, 1881-05-19
LOTTO.
woekly Government Lottery
''0 IN the Kingdom Of
Italy.
1,,nntary Tax Netting Six or Sew.
A'''' en- Million Dollars a
Year.
,.onortlon or Prizes to Gross To.
JOE ,.,nts About Flfty.efght Pcr
Cont.
,,..,,s, BY Which Ingenious Raacals Seek
s'D' 10 get Ahead Of the Game.

sA.1oaA by Wbi0h lu6enlous AsaaoaAo 1oon
ssD'1 :, na. Ahpad Of tho Game.
,.u.<.,o,,r,ore o, me Chicago Tribune
ss'F'a' .'' 1,nI, Aprii s0.-'rl,e Minister Of
SAFlts:: :,.""r Nncllanj. In tho course OF
Finance .,.a',iy . fnynrubIu b.lhgat-statclnent,
hIs fcnIa,nt ,a,. nt Knlnt. observed lowing 10
hsF hsF''.;ouoIiy 'a"; lnrro winnings of the pub
TIE eassp,f ~, ao,nonf Iottu the Government dis
lie III Mo fost year under that head exceed
blisen,.|l nm nnn Tic normal proportion Of
ca D, '. .,, NJ tre sums played" At tho first
npt. n !. ue ',,,y scem a llttlo strange that the
n'as '.,,,.,,t !" II reformed Italy s.ustlA care
"o'e'" e..",,, II came, tho prutts Of which are
10 eo"s" ','s IrrIvrtl from tlia Ignorance md
Simply ~ .ho |ower ctusses. Experience,
n'ssl, ,,r h,s unfortunately proved that tho
hoNs'.,tt ~ ,l;a country ars worry unwilling to
ppsux,h,nr peopu ~ 10 the Government i'll tile way
pyea, pay "s,,t taTotlou. IIuucc, thls Indirect, or,
'as. u "as mari correctly, this voluntary tnx,
,'p psps"% wos fra. brought out i'll Goroa about
sa',,1,l,r "n'. of tho suyelltoonth century, Inns
Ins n' n",tInucd from ono set Ut rulers to all
tssas uSen .U"' omd hus always bnen found
e'us'' '''" rt,p uosr PROFITABLE
!, III, vorlous jmposts levied by tho State.
W, VI '"n n1osa fco,ne annually derived from the
luz lux IL aonnwcrp from fcs. 30, 900 to fcs.
~To @'no,oan n wn deduct from this h8 Dor
w. rar t1,e winnings. 7 Der cent for tho sums
VII .t t,a ,ictrt.seliers. nu fcs. 100000 for
gs,s .rncacs of management wo find that tho
c,ra,rmcnt W. derives 4 net ruycnuo Of from,
~, s1ofnooo TO frs, 81, ,O0O, 600 from tho fifty
.go drawings year at Naples, Rome, Flor
,,oe Wllau. Palermo, Bari, Turin, and
vroitc,
mia seeretary of tho Naplos Admtnistra-
Tim IN whiel, t'ruyI,lce tllcre are more Lotto
n,ayars thnn auywllrra clse in the Kingdom,
,r,s g,o,l rnonyf tO o1rpr uo every facility
s.,,'.str,. .ha ,trr,vinr wl,tcl, tntna n1ocn
1of %'tessnln wv s..."nn,, , T., thn a,np,n,,s %
e'rEy oasuIahS "i'einov',' ~ NV op"e'u"o ,.'a
courtyard Of tho laie2zo del !'otlo III lt's cltS'
Ill ue "lntc' lno u't"'H' ,n .no -. ~. ~.
H. oa. eohehels VIII ~ 'st .Is,s t. ,io
~" Ap,ll' u'o puu,'v .no ~ .''o s,ss w o.
lowed to Invest u'ltEl 9:5op' Ill.,. anu Inc dFaw-
s sases place. "t o'clock, .,,a,,,a Inc reason , Tor
Nv ,our ~ drawing ia tn ,mn,,,r tle ,nntricea
m.s Moa. " 'n,s,a"a =. IN ,,nno,,,ad ~ t,,"
oaA nc registers ~ W ueposisoo ~ ulo
main oalcc, say, ut latest halt MI hour before
he drawing. They ara there securely locked
p,a u.eh.ses NV: ,,,y u Sn, . nt;i tha s,,n 'u
malh uhaet 'ock anu AoY ual'l ., tno loilowllle
Wednesday,. bs tllat t'me the various ticRet-
elIers throughout the district arc supposed
h ha,a had tlmo to send in their reports OF
m,nn,nva ord t1csn ara then co,n norrd wifi,
%'untnss' ma I.sss NV '.1,' n,, sGn'paaou Misa
hefespeetlfe matrices. AL WINNINGS oeloW
tcs. 1900 arc usually disbursed by tho
t]tketscllcrs few hours after tho drawing:
hi, when Tim ann eyccetls tcs. 1. ono tha win
s..,,.s. .,sst g." .,,neIs ~ 49, 49,. ~. IL,
msnas. , wals o. woen or en a.,s aays o. -, TOT MS
money, which, then reaches him In the shape
etachcek from tile G0vGrnment-witht tic
rsual deduction pf 1870 per cont for income
h, Tba reo;at,ra rnn,ntn yor thraa ,nontbs
~ 4ao lssls!elS to.l.a'a Ut tntee lhont!le
a., u Ma archlves' aha tne winner VINO
within that perIod has not
.hImed his .,prIze .,forfoits. z.alt right
thereto. Tia striciest nossih]o rnlcs nrovnit
IN rspard ~ tbo ap."rs a. @ anv "o',
s.a ~. ,.,sa W. ~ ...s ,, 40 any o.o snu M
seataat, were they allowed to; retain the
registers until after the drawing, there
would b a pretty large PROPORTION of win
nInq,-in th;a provinoo a. ,nnst tr,,o fa,,n,.
.aSsaN .sNG 9ese against inc priest u Matla Is
SUI pending. Tile man is supposed to havo
worked iii eollusiun with various ttckct-scli-
RS playtne his numbers after Tia drawing.
mi rpt;,nr tha tioiat. .sa,Iar tn corri,,, - ~
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