The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08

stance, leaving S,9SS60S winners to enter
for the lottery of 1879.
The result of this third event Is that
49,, 34 persons join the ranks Of the
losers in the year 1S77-76 and 4,194.S04
persons, all OF whom have already had
threa consecutive wins, are eligible for
the lottery Of $780, In 1884, when the
eighth event is decided, only 131 ,072 per-,
sons are left to participate In future lot
teries, and in 1887 there remain only 2.04S
winners out Of the original number that
had tickets in the first drawing. In 1887
there remained only sixteen winners,
While In 1901 there will be left only one
person who shall have had unbroken
Iuck for twenty-five consecutive years.
In so far as the result Of the various
drawings of this lottery Is concerned. 1t
Is a mathematical certainty that but ons
person Of the original 80, ssh 1872 shall Sc
cure the sole prize at the twenty-fifth
consecutive drawing. Therefore the au-
thor designates hin, as the penu.timate-
Iy lucky one out Of the original number
that entered the competition.
A PROPOSITION OMITTED.
greater example Of luck applied In
this case would have been for one man
to select the final winner on a wager out
of the SO, 554, 432 persons who had taken
tickets in the lottery on the Both of June,
1877. Still more interesting would it have
been had the author Of the article named
| the odds that should have been allowed
on such wager. This is a mathematical
computation that is open for solution to
| the sharp ''bookies,'' who are ready to
| bet or lay odds on any event OF which
/ man under present conditions has
! knowledge.
The subjoined example will be still
more comforting to those who have I'm
! plicit belief In luck; neither will it dis
courage the few philosophical believers
! in the theory OF the maturity of the
chance, for they will contend that it ts
merely a remarkable instance of the
chance of the individual being coincident
with a possible, If extraordinary. &C
emulation of matured chances of the
| event.
J When Baden Baden was the great
| gambling center of Europe a young
Saxon nobleman made his appearance
! there and commenced his career at the
tables by stalking very small sums, but
by the most extraordinary luck-this
| word is used with prejudice to the
| theory of the maturity Of the chance-he
was able to increase his capital to such
an extent that he rarely staked under the
maximum. and almost always won. His
+ success was so remarkable that the deal
ers or croupiers offered him a large sun
to absent himself from the tables. Or
the other hand. he was offered better
terms by the players, who awaited hi:
arrival every morning and staked as hc
staked.
CAUSED SAME TO SUSPEND.
The counts continued luck never fal
tered, for on many occasions he left tn
table winner to the amount Of 10000
francs. His successful play continues
so persistently that the managers Of tn
Kursaal suspended the game until the!
had induced the fortunate count to TAX
his departure. When he did depart III
carried off with him a substantial pro
portion Of the capital of the bank.
| Casanova, brilliant adventurer, mathe
matician, poet, philosopher and successful
gambler of the eighteenth century, an
Garcia, equally renowned for fortunat
play in the present one, were agreed tina
1.-The player should not risk his money eX
cept at the instant prescribed by the ma
turity Of the chance" Casanova at All,
in Savoy in q game of faro In when h
held the bank against Charles Jane
1 Fox, England's most noted anateu
gamester, and two friends, won a grea
sum through his loyalty to this maxim.
Fox and his friends, after a continues
series of wins, placed all of their win
nings. their original capital, and larg
| letter of credit on the ace. Casanova, al
though 1t meant ruin to him had he lost
accepted the play because previous run
of the cards made him believe that tn
| chance was about to mature In his favor
| Turn after turn the cards followed in
| til only twelve remained In the pack. AM
/ yet ne ace. Two more deals ensued ant
eight cards were left. The four aces wer'