The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-15

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ages. the erafiacstiou OF ..scii:coneeit and
hGiis!ES' eon sas E,fnO al i SSS,0 sbI iss'h %inI la,S sN .;
finance; to whom the management OF Italian
sonfidod. have Substantially agreed IN treat:
Ing the national lottery as a permanent SQUIRE
% Of pSSlic are. rsSys soo fmn mort sn,|u II iss t to urn q p to lie
lightly. sacrificed. While the salt tax in 1891
,yddssldsSd Y 59 lSSS IRE lirS fn,s the was ls q sood deal eei
y %si s|., ssPTSsaSTs + ri rs s% Saai,s ss q O shs ssp s', Year
Federal revenues Of the United states; In
revenue in 1880 was i i.os0s;. Il ID, lire. The
sums, 1t will be seen. arc SUBSTANTIALLY equal
7d.2OO.000 lire. 4 may be roughly stated at
four per cent Of the total revSnue; TO strike
II sat Of 81 the sm italian 4 BE- su ike v TpRls' s as Z al R shs
the mint returns from the right side Of the
condition OF italian finances and Of the
national resources Of Italy the effect o. o.
s ;asasary. II ne sh ,ss'l Isoa aGtssT' T ssaia ,s Be r mSsS
more serious than the effect upon the Ameri-
can Treasury Of an aqua, REDUCTION ip the re-.
Such is the importance Of the, Italian lottery
from the fiscal and financial point Of view. -.
payers is much less considerable than might
at prd 5isst tfiisat . ss iSERSsafd BY |. !hs we Sri Rispn Psoo shs
OF the Papal lottery. in 1865 TO exist in the
account OF tho actual Italian lottery Of today.
being 7N.2OQ,O00 lire. the total annual invest
ment Of tho italian people in the national lot.
amount soG S Ssol isss th hare $780, ySst s o II Ire ' ars
sSsai e p ,JSS il TO s as III s;e soss b aG ss;nis. lsas:
s:ssj 5o;SoS sSsc ;S pSf$ WI i,1 4 !, ! .sss, ds IS,,:i !.
per Capita Of about four lire. or less than dol
Eipf lSr every Sn man ii no Sm ssnon a1a ea srsu IN sss
cal reform ers has always been that It tended
the Il c sssinss Ssn aHs 'f TfIs so sR$ sSs s's sfrosss 81
argument in other, countries than Italy. Ihe
in Banks or bankers even in the towns
peasants, have no faith at all in anybody but
eis success rs su The Case a. ispari nS.6 or savings
banks; have actually hud In Italy. has been
tenn. and the lottery system certainly has not
been visibly Affected by the development, OF
t true s 81 t | pu Snnsi lottery ts Is in 30 1 tai .ra as il Pe Was
said to be Of the public lotteries in France.
that the chief Investments come from the very
decided majority Of the tickets in the weekly
drawings throughout the Kingdom. are pur-
servants and small tradesmen. Even among
the upper classes 1t Is by no means. an I'M
common thing for people 81 condition to make
week. lust as 1t has been II habit for years past
Of thrifty. and prosperous peorle in the island
OF Cuba to invest In the Havana Lottery.
HOW THE LOTTERIES ARE MANAGED.
mr. ,i1t 80, a, - Ia lott.r,ao ra,,o
ont, italy is conducted. as we have said;
under q sys.sm sIbstantially established
E E%sn nSif ii ~ {s7 fo'9 The sG general 'Is p9eSt 81 sas'S ST
err ' aeeordine et to he law law e Of Isas. operation. opera
Of any kind whatever. under whatever name.
In nro Which y a rp. rIif &c or n a rSmiiuIm IL m In me On ss0 or n
tho law extends "Gas well to lotteries which are
ssIIandssttas ,,lotts,lss ?, ali Kinds snd
OF disregarding this prohibition are sufficient
y severe. and NO one is permitted on any pre-
tent !, a On yt9mSe,s to 1i 9SsSsaiS z s y pSHiIG s lGttbsSTE or
ton IN from 20 Certain speciiied functiona1ies Who
cannot grant 1t until after the matter has been
tombola is used so often all over the world
TINT It may be worth while to state the precise
fsM, aSGos Si e t to- ar3isIs si Is Of e{ IN the R dtal,nn
,nento del. Giuoco del Lotto OF Sept. Ii. 1871.
o oIs1 10 de 3 xsme w q T t e risyeS f1 Wlt b e earss
,one 10 to ninety: and IN which az prize
the drawing Of the numbers. the com;
hination OF numbers agreed upon is found"
This specification FL 81 nun bet r, running
TaS lr ;ao ad9PRRt s ms e. Gsn %Sis sSSe sai,taS to to ttb 5st
republic. OF choesin9 the Grand Council OF the
government. Tho names Of ninety citizens
of credit and renown were ,writton upon
number OF cards were withdrawn successfully
until the requisite number Of Grand Council.
doubted. perhaps. whether, in practice this
method OF choosing II Government. may
mot he sissS MSts'd c]G as Tsl! as i ANY 3 e, the he
more receLt times to achieve the same end.
Both in regard to the old Genoess
in regard to, the lottery by. NUMBERS" the
selection OF the number ninety was undoutt-
t tHIS as aiG to tSa m ny tie 0' poG Sagsl of The sn npmSsr
three. and OF all the multiples OF the number
three. 1t is not necessary to pc either a cabal-
something very extraordinary in the powers
and functions Of the number three.
LOTTERIES TWO d YEARS AGO.
When the lottery was established in France
t ssnHss g, %l shs %ictt to ais. saiisd les i fran Si@ns ether
LuoEeo vi lesS III use uuTluR Ino seventeenth
century; not IN France only. but in Flanders
and in holiandi In LES 1tanqaes" the price
tickets was graduated. the greatest prizes go
ing to tickets OF the highest price. so that les
BianQuss" may be considered an aristocratIo
as the Genoese and modern Italian lottery are
an essentially democratic form q the instl-
such rs It now exists in Italy. the poorest pur.
chaser OF Q lottery ticket stands on an eIu1A
iavors OF fortune. One uniform tariff is nxsd
for the price OF tickets. and the prizes are dis
tributea on 2 uniform system; Before going
may be worth While to show the scale on
which the lotteries Of the last century 10
France. in Germany. and in the different States
q the Italian peninsula are organized;
different ways OF playing at lotto" as the
operation of investing In the lottery was then
called. These were as follows:
COMBINATIONS.
First-The player put his money. on ono out
OF five numbers between No. l and No. no. He
bet. that is. that in the next drawing Of the
them .m M YGuld b z d IS e. r. selected cited 4 iO rex s.,
plumbers was drawn the player won. This was
won IL receiyed in France is times the amount