are In every daily drawing Of the lottery
what are his exact chances Of winning big
Drize2 We have uuet toned q hundred persons
ON this point, ard have not yet met man who
knew exactly how many chances there were
against bis winning prize when he purchased
n printed ticket or bet on gig or saddle. All
acknowledged their Ignorance on this subject
n few pretended to guess, and all guessed
wrong. The Lottery Company and lottery deal
ers very wisely keep silent on this subject.
1t crculates ny lads of programmes. cards
and circulars: 1t fills the independent"
press with Its advertisements, but In none of
these many documents can you find word
about the number Of tickets and combinations
In the daily drawing of the Lottery.
Any play er, who wants the whole truth, who
repires 10 To- how badly be Is victimized has
simply to turn to his algebra and look over
THE PROBLEM OF PRESENTATIONS AND CoMBINA
TIoNs,
the law OF chances, ,!,s.;.....,,ro,
numbers each whenever seventy eight NUM-
beers are placed In the wheel of the lottery com
pany; and CT 1915 combinations when seventy
1--we numbers are placed In the wheel. Your
chances therefore. Of winning the capital prize
in the daily draw ing of the lottery is as one in
T6.GT6; equivalent to the chance OF cutting the
ace OF spades In a pack OF cards 1463 times con.
) No wonder Ia 1t, therefore. that despite the
1umDer OIL ttCRetS uhlly bOIu lu5 toluUnS OF inc |
Efcapttne and Times contain SO few certificates
Df capital prizes
II you play any game of chance you expect to
win In proportion to the number of chances
against you allowing the gambler. of course. a
fair pc. CeDtage. Ii you play roulette the
chances against yon are 81 t. l, When you win
you win q times what you bet, the roulette man
making only 4.31 or about II per cent on the bet
What are your chances, in the ttery2 IO"
buy one combination; there ore 7G.07h others.
You have the etOre, one chance in your favor to
T6 O7b CHANCES AGAINST YOU
IT, therefore you bet g. the lottery ought If yOu
were playing square and even. to pay you $76 O75
II it paid this much for every capital prize
drawn 1t would neither lose nor gain; but we
must allow something for the expenses of the
company la the way OF newspapers and prizes.
What does the lottery allow. and
WHAT PRIZE DOES IT PAy2
$1,000 less that inevitable If per cent; that u.s.
Instead Of getting S7G 075 which you would get
per cent The Louisiana Lottery Company
9bbes up no less than an - per cent Of your
ahe judges. and returns you the remaining G
Der cent.
from $3.50 to $500, is the only prize worth win
ming In the daily drawing Of the Louisiana Lot
terry. 1t Is ridiculOusly small as compared with
the chances of drawing it. No person. however. |
can ever remember having heard of this priHG
being drawn. Although the company has drawn
this lottery ever 2SUO tlmcs. no person mas ever
some. it Is true, that have IL quarter of this
capital prize, less that inevitable 10 per cent
THE Largest WINNING
therefore in the daily drawing of the Louisiana
State Lottery Is S275. which in view of the fact
that theTe are T6,N75 chances against you. Is a
most insignificant and ridiculous prize.
Tho Lottery claims t. sell some % 900 printed
tickets day. 1t has probably sold 10000 900
tickets In this city since it was inaugurated
here. Almost any one can remember the mum
Der OF capital prizes won. The combination, or
GENoEsE LOTTERY.
Ia tho aysfam on which the doilv jrn u
of the Louisiana Lottery Company Is conducted
has been in existence for, centuries. Italy.
France, Austria and Bavaria carried on this
Kind of lottery for years. but in no case did
any Que ever think of suggesting such rdi
oulously small prizes as those offered by the
Louisiana Lottery Company. In Austria the |
rule is that the capital prize shall be $4,000
times as great rs the costof ticket; in Bavaria
Il is Ga 500 times as great in Louisiana It is only
500 times as great. Bavaria and Austria de.
rived immense revenues from the sale of lottery
4ickets what must be the income of our Lottery
Company. which. although the chances are the
same rs in Austria or Bavaria gives prizes -
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