Show I ry r I f r T h I rl r Ea 1 Ta A. A ChamY V 1 UN N C CLE LE S. S SAM A M i J J 05 S t w n 6 Jv C y y N WS r J Gt N f pr C N 1 0 I w W y t t tf f vr Mr w sob J J JI I t Y i t. t y 1 t LJ 4 t T kF Et A ii i y A e r y 3 2 ak Ney Pi Pid R d iQ f 5 m y t y y F j fl X a jr i r r tC S y Y i Y ir l N i S' S Zt t Y v n h t I V r c. c a CyS J r f p I i A Q x c J r k 1 1 y f I. I Lr J fv I J u t t t JA A English Derby held t Epsom Downs the results 6 tf hr of which caused millions and millions of dollars dellaro to ta change hands Rc 6 s at ii k s throughout civilized 91 1 I v r Tv the world world- 4 a r r r N l 1 p 7 q V t I Government Lotteries J O J r. r i O d r r G G L. L R t 3 ri amP a Bann Banned anne dby by Law in United f d e- e a Vr ODa o Vi i V r ro rYr d cap o r 0 ry o r a d States Now in in High i Favor s G r O o d d D rr Yo oo ar noon ad 1 I p dO rp r a m r e a r r o r c a a. a r r 4 Orr O Among Many Foreign Nations v Da d a ro rod Va n a aa V r d o Jya O I O Where Rich is Prizes rues Are Offered ered ro c J J re Itu A part of o. o ofa one a sheet I house clearing house I P i v Through I j h h th the e a M Medium eU um 0 of f B Bond on d t r 9 Pr rr r lOdd rl d d t i po pools winning Inning showing sh n numbers I ers the i 1 r for one week Issues s an and Other S t t UG Rich Get R h r t I e IC J 1 I f ib i. i 1 1 i 11 I I f t f Quick Devices 1 F i t zA The three children u r a T v t rt of Indianapolis It an O a By B y H Harry are arry G Goldberg o 0 er erg Cr y R 1 Artl Arthur fur tender furnace r ace t Cour tender w o i- i y r WHEN HEN the horses horse finished tin hed 70 o o mint minutes I a of mad running ronning in the English Derby i t. t recently they had scattered golden bursts y of ot unexpected fortune throughout the i world A j Janitor in tn Indianapolis s spent ent Y a dollar and won a mall clerk clerkin in Sri Bangor Me exchanged a cent 99 ticket for a Dublin widow w mother of of four tour drew there were six first erst p prizes o of more whose winners win win- V ners hers w were re hidden away in tn some obscure j villages while a clothier of at Leeds and anda u ua a B British major In In India each were suddenly suddenly suddenly sud- sud denly richer h r by The to take a chance t the e hope i. i of 01 t turning ng a small sum 1 Into 1 a fortune j. j the wish for lor we wealth without weary ea la labor r S are as BS universal as mankind Churches have hav been built education fostered cultore culture cul cut tore ture stimulated by teasing the money from people willing to lay a 8 wager Even today V j. j Governments still sWI continue to make a aV pretty penny y by encouraging the gambling gam gam- bling fever among citizens DJ and subjects sub sub- M t.- t. 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I V r Un Uncle e Sam m. m however r. r stands a almost most r alone in in the enforcement of laws Jaws which refuse ref sp to permit the citizen any h tU to o win the tile golden embraces of ot fr Lady Luck Still the instinct evades the X t r laws Police ce wink at drawings raffles 7 and lotteries whIch are run by the be thousands thou th u- u 1 sands In every city and hamlet for tor the V f benefit benefi of Ct pt civic clues clu s and charities 1 V In the places pl ces where men congregate T Tt t t. there them ia Is hardly a fact factory ry o or or club which i S does not have its b baseball bal pool in season Pools based ase on tl the e last digits o of clearinghouse clear clear- clearinghouse ing-house ing figures or bank deposits shoot v up p like mus mushrooms Im and wither away n a and d t- t betting on horse races races' flourishes flourishes' where it is ts 2 t rigorously g r forbidden N The The last last t. t i iN legal egal l. l lottery in the United States is 15 15 1925 when the final dra N Orleans l lottery t ery bonds I took place and the the wheels of ot fortune I L t were put put away as s municipal pal relics of the tho 1 V V past l P cities se sell il I bonds which ch h dra draw I. I a. a low ra rate of oJ interest rarely rely more than 2 per ceI cent The buyer r r really ally ex exchanges ex- ex 1 f c. c changes gs the 11 interest r t which he could ud ge get geton f on some ome other bond for tor cha chances In a lot lot- o oIo r o I b tery The prizes r run from 5 to to I 1 It is S cheaper p for th these e G Governments to give live these prizes and redeem some o of 01 t the bonds in in the Uie drawings held two three three-or e. e r y f four times tm ye r n borr a year than h to borrow mo money ey A outright at the high rate it would ord- ord 1 a. a to pa pay pay- The The drawings g Ja are pu public l events ra France I a r than ba 1 OO Invested in ins s premium bonds of t this class It jJ is not only not only ly the g general public w who Q i 1 1 h a ry t to g for or bankers bankers' I. I tl t like tn the s s also 1 invest In large J c amo amounts ri 11 The Paris Pa b representatives representatives- bt ot Lu this famous ramous b banking family Vw won n. n francs an I in In a recent ent drawing of the th M Mar Mar- r settles 1877 1871 loan n and and to the e poor tl A j i of th the city Th The e dean n of Ct European an lotteries o o Is l Is s t the e. e r st state te lottery of 01 Prussia which held its ww f. drawing draw g gin inv in 1921 While the ti hunt hun hundreds 1 of thousands thousands' dream of winning a ae t id t J L t. r J 0 j J D 1 i. i hf I M. M e r C rt k f I won more than 8 lor a 1 V 51 tf ticket ket on the 1929 English Derby P Pt t t e 1 v possible prize pine of t tie i e luck 11 is really reany all aU n em on the part of ot othe the state In the In-the the division between the treas treasury lottery agents and prizewinners the gambler gam m D bler bIer has only two chances chances' out of five to get his money n y back Of Of app approximately y 00 spent for lottery o tickets less than was was returned in prizes This hi G German n sta state go goeson oes o on thee the theory t that since its citizens ns will wUI ga gamble ble anyway anyway any any- way It might as on oney Of C course urse o outside lotteries run runby by str strangers strangers stran stran- ng n- n g gers rs are wicked arid and vicious and alt it t d dall does all it can to pr protect te t its people from tram the Hamburg am lot lottery and an the Danish an h rival nv l which offer better chances to the sporting bloods In Prussia and other German states state where where h re th this lottery operates it Is a crim criminal inal trial l offense to buy sell or or own wn the toe paper of pf competitors The flamboyant ant advertising advertising advertising adver adver- which brings In the themon mon y On ceals in In tiny type the fact that the big money can can only be won won l If the first prize of or is drawn as the last winner of the nn final l day Under those conditions it doubles Itself bt but t the he chances chance are a ii a mil niu million million mil mil- lion to one against it Il The Ehe tate state p profits by c lle ga tax aDall on aD all tickets ts and deducting o per percent cent from all u prizes thee Ure- Ure d deduction d in fees and d taxes being 40 per c cent nt of th the total talin in tn- tn come come During th the Inflation l ri period Denied d when the prizes sank cank to 4 Insignificant values values the lottery l lost the lost J th the popularity it t bAd had maln maintained for for two centuries In m many ny families the Ui title e to a certain ticket Is her hereditary and nd the same Ame ticket k t Is bought every ev every ry year yea yeIn In the b belief th that t some someday d day y It it must win the big prize g greatest the world 1 heidin held heid 1 in Spain distributing I in dr g one one twin drawing r more than This national lottery lotter lottery lot- lot ter tery is is' is held hel cn the 1st and 22 of of f every month In tn the old Madrid Mint Throughout t t the e y year ear ai the the big bli prize ze is ls 4 i I p pesetas tU a peseta is worth neatly nearly cents n lat jt normal exchange r rate j. j 1 F For oi New Nety Yea years year's l pay 1 it Jumps to pesetas pesetas pe pe- pe but buton on the of D c the gO gordo is th 5 pesetas pesetas and rid in addition add addi lon Lion the there are smaller sin prizes totaling pesetas Spaniards a. a over the wo world d b buy y tickets e for these lotteries and await with sus IUS- suspense pense the announcements announcements nt of of tt the winners As Ai the sale Je of tickets la Ls world world wide the I persons persons who hold t them lp havea ear from the date of f the dr tb redeem ni them The books books' in Madrid d i Indicate d ca In fa ht luat i I t 4 ri i i j c lt M t Rr ft i self x n v v w vYe Jl SY r r A 4 4 fg va 5 q F Fm m 5 r r F t 4 c x r J 6 fr N t. t v tN Z L i r rY Y Jr t t Ii ra ar VY 1 4 V i 1 r f i V V t t. t town the tickets were sold Gold ld but do n not t give Rive the name me of trip the owner In the Christmas lottery there ar are v iw twenty nty tt tickets to a umber number In the o ordinary ordinary nary drawing the tickets cost 5 pese pesetas e as each and r represent pree t a tenth chare bare tnT In a V n number Tickets for B a chance o on the gordo cost 10 each each and ane twenty of them the them the entire strip strip cost IV It ta take 8 a rich manfO man to buy buy-ah entire number I Ir Individuals Ia and and clubs clubs' invest in as u many many ny numbers numbers as possible P through m be d a man man who has a ia lA lAshare share II lh ten or or of twenty numbers has 80 many m ny more more CIC chances of f winning V s sIn share sharen in n some of 01 the the- prizes prize Prom this lottery IO O. O ff flows ll pearly into the coffers coffers' of In Ih dividing the th gross 64 64 per percent cen cent tf is Is' Is set iet aside for tor prizes 9 per per cent Cen for or exP expenses risea and and- and ato about t 27 pel per cent nt fo for the st stated state t The Ine Is Brea greater than Ithan t tAe e prearranged pre pre- pr arranged d. d r pe-r g r t r t ni 1 f J W sold tickets ta win wm 5 amounting i Ito t f V Vt J t 1 1 1 tf t- t ni e i f- f 1 V d II f iJ Js fi t I j J 1 T The ie drawing Inz of f a state etah lottery otter of Prussia the de dean n of or European lot lot- 1 t aeries rles showing large sided glass drums c drums from which the numbers are p pulled p pulled lI d r t about a. a t 09 which reverts to th the lf Wi U span h lotto lottery tickets a are s sold d ln i s South ut America f 8 the 1 Latin American Governments Governments' also r run m their own 1 lotteries Buenos B e Aires the largest lottery lottery- In in v the he p-e p people annually spend a f little view aesa 1 th than n and receive re elve back k ln P prizes z 50 p Pe r r cen cent the remaining I 40 per percent cent being being distributed I Tice e national na national l lottery has a dra drawing every e w tb capital prizes 1 l o tl pea and t l. l JOO pesos os T Three e f o orf J rear 1 t e capital capita 1 prize Is Ls' Ls eased pesos t a nd on MaY y t f. f Dry 1 1 j nn 8 y iJ f r f r 7 l j r I. 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I I jr j y y t n r I 1 ta x A Ata 4 ri- ri W w 1 tit 44 t a Lri 25 and July 9 9 the two national holidays the drawings are for pesos SOS The biggest event of the year is during the week before Christmas when the big money fa is pesos and the ten tickets ts on each number are good for one- one tenth of the million It oft often n happens that one of these t tenths good for tor pesos Is won by a pauper who has bas saved all the year to get the 20 or 30 i pesos SOS to pay for this one small piece of p paper paper per which carried the hope of a Do fortune The drawings are so conducted that public faith faUb in their fairness is t tion d. d The procedure Is simple and nd similar in all European countries A group group of officials om- om officials are usually present and some hundreds hun bun of ol people who are arc ticket or or bond bondholders holders In France the drawings of the Credit r are graced with the presence presence presence pres pres- ence of the Governor and other bank officials who sit at a a. huge table with their backs to the wall wan The famous wheel of fortune is brought in containing the numbers of ot the bonds bonas It Is but one of many similar wheels held In the vaults each one holding the numbers numbers numbers num- num num num- bers of a a. particular bond Issue Years elapse atom the time the numbers are i first st dropped dropped Into t the e wheel and and the last Jait one is removed The Th a announcement is first read 1 1 r rt r t I t yi n y af vl vt r Y I J Y F t a x t r t r S X tang the prizes and nd the number pf of f bonds to tobe be redeemed at par Two of the directors directors directors tors rise and examine the seals placed d duPon uPon upon the wheel after the pre previous precious tous drawing The wheel Is four tour to eight feet 1 in diameter and two t to three f feet et thick and rotates rotates' on oh metal meta supports orts While the circumference is metal the sides are of heavy glass plass Wide metal mixing blades protrude Inside to assist in in mixing the numbers as as' the wheel Is rotated The numbers which may oe seen n Inside the wheel are little metal rolls not unlike un un- unlike like Uke cartridges on the t Inside of at which are are nW numbers corresponding ng to bonds no trot not yet d drawn drawn n. n Haying HaVing found the seals Intact the directors dl- dl rectors beak b them and and I when wheal the tiny door is Is unlocked after f r the wheel stops rotating a a small Fla boy bo s steps p forward Ind n naces nd faces aces the crowd He e is usually lly an orphan from froma a st state te sch school l acquaint a r In belted blouse with cose Coppe close hair His Rb unknown es upon ar it f i rZ A n o t r i i 1 Th rho device for I drawing awing the they the wl winning I numbers number in the K large largest held hed in hi I lo louery ery Madrid d' d J V y a fy I person the gift of fortune The boy his arm to the the elbow elbow raises it high then i plunges his arm ann Into the wheel H He Ho withdraws with with- dra draws drar s a curled nut number in his fingers fingers' and hards it to an official mcl l who o opens n It t forthe for r 1 i ithe the Governor to read The cro crowd listen with strained ears for one of them may mi be richer Then the minor prizes come out put and the boy finishes his Job lob I by p picking o out in the numbers which signify wh what t bonds are to be redeemed at face value WHILE RILE the U United Stat States s has o outlawed outlawed lotteries they have have b been en used frequently frequently frequently fre fre- as a a. money raising money device in tn the thee e early days ly o of the he Col Colonies n When n. n the f Qua Quakers ers in control con rol of Pennsylvania e a. a vre- vre refused re- re N fused to spend anything ori on preparedness In 1747 Ben Franklin and his conducted a a. lottery to raise the money monel y necessary necessary y for the tho erection pi ofa ofa a batt battery to d defend end the City of Philadelphia agali against t r naval atta attacks kS and the Common C Coun Council n 3 J took 2000 tickets Another r lottery was as set afoot in tn 1755 a ato to raise pieces of ot eight 1 for the u use of the college and nd academy 1 the he ancestor ancestor an- an n- n 1 Z of the University of Pennsylvania nta It was ver verj common churches l for r s in those thoM days to raise money by means of a lot lot- t tery but such practices finally fell eU into disrepute 1 Harv Harvard rd College did not sniff at filling t its Iu treasury from this source when the General Court of Massachusetts granted grante 1 It the right to hold bold a lottery In In t 1794 and again in 1806 w was s re- re t l and w was was' raised on m the t final occasion i 1 Pennsyl Pennsylvania initiated the movement r J for the he suppression o of lotteries in 1 1833 1831 The movement spread and twe twenty six b States had abolished and nd forbidden n them by 1875 I Louisiana was the last State to h Jd a a i lottery New Orleans was In in |