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with B if any of their five tickets be so lucky as to 

 draw one or more horses. Or, a few sportsmen may go 

 in for a " sweep " of one ticket each ; in which case the 

 highest thrower is entitled to half of whatever any of 

 the numbers in the sweep may draw. Of course he has 

 to pay for the chance he took, but if that draws a horse 

 he will secure for himself the entire profit accruing 

 from it. When the chances are all taken, gun wads or 

 ivory counters, having corresponding numbers on them, 

 are placed in a bag and well shaken up. The names of 

 the horses running in the race are written on separate slips 

 of paper, which are folded up and put into another bag. 

 The drawing is commenced by one of the race officials, 

 or any selected person, taking out of the bag one of the 

 slips of paper, and after that, a wad, to the corresponding 

 number of which, on the lottery paper, is written the 

 name of the horse drawn ; and so on. After the drawing 

 is finished, the chances of the horses, in the order they 

 were taken out, are put up to auction. The purchaser 

 of any chance has to pay into the pool the sum he bid, 

 and also a similar amount to its drawer. The total sum 

 realized by the sale of the chances should, theoretically, 

 equal the value of the tickets, though it usually docs not 

 do so. Let us suppose, for simplicity's sake, that a 



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