The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
OCTOBER 10, MoRsISG.
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AS soon the above result IL brought 10 the
shop I'm speaking Of my shop now simply
fix up rubber stamp with the numbers arranged
IN the two columns as they are there. they being
the winning numbers and put man AT work
stamping slips Of rhper or making what IN COM
monty known AZ the slip | stamp about three
or four hundred Of these slips 20 that any patron
can come in and take half a dozen Of them II he
wnnt- 10 bring them around Ia his friends You
see Their" are thousands Of rrppic who play policy
hut who never go near policy shop. They
send their plays around by n messenger. Then
the messenger returns about the time the slip
comes out, rs We say and he takes copy NJ tho
slir To- the person h. made the Ilay for earlier in
the dav. II he finds q hit he comes right back
with the ticket | issued early in the day 70 him:
his combination Of numbers has AM cared in
either of the columns. II two II his numbers
does not get anything. That is not a hit They
must be all in one column unless he sprCalv
agreed To- play what is called cross rig which
which is two numbers on one side and one on the
other We give very little odds cross girS
however but many people who nlav r'g straight
will rlay /, crossed also - that they have n better
ch"nc" Of getting their money back Isy pn,rn.
fcu cents more on a twenty hvc-centgig |
should say on a s25 gig for that's the way We
sum Of twenty five cents Is played 10 win S25 II
tho gig should hhupcn To come out with two mum.
bers on one side and one on the other the player
gets the money back he played on the straight
gig. " soon as find that the numbers Of tho
zig PLAYED annrar in either column | pay over
tho amount tho gig calls for.
The winner will 70 about telling all Of hi
friends ard hr'll probably tell about fifty or a
hundred pc"pl" who never PLAYED the game
and try their luck and so the number of those
who rlay policy is ALWAYS on the increase. Tho
fifty friends this one fellow might bring in would
probably not make n hit IN wear although they
might play every day. They could take n lead
pencil and figure out that they had nhou, two
even then they would not he right for ,hcv haven't
even that number Of chances. Still, they come
riEh', siIng nny on" did make , hit
days rccrin's To- nay the amount of that hit
would simply tell him 10 come around 10 morrow
same ms hnv" to do to make my collection from
the district hcldHunrtcre. Tho next hav the hi
would he paid. hut the follow winning would prob
ably lose II all again in few DAYS
1.-THE game cannot hc beaten for tho reason that
II is game whore the hackers simply nav out
about, rcr cont. Of what they take in, They
may do this for two or three DAYS and then thcv
may moi nay out even one twentieth Of nor cont
for another week. Still many people who know
big haul and thor, stop suddenly, hut they meyer
make the haul and they never stop COnsrGucr,Ir
the gam" goes on. interrupted now and thcn only
by spasmodc movements on the part Of IN" police
who make AN arrest lust for record PURPOSES
The man who told the above story has
been in the. policy business for twenty wears Tia
III" city whose nroprirtOrs simply work on thcir
own hook, having no connection with the biz
mcns for getting tho result of the lottery draw.
ing twice day for their guidance. lie also said
tnht Ul'rc ARE AZ least TWO hundred policy ShOnS
where the envelope game Is worked in this ci,v'
In these places men and women have a chance 10
lose their money more rapidly than in the shops
where the returns are received only twice a dnv
The PLAYERS in these places simply stand around
after writing out their plays for three or four min.
utrS, Then the proprietor Of the game pulls an
envelope on hook on the wall. takes out the slim
il contains and with piece Of chalk copies thn
numbers on the slip on blackboard The PLAYERS
then crowd around the blackboard and study Tho
columns Of figures 10 see II their gigs come ont
II they make q hi, the money is paid right over
the counter Three or four minutes later Tho
black hoard is cleaned OF and a new enyrlopc ia
pulled OF the hook. In the envelope policy game
there are usually 100 drawings day posted
Anyone who wants TO lose money rapidly can get
into one Of these places. for there are always a
hanger on sip carrier in or about every saloon
near policy shop The proprietor Of the nvclopc
game makes up his own slips by writing the mum
hers at his home and bringing bunch OF envelopes
down 10 his shop every morning.
In nearly all OF the city's institutions, the In.
mates, or the majority Of them, may be classed as
policy players. This is especially true Of the
city prisons where many Of the prisoners send
their friends for the slips Warden Hagen OF the
Tomhs has had hard time Of II with his policy
playing prisoners. Keeper Iianey, whose bust
ness Is To search visitors to the prison, takes up
n collection Of policy slips every day and some
days he has had as many as 200 on his desk
These have been taken from the pockets Of visitors
Deputy Warden Flynn is kept busy rubbing mum.
hers off the walls OF the cells for large mum Der Of
the prisoners employ their time in writing gigs on
the walls The same may DO said Of the prisoners
on Blackwells Island