er 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.

+--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+
| #1# | #2# | #3# | #4# | #5# | #6# |
+--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
+--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+
| 1 27 53| 1 28 55 | 1 29 54| 1 30 56| 1 31 57| 1 32 58|
| 2 28 54| 2 29 56 | 2 30 55| 2 31 57| 2 32 58| 2 33 59|
| 3 29 55| 3 30 57 | 3 31 56| 3 32 58| 3 33 59| 3 34 60|
| 4 30 56| 4 31 58 | 4 32 57| 4 33 59| 4 34 60| 4 35 78|
| 5 31 57| 5 32 59 | 5 33 58| 5 34 60| 5 35 61| 5 36 77|
| 6 32 58| 6 33 60 | 6 34 59| 6 35 61| 6 36 62| 6 42 71|
| 7 33 59| 7 34 61