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.
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---+ | 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 | 7 35 60| 7 36 62| 7 37 63| 7 43 70| | 8 34 60| 8 35 62 | 8 36 61| 8 37 63| 8 38 64| 8 44 69| | 9 35 61| 9 36 63 | 9 37 62| 9 38 64| 9 39 65| 9 45 68| |10 36 62| 10 37 64 | 10 38 63| 10 39 65| 10 40 66| 10 46 67| |11 37 63| 11 38 65 | 11 39 64| 11 40 66| 11 41 67| 11 37 76| |12 38 64| 12 39 66 | 12 40 65| 12 41 67| 12 42 68| 12 38 75| |13 39 65| 13 40 67 | 13 41 66| 13 42 68| 13 43 69| 13 39 74| |14 40 66| 14 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 71| 15 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 71 | 17 45 70| 17 46 72| 17 47 73| 17 28 56| |18 44 70| 18 45 72 | 18 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 72| 20 47 74 | 20 48 73| 20 49 75| 20 50 76| 20 31 53| |21 47 73| 21 48 75 | 21 49 74| 21 50 76| 21 51 77| 21 47 65| |22 48 74| 22 49 76 | 22 50 75| 22 51 77| 22 52 78| 22 48 66| |23 49 75| 23 50 77 | 23 51 76| 23 52 78| 23 30 53| 23 49 64| |24 50 76| 24 51 78 | 24 52 77| 24 27 53| 24 29 54| 24 50 63| |25 51 77| 25 52 53 | 25 27 78| 25 28 54| 25 28 55| 25 51 62| |26 52 78| 26 27 54 | 26 28 53| 26 29 55| 26 27 56| 26 52 61| +--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+------
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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.
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