2| 9 48 73| 10 50 74| 11 49 75| 12 51 74|
|13 35 69| 10 38 73| 10 49 74| 11 51 75| 12 50 76| 13 52 78|
|14 36 71| 11 37 74| 11 50 75| 12 52 76| 13 51 77| 14 31 77|
|15 37 70| 12 36 75| 12 51 76| 13 29 77| 14 52 78| 15 32 68|
|16 38 72| 13 35 76| 13 52 77| 14 30 78| 15 30 67| 16 33 67|
|17 39 73| 14 34 77| 14 41 78| 15 31 66| 16 31 66| 17 34 66|
|18 40 74| 15 33 78| 15 40 65| 16 32 65| 17 32 65| 18 35 65|
|19 41 75| 16 32 53| 16 28 64| 17 33 64| 18 33 64| 19 36 64|
|20 42 76| 17 31 54| 17 29 63| 18 34 63| 19 34 63| 20 37 63|
|21 43 77| 18 30 55| 18 30 62| 19 35 62| 20 35 62| 21 38 62|
|22 44 78| 19 29 56| 19 31 61| 20 36 61| 21 36 61| 22 39 61|
|23 45 53| 20 28 57| 20 32 60| 21 37 60| 22 37 60| 23 40 60|
|24 46 54| 21 52 58| 21 33 59| 22 38 59| 23 38 59| 24 41 59|
|25 47 55| 22 51 59| 22 34 58| 23 39 58| 24 39 58| 25 42 58|
|26 48 56| 23 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 56| 26 41 56| 27 44 56|
|28 50 58| 25 48 62| 25 37 55| 26 42 55| 27 42 55| 28 45 55|
|29 51 59| 26 47 63| 26 38 54| 27 43 54| 28 43 54| 29 46 54|
|30 52 60| 27 46 64| 27 39 53| 28 44 53| 29 44 53| 30 47 53|
+--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+

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 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.

+--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+
| #109# | #110# | #196# | #197# | #198# | #199# |
+--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
+--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+
| 1 6 70| 1 6 71| 1 7 72| 1 7 73| 1 8 74 | 1 8 75|
| 2 7 71| 2 7 72| 2 8 73| 2 8 74| 2 9 75 | 2 9 76|
| 3 8 72| 3 8 73| 3 9 74| 3 9 75| 3 10 76 | 3 10 77|
| 4 9 73| 4 9 74| 4 10 75| 4 10 76| 4 11 77 | 4 11 78|
| 5 10 74| 5 10 75| 5 11 76| 5 11 77| 5 12 78 | 5 12 74|
|11 32 75| 11 33 76| 6 12 77| 6 12 78| 6 13 73 | 6 13 72|
|12 33 76| 12 34 77| 13 33 78| 13 52 72| 7 14 72 | 7 14