Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-21

Some Interesting Information About thu
Great Louisiana SwindIe and Othei
Games of Chance, and Their Profit
and Losscs-The Suckers Chance onI,
/ in 1OO,O00 of winning.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Representa-
tive H. Clay Evans, of the Chattanooga
district. made remarkable apeech or
the anti-lottery bill, which contains {
world Of information about the Louisi
ana lottery and other games of chance
and their profits and losses, that is very
interesting,
He said
The Legality of the Lottery.
I shall col fine my remarks briefly tC
existing facts The Louisiana state lot
terry claims that it is not an illegal lottery
rs it exists under the constitution ant
laws of that state, and that it is not 3
fraudulent" lottery or scheme devised
and intended to deceive and defraud tho
public for the purpose of obtaining money
under false prctenses. and so far the gov
ernment has failed to successfully prose
cute n case against this company, although
it is quite evident that congress intended
to confer upon the postmaster general
authority to stamp ont and suppress all
lotteries, and each and every state with
tho exception of Louisiana has cooperated
with the postmaster general, and every
state aside from I.0usina has suppressed
this class Of gambling so far as possible
within its limits; and now comes up a
demand an appeal chat has been oft
times repeated, for protection by the
National government.
The states in their sovereign capacity
have tried to protect themselves and their
citizens from this immoral monster by
legislative enactment, but the United
States mails win not permit them to dc
SO. The states prohibit by law their own
newspapers from advertising any lotteries
or the drawings of any lotteries The
states have in every way possible endeav-
ored to quarantine against this pestilence
and yet the United States persists in dis
regarding the wishes Of the states, as ex-
pressed in their respective constitutions
and laws, by delivering through the mails
any advertisements for the sale Of lottery
tickets, into the states and into the homes
Of the people, thereby corrupting tine
youth and swindling and robbing the peo-
pie.
Profits.
The Louisiana lottery has twelve regu-
lar drawings each year, ten monthlies and
two known as scmi-annual, the totrl an
nual profits Of which are Sl3 g33 500 This
is the estimated clear profit Of the com
pany annually, as the daily drawings held
are expected to, and undoubtedly do, pay
all the expenses Of the company.
The Daily Dsnwlngs--Policy.
The daily drawings held cach day at 4
p IN. are even more pcrnicious in their
effects than the regular lottery drawings,
The mode Of conducting these are briefly,
rs .)llows: Seventy-eght numbers, from
| to 7S are placed in wheel, each num-
Der incloscd in tube Out of this mum
Der thirteen are drawn by blind-folded
boy, and the numbers are entered on Ii
blackboard in the order in which drawn.
The tickets for this drawing are sold at
twenty-five cents each for one-fourth
ticket, and the purchaser is permitted to
select and have entered upon the ticket
when purchased any three of the
numbers from to IS. II the
first three numbers drawn from
the wheel correspond with the three num-
bers on the ticket and are drawn in the
order in which they appear on the ticket,
prize of 5000 is paid-somethiug that
has never yet happened in the history of
the company, and would not likely hap
pen if conducted for the next 100 years
IL. however, of the thirteen numbers
drawn out % the wheel three Of them hap
pen TO correspond with the three numbers
on your ticket, a p"izc of about S36 is
given. by paying an extra twenty-five
cents on Il ticke You can put what is
called gig and saddle" on it, and
then in the event that two of the numbers
on your ticket correspond with any two of
the thirteen numbers drawn from the
wheel a prize of - Is is paid. There are
sundry other ways Of betting ON this
scheme, but these are the most common
because the most simple.
Chances of Winning.
BY a mathematical calculation il is
found that the chance to win II capital
prize is in G1. 535. and when you win il
YOU only get 81 ,215 40 for 81, as against
slj 900 for 81 in the monthly, with a
chance of in 100000.
The chance to win prize of $l.25 is in
1887.
The chance to win Sli0 is as to 10.
Take for instance the "washerwonan's
gig''-4-11-4t-the chance that these three
or any other three numbers, will in any
order be the first three numbers ont of
the thirteen Ia en- from the Wheel five
days in the week, is the continued prod
Al. Il JiutfI I,1 l,
G, which il iG.01G, so that in rs, ,016 is the
chance TO win. In other words If one
should play this gig every day for 213
years the mathematical chances are that
it would come out once, and after spend
ing ST6,016 one would, if it did come re,
ccive the munifcent prize of 500
If You bet that any particular number
will be one Of the thirteen drawn your
chance to win is in q, and if you do win
YOU are paid for l.
Compared With Roulette.
Compare these figures with those of the
roulette table. Your chance 20 win there
is | in 81. if you do win you are paid q
for l. The professional gambler who is
denounced by the law, indicted by grand
iuries and hunted by the police as a
species Of thief, is satisfied with per.
rcntage in his favor Of II per cent. This
gigantic corporation turns its wheel daily
for the unnumbered multitude who may
bet at its game The smallest percentage
it permits itself to take is - per cent. On
the most OF It's games its percentage Is
from 80 20 Al per cent, and on part of its
games incalculable.
Victims by Thousands.
This is tbs real skin game annex to the
Louisiana state lottery, and poor servant
girls, children, hootblacks, draymen
hackmen-in fact, men Of high aud low
degree by thousands patfonize this
scheme Agents are located at con-
yenient places all over the city, where
their tickets are sold, and at which places
,,rizpe are maid ON nresentatiOn Of winning