Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1910-10-14
LOTTERY IN lTAL.Y
Gambling Under the Auspices Of
tho Government. n
THE DRAWING IN PUBLIC.


An Eager Excited. Turhulont Crowd
Watches This Ceremony With In.
tonss lnierost--The Prizes and tho
Chances Of Tho Players.
King Humbcrt |. made the rules for
the ENbric lottery Of Italy:
Fitgt,-Iharpuhue loticry Ia teIBpora.
rily niaInialned by tho favor OF the
stale under the following laws
scc6nd,-it Is administered By the
minister of anance, under whom the
rhleis are chosen for their reapcciIye1
functions. sf
fhlrd. Tho lctto IS formed by nine
~, numbered frosn | rs 90. inclusive
tvo Of whlcl drawn by chance deter
milne lbe successful
Fourlh.-one can play the lotto" ~
The following nnnnor:
On one number every rarely Played.
ON all 1ye numbers lyery rarely
played.
OAlwo nhmfers-the "nmbo."
On three numbers. which Is known
rs The 'yerru nG a
on four numbers. which Is known an
the "Quaierno"
Fhth.-when one number Is played
tho Winher is paid ten times and q
half tls output; when two numbers
are played the wilmer Is paid $50
iinies his output; when three numbers
are plaYed the winner Is paid $3.50
iielcs his output; when four numbers
lre played the winner Is paid Go,Oo0
lines his output Therefore 81 one has
BY any chance bought q No ticket
ana wins the four numbcrs (quaternol
he wins sf0,0o0.
At 5 o'clnsE on every Saturday after.
noon throughout all Italy the afawins
10 The lotto takes place. In Naples
the ceremony Is held nt the end of
foul. hlthy alley known as The Impre
sn. back IN n gre, courtyard. IN fun
view Of the people On the balcony OF
an old palace Ffom ourlS In tho aft
ctuoon until the fatal hour the streets
Of Santa Chiara and the alley oil up
with tire crowd whose hopp on this
day IS to be deceived Tbe streets are
always 50 full oG life thgi for this
extra crowd, jtistIlng. pushing and
Icagpr' there woulsi seem 10 be no place
II h comprised uf tire very poor The
better elasses watch for the telephone
or the showing Of the numbers in the
various banks IN the clfS TO discover
their. fate, but IN lle Imnresa the
crowd Of people IS As dense MS q shad.A
ow, There are many hero who have
/ paid their last cent for ticket. There
are many hereswho are in debt for the
shoes they wear and willnever be able
10 bay for them. Bnt at the stroke Of
/ the leIurch cIoek The blinds OF the bal.
cony open--aBd the paFaphernalla OF
lthe .la.to...are brought out--a long
green tablc, OH which Is placed a crys'
tai ball hound with silver, and an Iron
box containing ninety other little box
es, In which the ninety numbers are
Hooked. by the siate The eillcers OF
Ithis performauce are copl.y iadlnercnt
land the only figure deserving Of note
Is tlnt OF the little orphan clilld dress
cd III snowy White, chosen by lawsfron
the orphan asylum TO draw an from
The crystal ball the five magic num-
Eberss
n Atlthe sight cf these famillng looked
for objects the crowd beglns to cry
Isand chant,ao, heseech and evoke. Il
bcgss the iitlta orphan child 70 draw
we'll. And thechid In his white robe,
his Innocent eyes on the mass OF peo-
Isple, looks down on the heggars With
their yellow locks aud on the appeal
/ ing mass. One by one the balls are
taken out from their sealed boxes, dis
played to the people aud dropped into
the big bowl & 4H
They have blindfoded the little BAN
bino, and he stands on chair, for he IS
only eight years OF nge and Is small, IN
full sight OF the people. The balls hav'
ling been shaken around for the last
time, the child puts his hand In aud
draws. The first number that he pulls
out!s called forth-~"No. g." Now, every
itaidn who has bought No. for place
his either won or lost No one holds
this humber IN thls crowd, however,
and there Is 4 murnur-and fresh
ndiuratlon for the child TO draw we'll
The people who have drawn for the
terno and the quaterno still have their
chunce. The child draws again, this
time No. a, md the holders OF the
terno are now tho Interested ones, for
the next will be their last chance. The
enthusiasm breaks forth again With
muruurs and cries and prayers, and
| the quiet child before the urn in his
white dress hears them and trembes,
for he knows that he IS menaced Be-
fore the people there is a blackboard
ana man posts up the numbers as
they are drawn-5, II, II, 10 and so
And this series of 1ve is discussed
yelled at, challenged, cursed, for not
enc In the crowd has drawn fortul
uhte humber The child's eyes are uni
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