The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-10
The LOTTERY Casechzs1a.

lst. Does the lottery company own
its own ofiees--if it does not, who
does own them?
lst. The Sun has been informed
on reliable authority that the Lonis-
lana Lottery does not own any of its
branch Offices. There is every rea-
son to believe ts.as .ha various lot
terry Offices are owned by men who
obtained them, AS reward for SER
vices rendered the lottery company
at various times, Certain State Sen.
atofs own lottery Offices, while the
others are controlled by politicians
Of the city and State. The men in
them are simply clerks, who do not
get more than $50 per month salary.
They are subject to the rules of the
company, but are employed by the
people who owu the offices.
End. How many lottery Offices
are there iu New Orleans and what
is the average profit of each?
2nd. Before the last session of
the Legisla ture there were one hum
dred and thirty-two lottery Offices in
the city--incldding Algiers and
Gretna--siuce, that time, Number
have been opened, which are owned
by men who obtained them as re.
ward for services during The fight
before the legislature over the pros
posed amendment. The average
profit TO the. lottery company is esti-
mated at $50 per day from each
Office. There are now one hundred
and fifty branch Offices in the city,
which ct an average Of $50 per day
profit to the company makes ST 800
per day from all, aud $2,,34T,5 as
an animal profit.
Sd. Does the lottery play It's own
drawings?
Sd. The lottery company PLAYS
its own drawings. It has five men
employed to visit its various offices
They are inspectors and have $40 a
day each TO spend among the various
lottery Offices bringing the tickets
which they purchase to The company
who keeps tab" In this way On their
own business.
4th. Are, all the tickets in the
monthly drawing sold; mean, whole
tickets Of every number2
4th. All monthly tickets of the
lottery company are not always sold
that is, all numbers are sold, but
the numbers being divided into TWEEN
ty parts and each part being a ticket
at 81 are not all sold. In other
words, there are supposed to be 100,
600 numbers in The wheel, which
divided up into twenty tickets from
eaca number. makes the total tickets
in the drawing 100000. # ell
tickets were sold, the company would
take in 50 100000. The total prizes
amount to 81 ,O54, ,800leaviug clear
profit of 645,2DO for the company
per month tor $1l,342,400 per an
cum. This added to the $2,347 500
derived from the daily drawings
would make the profit Of the CONS
pany for one year $l3,689, 900. Plac-
ing the expenses of the company at
$1,000, 600 per annnm, there is a
clear profit Of $l2,689,9O0 to be
divided among the holders,
provided said tickets were all sold.
5th. Is there any guarantee that
every number sold, is placed iu the
wheei2
5th. There is no guarantee what
ever that there are one hundred
thousand numbers in the wheel. No
person has ever seen the numbers
placed in the wheel, outside Of the
confidential men of the lottery. The
drawings are in public, but the mum.
hers are put in the wheel in private,
and for all the public knows, they
may not be more than twenty five
thousands numbers Ia when the draw
ing takes place.
9th. What do the orphans get
for pulling the numbers out at the
monthly drawing?
9Th. The lottery has never made
public the sum given to the orphans
for drawing the numbers. 1t was an
artfal dodge, this employment OF
small, bliodfolded orphan boys to