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llnnnee ii more losel u connestsd than
HE diatribntinn d lottery prizes. ana
There can bs 30 dob ht that yve BritonsI
ARE ~ the better Oh because at tie illss
"a % holding lotteries ii the IJnitedl
Kingdom. biz lottery must diisap-I
point hundreds thousands while IL
enriiches one inner who often finds
that his hasfi1y acquired wealth results
Ia doing him al harm than good
short time ago the first prize in
one Of the ltal Liam state lotteries, which
amounted 90 some IS, OOo, fall to Sas
peasant who, with his wife. had actually
sdiedsof starvation thin a few hours
OF the drawing Of the prize.
Owing to Il dream III wi ich q peasant
had the presentiment that q certain
lannn Der would Be Cd the ticket which.
Wonld win the splendid prize, he
'sacraped all his money together and pur-I
ehased not the ticket he wanted, be-
cause II was already sold, but one which
bore the same numerals, differently ar
ranged Then be and his wife fell on
desperately hard times, which eventual
lly closed upon them Id death from sheer
starvation, for he had tried and failed
70 sell his lottery chance, which was
the last thing left to him. 35s
i w hen the drawing came on. he won
the first prize Of SIS, GOO, but as he was
dead and no next of kin could be- iscov-
cred the prize was ratified for again,
when itsfell to swell the purse of an:
italian banker who already was pos
ssessed Of vast veal th.
"a German lady living ia Brunswick
had q fancy that a certain ticket would
win prize il 8 lottery in which the
first prize was Els 600. Il may seem
strange, but it lis vouched for as being
perfectly true, that she SO altered her
opinion as to the chances Of her ticket
winning prize that she bartered it
away for new hat from her milliner
within few days Of having purchased
it,.
This was melancholy exception to.
the rule that second thoughts are al
ways best. Z The ticket which she had
exchanged for a hat, possibly worth a
couple of guineas, succeeded in captur-
ing the first prize Of Sit, OO0, and the
mil iiner, ho considered he had RIM
risks absoIh tely refused to palliate
his Gnstoner 81 butter disap pointment by
any thine beyond the pay ment Of few
pounds, which were dragged from him
By How threats Of legal action.
On one occasion the first prize III an
italian lottery, amounting to nearly
so, 600, fell to q man who had died
three days before the rattle. the second
prize OF e2, GOO fell to 4 lady who had
sold her lucky ticket At the eleventh
hour, and the third prize OF 81 900 ton
private soldier who, on hearing of his.
good fortune, drank himself mad and
then commi tied suicifle. For wantaofs
claimants who could establish their
claims satisfaotorily, the first and third
prizes were again ratified for, and this
time they both fell to the same person
the owner OF one Of the largest prii-s
vate estates in Austria, who was quite
Indifferent about the addition to his IL
ready huge fortune.
Silly superstitions play an important
part in the buying and selling Of lottery
tickets, and il is no uncommon thing
for a person " no fancies certain num-
her to buy IL at q price equal to hun
dreda Of times its original cost, and
many Of those who indulge in this kind
Of speculation with the fixed idea Of
gsin generally discover that it is an
expensive game. s *.
a German banker conceived the idea
that the first prize in q certain lottery
would fall TO the holder OF ticket on
which the figure three stood either alone
or with others. So greatly impressed
was he with this belief that he bought
mp every ticket that bore the numeral
three, a little deal hioh cost him some
thousands Of pounds, because many Of
the tickets he fancied were held BY per-
sonssto whom he had To pay fancy prices!
One of these persons when approach
cd on the matter refused to sell his
ticket unless the banker purchased 5
complete bundle of 90, Of which he was
anxious to get rid. The banker did not
wish to- do this, as there was only one
ticket bearing q three in the bundle,
but he ultimately consented, took the
ticket be swanted and gave the vendarI
back all the others. Great must have
been his annoy vance on discovering later
that the first prize had not fallen to
him, but had been won by one OF the
tickets be had bought and scorned.
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There issa story tol "a on oneof the
circuits. which may or may not have
aeen thealight of print alread Of how
not long ago g very young barrister rose,
tosexamine one Of his witnesses with an
nnaccountabiy hazy not ton ofa her illen-
fify. 81 think that you ara the rri SON
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