Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-04
From our Special Correspondent.

From Special Correspondent.
LEIPZIG, Germany. March 10. 1904
THE revenues. which the yarioui
states derive from the lotteries un,
der their control. comprise such n
important part Of the total receipts
by the government, that = few facts
and figures, ~ to how these lotter'
fes Are conducted, may DO Of interest
There : II present state
lotteries In Germany. AZ none 81
them are operated on exactly thu
same basis. II would require Z grcal
deal Of space to describe. separately
The workings OK each of them. II will
perhaps. sumcs 70 describe the Sax
on lottery, which 10 regarded - th.
sne most favorable 10 the players
and 70 give ! general idea u the 9th
err.
The Saxon Lottery.
In the Saxon state lottery there
src 100 900 tickets. which must b.
cold before ! drawing takes place,
a ticket for each lottery costs $3.50,
This Il more than most people could
afford TO pay for 4 ticket. In order to
overcome this dlficulty. tho lottery Ii
divided into Ave classes and tickets
for each class are sold In halves. quar-
ters. and tenths. Al q result Of this
subdivision. II Ii possible 70 buy d
ticket In the lowest class for Sii.90,
and . tenth part Of such q ticket for
SLID. Even the latter sum Ii not
cheap enough for some OF tbs very
poor people. who buy lottery tickets,
Very often several Of them will club
together and buy a ticket. or even q
fraction Of a ticket. II a person plays
= full ticket for All Ave classes, III ord
or. II costs $3.50. II a player. no,
having bought tickets for the firsl
four classes. wishes to buy one for the
NTH class, he must pny just as much
~ though he had played In all Of the
lower classes I. q. $3.50.
The drawings for each class are
held 1t different times; those of the
trst class being held In tho months
Of January and July: those Of the
second class In February and August,
etc. The drawings, which are public,
are held In Leipzig. and are generally
attended by large and excited crowds.
The drawings for the FIRST four class,
o. are rather short. lasting only a
few days. but the drawing for The
nth class. which Is. OF course. the
largest and most important. lasts
nearly q month. These drawings are
conducted ~ follows AL of the mum
beers are placed III d large drum.like
arrangement which reyolyes slowly
and drops. at regular intervals. one
Of the numbers, There Ii another
identical structure which contains
cards with the various amounts OF the
prizes marked upon them. The two
work simultaneously so
that i card drops out at the same time
that a lottery number does. The nun.
Der Of the lottery ticket and the
amount Of the prize, called for by
The card. are read on BY attendants
and entered In books by notarys. who
are paid by the state TO attend the
drawings This process " repeated
until all of the prize cards have been
In Saxony one.half Of the
receive prizes but many OF
them are small. Every number that
comes out of the drumlike arrange
receives a prize and these mum.
bers are printed In the daily newspa.
per, as 40 many people are anxious
10 learn The results Of The drawings.
IL soon as possible.
The following table shows the nun.
Der OF tickets in each OF the ave
classes. the price per ticket. and the
prize In each class of The
Saxon State Lottery;
Glass. No TINS. Price TIKI. Best Prize