The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-05-07
THE STATE LOTTERIES OF GER
MANY.

How. the Government Makes Part Of
las Income The Lottery a Popular
Institution Private Lotteries rot IN
Public Favor.
lsrom our Special Correspondent.
Leipzig. Germany. April H.. 1904
The revenues which the various states
derive from lotteries under their control
comprise such an important part Of the
total receipts by the government that 4
IeW acts and hEurr- ar 10 how these lot
trrir- are conducted may De- 81 interest
There are AZ present seven state Lot
terirs 10 Germany As none OF them aie
Operated on exactly tie same basis. II
would require a great deal Oi spare 10
describe separately the workings oi earn
of them 10 vii perhaps suiiire 10 de
scribe the : avon Lottery. whirh i- regard
ed A. the one mQst favorable % thr
plsyer-
THE SAXON LuTTERA
10 the saxon STATE Lottery there are
100 600 tickets. which must be sold De-
fore a drawing tske- place. A tlrkst Tor
eafh lottery cost- $50 80 lhi- j. more
than ml ~ people could afford 20 pay for
a ticket in order 90 overcome this Oh
6culy tle lottery y divided into nv
classes AM iicart- Tor each Glars arr sold
ia ha.Ves quarters AID tenths A. re-
suit Oi this subdivision. 10 i possible TO
bus a ticket ia the lowest class tor l.
goo. and tenth part II such q ticAet Tor
- o. Even thr latter sum - . cheap
enough Tor some 81 the very poor p-Opie
~ ao buy lottery tickets Very often sew
era I'D them viii club together and buy
= tirset or even d fraction Oi a tlcset u
per-ou plays a iul ticket Tor 81 nVr
classes iu order. 10 Gusts So 30 II a
. pls1er not having bought tlcseis for the
dr-t sur cIA.--- wishes 60 buy unr isr
In- tirh c.a--. hr must pay la-t a. much
n ihoggl be- hal played Ia al ol IN
lower ria--r-. j So 30
Il- drasiua- Tor each cla-s ARE held
a. different Iime.. those OF thr tirst class
f b. ing held in tnr months Oi January and
+ July. tho-- uf the secOnd eias- in Frbru
arr and August. etc The drawings,
whirh are public. sre held 10 Leipzig. and
are generally attended by large aud eX
cite.i crowds The drawings iOrihe tirst
. four rla--e- Are rather short, lasting OILY
a few cAys. bat the drawing Tor the nith
class. which r.. VI course, the largest and
most important. lasts nearly u month.
These drawings are cOBd ucted n iOllows,
+ All OF the numbers are plsc-d IE large
drum-like arrangement. which revOlyes
slowly and drops az regular intervals
one of the numbers. There II aaother
identical structure which contains cards
with the various amounts Of the prizes
marked upon them The two machines
work sin ultane0u-ly. so that a card drops
out 81 the same time that lottery nun
Der does The number Of the lottery
ticket ana the amount Oi the prizes called
/ for by the card are resi Of by attend
ante and entered in books By nOtAries.
who ara paid by the State 10 attend the
drawings This process Il repeated until
al Of the prize cards have been exhaust
sd. In SaxouJ one-half Of the tickets re
eeive prizes. but many Of them are small
livery number that cOmes out Of the
frum-like arrangement receives : prize
and these numbers are printed in the
daily newspaper. a. 80 mAny people are
anxious 70 le4rn the results Of the draw
ings a. soon a. possible.
The following table shows the NUN Der
of tickets in each Of the five clasees. the
price per ticket. and the highest prize in
each class of the Royal Saxon state
LOttery