Drawing of the Lottery. a prize." This is enough for the buyer to have his ticket insured to draw a prize, and possibly the capital prize he pays an additional fee, and the agent forwards the numbers of all the tickets, so insured, to the office where the drawing is to be held; and there they manage to have these tickets contain one (seldom more) of the drawn numbers. This entitles the buyer to receive back the price of his ticket, after taking out 15 per cent.; and as it was not a total blank, the insurer is safe, and retains the sum paid for insurance. The buyer remains swindled out of the insurance, and 15 per cent. of the cost. These swindling shops are numerous, and are sometimes called policy offices. We sincerely hope that our readers will examine with some attention the developments we have made in relation to the deceptive schemes of the lottery managers; for we feel that they cannot fail to convince every man of common sense, who has a particle of moral principle and moral honesty left, that he who encourages this basest of all swindling, by purchasing tickets, is not alone an enemy to himself and family, but he countenances a species of gambling that is extensively mischievous and ruinous, and has for its victims many of our best citizens, young and old; while, at the same time, he unintentionally throws a veil over the villanous deeds of the lottery gambler and his unprincipled, as well as his inexperienced supporters. We once more invite our readers to examine our statements with attention. The following tables represent, completely, the entire contents of a lottery dealer's scheme-book, made for the guidance of the printer, in printing tickets. At the close of the tables is represented a ticket, with its class and combination numbers. Combinations taken from the Scheme-Book of a Lottery-Dealer. 10 36 62 10 37 64 10 33 63 10 39 65 10 40 66 10 46 67 11 37 6311 33 65 11 39 6411 40 6611 41 67 11 37 76 12 38 64 12 39 6612 40 65 12 41 67 12 42 68 12 38 75 13 39 6513 43 6713 41 66 13 42 68 13 43 69 13 39 74 14 49 6614 41 68 14 42 67 14 43 69 14 44 70 14 40 73 15 41 67 15 42 69 15 43 68 15 44 70 15 45 7115 41 72 16 42 68 16 43 70 16 44 69 16 45 71 16 46 72 16 27 57 17 43 69 17 44 7117 45 70 17 46 72 17 47 7317 28 56 18 44 70 18 45 7218 46 71 18 47 73 18 48 74 18 29 55 19 45 71 19 46 73 19 47 72 19 48 74 19 49 75 19 30 54 20 46 7220 47 7429 48 7320 49 7520 50 7620 31 53 21 47 7321 48 7521 49 7421 50 7621 51 7721 47 65 22 48 74 22 49 7622 50 7522 51 7722 52 78 22 48 66 23 49 7523 50 7723 51 76 23 52 78 23 30 5323 49 64 24 50 7624 51 7824 52 77 24 27 5324 29 5424 50 63 25 51 7725 52 53,25 27 78 25 28 54 25 28 55 25 51 62 26 52 7826 27 54 26 28 53 26 29 55 26 27 56 26 52 61 The above lottery schemes were accurately copied from the scheme-book of a lottery dealer in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and may be considered a fair specimen of lottery combinations generally. The tables are for a 78 numbered lottery, every three perpendicular lines of figures containing a package, and each package all the numbers, from 1 to 78, inclusive; and there are also 26 tickets in each package. Combinations taken from the Scheme-Book of a Lottery-Dealer. 10 27 78 10 53 69 10 33 53 10 53 54 10 48 57 10 58 61 11 28 5311 27 5211 34 54 11 55 5611 58.67 11 60 63 12 29 54 12 28 51 12 35 55 12 57 58 12 59 68 12 62 65 13 30 55 13 29 50 13 36 56 13 59 60 13 60 69 13 64 67 14 31 56 14 30 49 14 37 57 14 61 62 14 61 70 14 66 69 15 32 57 15 31 48 15 38 58 15 63 64 15 62 71 15 68 71 |16 33 58 16 32 47 16 39 59 16 65 66 16 63 72 16 70 73 17 48 73 17 33 46 17 40 60 17 67 68 17 64 73 17 72 75 18 47 72 18 34 45 18 41 67 18 69 70 18 65 74 18 74 77 19 46 71 19 35 44 19 42 68 19 71 72 19 66 75 19 76 78 20 45 7020 36 43 20 43 6920 73 7420 27 7620 35 40 21 44 6921 37 5921 44 7021 75 7621 28 7721 34 39 22 43 68 22 38 58 22 45 7122 77 7822 29 7822 33 38 23 42 67 23 39 57 23 46 72 23 27 28 23 30 34 23 32 37 24 41 6624 40 5624 47 7324 29 3024 31 35 24 31 36 25 40 6525 41 55 25 48 7425 31 32 25 32 36 25 27 29 26 39 64 26 42 54 26 49 7526 33 34 26 33 37 26 28 30|| At the beginning of the first package you will see the numbers 1, 27, 53; they are placed on one ticket; and so with each succeeding three numbers through the whole scheme. There are, in these schemes, 15 packages of whole tickets, each containing 26, which make an aggregate of 390, and the same number of halves, which, if added to the former, will make 780; also, 30 packages of Combinations taken from the Scheme-Book of a Lottery-Dealer. 13 14 15 1 45 44 1 62 70 1 27 78 1 253 1 260 2 46 47 2 63 71 2 28 77 3 48 49 3 64 72 3 29 76 4 50 51 4 65 73 4 30 75 5 52 53 5 66 74 5 31 74 12 66 67 12 58 69 12 38 67 13 68 69 13 59 61 13 39 66 14 70 71 14 51 60 14 40 65 15 72 73 15 27 39 15 41 64 16 74 75 16 28 40 16 42 63 17 76 77 17 29 41 17 43 62 18 43 78 18 30 42 18 44 61 19 27 42 19 31 43 19 45 60 20 28 41 20 32 4420 46 59 21 29 4021 33 4521 47 58 22 30 39 22 34 4622 48 57 23 31 38 23 35 4723 49 56 24 32 37 24 36 4824 50 55 25 33 36 25 37 4925 51 54 26 34 35 26 38 50 26 52 53 9 33 59 10 49 66 10 34 60 11 48 67 11 35 61 12 47 68 12 36 62 13 46 69 13 37 63 14 45 70 14 38 6415 44 71 15 39 65 16 43 72 16 40 66 17 42 73 17 41 67 18 41 74 18 42 68 19 40 75 19 43 69 20 39 76 20 44 7021 38 77 21 45 7122 37 78 22 46 7223 36 53 23 47 7324 35 54 24 48 7425 34 55 25 49 7526 33 56 26 50 7627 32 57 27 51 7728 31 58 28 52 78 29 30 59 quarters, making, in all, 1560. These comprise the whole of the combinations here given, and are intended for one particular drawing, constituting one class. For each successive drawing, another edition of the same combinations are offered for sale, only with different class numbers. The venders of lottery tickets possess an immense advantage over the buyer, which is mostly in the extreme improbability of a prize of any considerable amount Combinations taken from the Scheme-Book of a Lottery-Dealer. 11 33 67 8 40 71 8 47 72 12 34 68 9 39 72, 9 49 7310 48 74 11 50 73 9 48 73 10 50 7411 49 13 35 69 10 38 73 10 49 7411 51 75 12 50 75 12 51 74 76 13 52 78 77 14 31 77 78 15 32 68 75 12 52 76 13 51 14 36 7111 37 74 11 50 20 42 76 17 31 54 17 29 63 18 34 63 19 34 6320 37 63 21 43 77 18 30 55 18 30 62 19 35 6220 35 6221 38 62 22 44 78 19 29 56 19 31 61 20 36 6121 36 61 22 39 61 23 45 5320 28 57 20 32 6021 37 6022 37 6023 40 60 24 46 5421 52 58 21 33 59 22 38 59 23 38 5924 41 59 25 47 55 22 51 59 22 34 5823 39 5824 39 58 25 42 58 26 48 5623 50 60 23 35 57 24 40 57 25 40 57 26 43 57 27 49 57 24 49 61 24 36 56 25 41 5626 41 5627 44 56 28 50 58 25 48 62 25 37 5526 42 55 27 42 55 28 45 55 29 51 59 26 47 63 26 38 5427 43 5428 43 5429 46 54 30 52 6027 46 6427 39 5328 44 5329 44 5330 47 53 being drawn. The numbers 1 to 78 are capable of making 76076 combinations on what I may term the increasing ratio—that is, the second larger than the first, and the third larger than the second, in arithmetical progression; as, 5, 10, 15, &c. In the following combinations there are but 1569, where there might be 76076; and if this latter number were printed and sold, some one must hold the three |